McMaster University unveils world's most advanced microscope
Oct 20, 2008 |
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The most advanced and powerful electron microscope on the planet—capable of unprecedented resolution—has been installed in the new Canadian Centre for Electron Microscopy at McMaster University.
Knocking the Sox off cancer and lymphatic disorders
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have identified a gene critical for the development of the lymphatic system in a discovery that will have implications for treatment of cancer and lymphatic disorders and other diseases.
Crossing 'a bridge to nowhere'
Oct 20, 2008 |
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Despite thousands of years of research, astronomers know next to nothing about how the universe is structured. One strong and accepted theory is that large galaxies are clustered together on structures similar ...
New study finds first inhabitants of Caribbean brought drug heirlooms with them
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Oct 20, 2008 |
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A new study led by North Carolina State University's Dr. Scott Fitzpatrick is the first to show physical evidence that the people who colonized the Caribbean from South America brought with them heirloom drug paraphernalia ...
Researchers detect sweet cacophony while listening to cellular cross-talk
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Johns Hopkins scientists were dubious in the early 1980s when they stumbled on small sugar molecules lurking in the centers of cells; not only were they not supposed to be there, but they certainly weren't supposed to be ...
Group bragging betrays insecurity, study shows
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 20, 2008 |
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From partisans at a political rally to fans at a football game, groups that engage in pompous displays of collective pride may be trying to mask insecurity and a low social status, suggests new research led by University ...
Quest to sniff out kakapo fragrance spans centuries and continents
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Feathers of the flightless kakapo are being flown around the world as part of a Massey biologist’s quest to understand the role of the critically endangered native parrot’s sense of smell ...
Scientists map soils on an extinct American volcano
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
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Union County New Mexico is a landscape of striking diversity. Out of expansive rangelands rise sporadic yet majestic cinder cone volcanoes and mesas preserved by basalt, part of the Raton-Clayton Volcanic Field. Capulin volcano, ...
Current mass extinction spurs major study of which plants to save
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The Earth is in the midst of the sixth mass extinction of both plants and animals, with nearly 50 percent of all species disappearing, scientists say.
Scientist Uses Tracer to Predict Ancient Ocean Circulation
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Even though the Cretaceous Period ended more than 65 million years ago, clues remain about how the ocean water circulated at that time. Measuring a chemical tracer in samples of ancient fish scales, bones ...
Phoenix Gets Bonus Soil Sample
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The Mars Phoenix Lander's robotic arm successfully delivered soil into oven six of the lander's thermal and evolved-gas analyzer (TEGA) on Monday, Oct. 13, or Martian day (sol) 137 of the ...
Survey: Nearly 70 percent of public supports embryonic stem cell research
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(PhysOrg.com) -- With both presidential candidates vowing to ease federal funding restrictions on embryonic stem cell research and important scientific advances reported widely in the media, a new University of Michigan study ...
Alternative fuels may drain dwindling water supplies
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As the search for new fuels intensifies, researchers in Texas report that switching to certain alternative fuels to power cars, trucks, and SUVs may require the use of much more water than conventional petroleum-based gasoline ...
'Western' diet increases heart attack risk globally
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The typical Western diet — fried foods, salty snacks and meat — accounts for about 30 percent of heart attack risk across the world, according to a study of dietary patterns in 52 countries reported in Circulation: Journal of ...
The nose knows: 2 fixation points needed for face recognition
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 20, 2008 |
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Many of us are bad at remembering names but we are very quick to point out that at least we never forget a face. Never mind recognizing a familiar face- how is it that we recognize faces at all? Facial recognition is so automatic ...
