Here's A Story To Get Your Teeth Into...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Aug 20, 2007 |
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Discarded chewing gum is the bane of town centre pavements across the UK – but imagine finding a piece that’s a jaw-dropping 5,000 years old?
Italian islands ponder oil-free lifestyle
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A group of islands off the Tuscan coast of Italy could make environmental history by going oil- and coal-free.
8,200-year-old cooling is analyzed
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 20, 2007 |
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Canadian scientists studying ice core records are questioning current theories about the rapid cooling of the Northern Hemisphere 8,200 years ago.
Follow your nose: Houston air quality study finds a few surprises
Aug 20, 2007 |
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As a frequent addition to the list of America’s most polluted cities, Houston is no stranger to having more than just oxygen and carbon dioxide in the air. But a University of Houston study found a few surprising results ...
Researchers identify brain network that may help prevent or slow Alzheimer's
Aug 20, 2007 |
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Columbia University Medical Center researchers have identified a brain network within the frontal lobe that is associated with cognitive reserve, the process that allows individuals to maintain function despite ...
The building blocks of memory
Aug 20, 2007 |
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Learning new things, remembering past experiences and adapting to a changing environment - these abilities carried out by the brain are essential for day-to-day survival. This unique flexibility is in part ...
Team discovers first ancient manioc fields in Americas
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Aug 20, 2007 |
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A University of Colorado at Boulder team excavating an ancient Maya village in El Salvador buried by a volcanic eruption 1,400 years ago has discovered an ancient field of manioc, the first evidence for cultivation ...
Common virus may contribute to obesity in some people, new study shows
Aug 20, 2007 |
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Scientists today reported new evidence that infection with a common virus may be a contributing factor to the obesity epidemic sweeping through the United States and other countries. In laboratory experiments they showed ...
Working toward new energy with electrochemistry
Aug 20, 2007 |
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In an effort to develop alternative energy sources such as fuel cells and solar fuel from “artificial” photosynthesis, scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory are taking a detailed look ...
Girls prefer pink, or at least a redder shade of blue
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A study in the August 21st issue of Current Biology, a publication of Cell Press, reports some of the first conclusive evidence in support of the long-held notion that men and women differ when it comes to their favorite colors ...
Compound in broccoli could boost immune system, says new study
Aug 20, 2007 |
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A compound found in broccoli and related vegetables may have more health-boosting tricks up its sleeves, according to a new study led by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley.
Suitcase Science on the Moon
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 20, 2007 |
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In October 1963, two cartographers with the Air Force Aeronautical Chart and Information Center saw a strange glow on the moon. Using the 24-inch refractor telescope at Lowell observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, ...
Excavation planned for Phoenician city
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Aug 20, 2007 |
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A Phoenician settlement on the Italian island of Sardinia may soon yield some of its secrets to archaeologists.
Sematech Reveals Details on Practical High-K Metal Gate Systems for 45nm And Beyond
Aug 20, 2007 |
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Building on their successful CMOS solution for gate‑first, thermally stable, high-k dual metal gates, SEMATECH researchers have released further data that portends a new era in which future transistor scaling is dominated ...
Your gut has taste receptors
Aug 20, 2007 |
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Researchers in the Department of Neuroscience at Mount Sinai School of Medicine have identified taste receptors in the human intestines. The taste receptor T1R3 and the taste G protein gustducin are critical to sweet taste ...
