Archive: 12/20/2007
Link uncovered between variation in humans with extreme body mass and abnormal splicing
Today researchers report new insights into how genetic variation may create phenotypic differences between individuals. This study, which investigates the influence of mutations associated with obesity on the mechanism of ...
Dec 20, 2007 |
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To curious aliens, Earth would stand out as living planet
With powerful instruments scouring the heavens, astronomers have found more than 240 planets in the past two decades, none likely to support Earth-like life.
Dec 20, 2007 |
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Results promising for computational quantum chemical methods for drug development
New research, led by a Virginia Tech chemist, may someday help natural-products chemists decrease by years the amount of time it takes for the development of certain types of medicinal drugs. The research by T. Daniel Crawford, ...
Dec 20, 2007 |
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Physicists find new explanation for superconductivity's 'glue'
A team of Boston College researchers led by Asst. Prof. Vidya Madhavan (Physics) has identified an alternative explanation for the microscopic origins of the “glue” that binds electrons during high-temperature superconductivity, ...
Dec 20, 2007 |
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Astronomer Triggers Public’s Online Search for Overlapping Galaxies
Armchair astronomers using the galaxyzoo.org Web site have identified more than 500 overlapping galaxies in the local Universe when astronomers had previously only known of 20 such systems.
Dec 20, 2007 |
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Scientists Find Good News About Methane Bubbling Up From the Ocean Floor Near Santa Barbara
Methane, a potent greenhouse gas, is emitted in great quantities as bubbles from seeps on the ocean floor near Santa Barbara. About half of these bubbles dissolve into the ocean, but the fate of this dissolved methane remains ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 20, 2007 |
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Youngsters Prefer a Home Like Mom's
When young mice leave their mothers' homes, they choose to live in places much like the ones where they were raised, according to research done at UC Davis.
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Artificial skin system can heal wounds
A new study in Artificial Organs tested the effects of a wound dressing created with hair follicular cells. The findings reveal that skin substitutes using living hair cells can increase wound healing.
Dec 20, 2007 |
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Researchers solve first structure of a key to intact DNA inheritance
Researchers have solved the structure of a DNA-protein complex that is crucial in the spread of antibiotic resistance among bacteria. Knowing this structure also provides fundamental insight into how cells successfully divide ...
Biology /
Dec 20, 2007 |
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How Cagey Electrons Keep Hydrated
Water, despite its essential role in nature, remains a deeply mysterious substance. A long list of water's unusual properties tantalizes researchers even today, and scientists at the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation ...
Dec 20, 2007 |
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Maintain, don't gain during the holidays
For many people, the holiday season brings shopping and parties with plenty of delicious food. How do you maintain good eating habits and avoid weight gain when there are so many temptations that can doom even the most disciplined ...
Dec 20, 2007 |
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Team develops solar-powered laptop for Tanzanian students
For a team of Penn State engineering students, the challenge wasn't getting laptops to Tanzanian students, but how to power those machines.
Dec 20, 2007 |
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Science Satellites Scour Skies for Santa
International audiences (young and young-at-heart) will be closely eyeing the Santa-tracking satellite technology of Los Alamos National Laboratory in the coming week. Beginning at 6 a.m. Monday, Dec. 24, Los Alamos scientists ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 20, 2007 |
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10,000 Earths' Worth of Fresh Dust Found Near Star Explosion
Astronomers have at last found definitive evidence that the universe's first dust – the celestial stuff that seeded future generations of stars and planets – was forged in the explosions of massive stars. ...
Dec 20, 2007 |
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You've got mail -- somewhere
New "smart" email search software from IBM can figure out what you are trying to find, even when you aren't so sure yourself. Its semantic search capabilities allow you to search on concepts and ideas rather than set-in-stone ...
Dec 20, 2007 |
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