Archive: 11/21/2007
Mars' Molten Past
Mars was covered in an ocean of molten rock for about 100 million years after the planet formed, researchers from the Lunar and Planetary Institute in Houston, Texas, UC Davis, and NASA's Johnson Space Center ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 21, 2007 |
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The early relatives of flowering plants
The emergence of flowering plants is regarded as a major botanical mystery. In today’s edition of the scientific magazine Nature, an international research team with participation from the Paul Scherrer Instit ...
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Nov 21, 2007 |
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Flip-Flopping Gene Expression Can Be Advantageous
One gene for pea pod color generates green pods while a variant of that gene gives rise to the yellow-pod phenotype, a feature that helped Gregor Mendel, the 19th century Austrian priest and scientist, first ...
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Dig yields shrine to Roman twins' she-wolf
The shrine where ancient Romans worshiped the she-wolf who nursed Rome's mythical founding twins, Romulus and Remus, may have been found, archaeologists said.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Nov 21, 2007 |
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Trivia time: Tom Turkey, T. rex related
The modern-day turkey on American tables and the extinct Tyrannosaurus rex have one thing in common: their wishbone.
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Nov 21, 2007 |
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Canada awards $1.1M for energy projects
The Canadian government is investing in solar energy, awarding $1.1 million for projects promoting photovoltaic and solar thermal power technologies.
Nov 21, 2007 |
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Preserve established for bonobos
Congo has established a rain-forest preserve to protect the bonobo from deforestation and poachers, government officials said.
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Nov 21, 2007 |
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Probing the nurseries of miniature planetary systems
New research led by a University of St Andrews astronomer has found evidence for what might be the raw material for the beginning of shrunken versions of our solar system - miniature worlds in the making.
Nov 21, 2007 |
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Buckyball birth observed by Sandia nanotech researcher
Almost everyone in the scientific community has heard of buckyballs, but no one until Sandia’s Jianyu Huang has seen one being born.
Nov 21, 2007 |
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Neutron scatter camera provides a new-and-improved way to look at radiation
In an effort to find an answer to the problem of identifying smuggled special nuclear material (SNM), researchers at Sandia National Laboratories in California say a neutron scatter camera they are developing ...
Nov 21, 2007 |
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Genetic Underpinnings of Wood Digestion by Termite Gut Microbes Revealed
When termites are chewing on your home, your immediate thought probably isn't "I wonder how they digest that stuff?" But biologists have been gnawing on the question for more than a century. The key is not just the termite, ...
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Nov 21, 2007 |
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The power of multiples: Connecting wind farms can make a more reliable - and cheaper - power source
Wind power, long considered to be as fickle as wind itself, can be groomed to become a steady, dependable source of electricity and delivered at a lower cost than at present, according to scientists at Stanford University.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Nov 21, 2007 |
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Think College Football Teams Punished For Late Losses? Not So Fast, My Friend
A new study of 25 years of data from a major college football poll challenges three strongly held beliefs of many coaches and fans.
Nov 21, 2007 |
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Stem cells train heart following heart attack
Injecting adult stem cells into a heart following a heart attack (infarction) improves the heart function and strengthens the heart wall.
Nov 21, 2007 |
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NASA Amends Crew Assignment for STS-126 Mission
NASA has replaced a crew member assigned to space shuttle mission STS-126. Astronaut Donald R. Pettit will take the place of astronaut Joan E. Higginbotham, who has left NASA to accept a position in the private sector. The ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
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