Oceanographers Explain the Origins of Tampa Bay
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 20, 2006 |
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What made Tampa Bay Tampa Bay? Geological oceanographer Al Hine and colleagues Beau Suthard and Stan Locker of the University of South Florida’s College of Marine Science explain the origins of Tampa Bay’s bottom, which dates ...
Touch tracking bypasses mind control
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 20, 2006 |
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For people unable to simultaneously rub their stomach while patting their head, a new twist may be at hand. Touch, rather than concentration, could let people multi-task with their hands, and this may also ...
H3N1 pig flu virus found in South Korea
Nov 20, 2006 |
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Scientists say they have identified the H3N1 swine influenza virus in domestic pigs in South Korea.
Fraud exposes British to mad cow disease
Nov 20, 2006 |
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Inspectors in Britain believe widespread fraud at slaughterhouses may be exposing the public to meat contaminated with mad cow disease.
Researchers develop novel method to find new antibiotics
Nov 20, 2006 |
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Bacteria are a cunning foe; at a worrisome rate, they are developing resistance to the current arsenal of antibiotic drugs. Without new drugs, society may be approaching a world reminiscent of the pre-antibiotic era, when ...
South China tigers may be extinct
Biology /
Nov 20, 2006 |
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Scientists fear the South China Tiger, one of the world's most endangered species, may be extinct in the wild.
Risks hold little weight when it comes to bad behaviour
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 20, 2006 |
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Why do we ignore public warnings about the dangers of smoking, drinking alcohol, overeating, stressing out, and persist in habits and behaviours that we know aren't good for us?
A simple method for making Lilliputian cups
Nov 20, 2006 |
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The technology for making ultrasmall containers - essential in a wide range of modern scientific research - has taken a giant step forward with new research by scientists in India.
British judge orders test of wake-up drug
Nov 20, 2006 |
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The senior family court judge in Britain turned down a request to stop feeding a woman in a vegetative state and allow her to die.
Lasers Let Scientists Test Gene Function in Butterfly Wings
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Nov 20, 2006 |
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The University at Buffalo team that developed the world's first transgenic butterfly now has developed an innovative tool that will allow scientists studying "non-model" organisms to test directly the function ...
Nerve fibers need specific growth factor chemical to form connections within the brain
Nov 20, 2006 |
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A discovery on how neural circuitry develops to aid proper cerebral cortex activity may help explain the memory and cognitive decline seen in Alzheimer's disease patients – a discovery that could point toward potential treatments, ...
Advance helps explain stem cell behavior
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Nov 20, 2006 |
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Biochemists at Oregon State University have developed a new method to identify the "DNA-binding transcription factors" that help steer stem cells into forming the wide variety of cells that ultimately make up all the organs ...
Open chest surgery alternative found
Nov 20, 2006 |
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A U.S. scientist has found an alternative to open chest surgery in treating mitral regurgitation -- blood leaking into the heart through the mitral valve.
Engineer focuses on the mechanics of better bullet proofing
Nov 20, 2006 |
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Body armor with greater ballistics resistance is the aim of the research being carried out by Youqi Wang, associate professor of mechanical engineering at Kansas State University, with support from two U.S. Department of ...
Honeybee genome to enable genetic study of social behaviour
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Nov 20, 2006 |
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Oxford researchers are part of a global consortium that has sequenced the genome of the honeybee, publishing the results in Nature. It is first social insect to have its genetic instructions decoded, offeri ...
