It came from outer space -- and likely disintegrated over northeastern Oregon
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 21, 2008 |
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People in at least four states and a Canadian province saw a bright fireball streaking across the Pacific Northwest sky in the early hours Tuesday but, contrary to some reports, there was no collision with the ground, University ...
Biochemists reveal details of mysterious bacterial microcompartments
Feb 21, 2008 |
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UCLA biochemists and colleagues have answered an important question about the structure of microcompartments — the mysterious molecular machines that seem to be present in a wide variety of pathogens and other ...
Modified electron microscope identifies atoms
Feb 21, 2008 |
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A new electron microscope recently installed in Cornell's Duffield Hall is enabling scientists for the first time to form images that uniquely identify individual atoms in a crystal and see how those atoms bond to one another. ...
Nightime light linked to cancer
Feb 21, 2008 |
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An Israeli study said women who live in well-lighted neighborhoods are more likely to develop breast cancer than those who live in darker areas.
Zoologists challenge longstanding theory that 'eyespots' mimic the eyes of predators' enemies
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Feb 21, 2008 |
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Circular markings on creatures such as butterflies are effective against predators because they are conspicuous features, not because they mimic the eyes of the predators’ own enemies, according to research published today ...
Study finds cloudy outlook for solar panels
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Despite increasing popular support for solar photovoltaic panels in the United States, their costs far outweigh the benefits, according to a new analysis by Severin Borenstein, a professor at the University of California, ...
Study: Global cooling a 1970s myth
Feb 21, 2008 |
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A U.S. climatologist said there was no consensus in the 1970s that the Earth was headed for a new ice age.
Genetic tags reveal secrets of memories' staying power in mice
Feb 21, 2008 |
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A better understanding of how memory works is emerging from a newfound ability to link a learning experience in a mouse to consequent changes in the inner workings of its neurons. Researchers, supported in ...
Edinburgh astronomers deliver 'origins' camera
Feb 21, 2008 |
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Today the Science and Technology Facility Council’s UK Astronomy Technology Centre (UK ATC) at the Royal Observatory Edinburgh shipped its biggest and most complex ever instrument. The giant camera known as SCUBA-2 will be ...
Burmese pythons making themselves at home
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Feb 21, 2008 |
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U.S. biologists said Burmese pythons could start moving north from Florida into other states if the climate continues to change.
Scientists reactivate immune
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Feb 21, 2008 |
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Scientists at the Gladstone Institute of Virology and Immunology (GIVI) and the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) have found that therapy can be used to stimulate the production of vital immune cells, called ...
Worm defecation holds clues to widespread cell-to-cell communication process
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Feb 21, 2008 |
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The focus of two recent Nobel prizes, a species of roundworm has made possible another advance in the understanding of how cells talk to one another, according to a study published online Feb. 21 in the journal ...
Researcher investigates new developments in laser and sensor technology
Feb 21, 2008 |
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Scientists hope that research being conducted in Binghamton University’s Department of Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy will create lasers that work at wavelengths currently inaccessible.
Study: Rap Music Linked to Sexism
Feb 21, 2008 |
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Rap music brings out sexism in college students, but it doesn't necessarily cause the students to be sexist.
Researchers explore the antidepressant effects of ketamine
Feb 21, 2008 |
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Drug treatments for depression can take many weeks for the beneficial effects to emerge. The excruciating and disabling nature of depression highlights the urgency of developing treatments that act more rapidly. Ketamine, ...
