A Test of the Copernican Principle
May 22, 2008 |
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The Copernican principle states that the Earth is not the center of the universe, and that, as observers, we don’t occupy a special place. First stated by Copernicus in the 16th century, today the idea is ...
Dutch robot Flame walks like a human
May 22, 2008 |
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Researcher Daan Hobbelen of TU Delft has developed a new, highly-advanced walking robot: Flame. This type of research, for which Hobbelen will receive his PhD on Friday 30 May, is important as it provides ...
Archaeologists explore Peruvian mystery
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
May 22, 2008 |
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Indiana Jones may be flying over the Nazca Lines in Peru in his latest Hollywood adventure, but two British archaeologists have been investigating the enigmatic desert drawings for several years.
Foot-dragging Mars rover finds Yellowstone-like hot spring deposits
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 22, 2008 |
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Deposits of nearly pure silica discovered by the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit in Gusev Crater formed when volcanic steam or hot water (or maybe both) percolated through the ground. Such deposits are found ...
New Study Finds Increasing Acidification of Pacific Ocean’s Continental Shelf
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 22, 2008 |
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An international team of scientists surveying the waters of the continental shelf off the West Coast of North America has discovered for the first time high levels of acidified ocean water within 20 miles of the shoreline, ...
Major 'missed' biochemical pathway emerges as important in virtually all cells
May 22, 2008 |
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A new study by Duke University researchers provides more evidence that the nitric oxide (NO) system in the life of a cell plays a key role in disease, and the findings point to ways to improve treatment of illnesses such ...
Fluorescent nano-barcodes could revolutionize diagnostics
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
May 22, 2008 |
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A new technology with research and clinical application including the early detection of disease has been invented and developed by University of Queensland researchers.
Researchers explore the emerging role of infection in Alzheimer's disease
May 22, 2008 |
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The realization that pathogens can produce slowly progressive chronic diseases has opened new lines of research into Alzheimer's disease. In a special issue of the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease published May 2008, guest ...
Scorched Earth millenium map shows 'fire scars'
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 22, 2008 |
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A geographer from the University of Leicester has produced for the first time a map of the scorched Earth for every year since the turn of the Millennium.
Study identifies food-related clock in the brain
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May 22, 2008 |
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In investigating the intricacies of the body’s biological rhythms, scientists at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) have discovered the existence of a “food-related clock” which can supersede the “light-based” master ...
Rapid escalation characterizes virus/host arms race
Biology /
May 22, 2008 |
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The interaction between a virus and its host is often portrayed as an arms race, with each new viral attack parried by the host and each new defense by the host one-upped by the virus.
Quitting Smoking Helps Social Life
May 22, 2008 |
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Putting down cigarettes for good can have unexpected social benefits, according to new research from Harvard and the University of California, San Diego. Smoking is bad, it turns out, not only for your physical ...
Study finds unique HIV vaccine formula elicits strong immune responses
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
May 22, 2008 |
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Today, Advanced BioScience Laboratories, Inc. and the University of Massachusetts Medical School report that their unique HIV vaccine formulation was effective in eliciting strong and balanced immune responses in healthy ...
Getting to the Roots of Sunflower Cultivation
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May 22, 2008 |
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Global warming could affect one of the world's major oil seed crops, the sunflower. Drawing on genetic information from early plant stocks is key to improving future harvests.
At the synapse: Gene may shed light on neurological disorders
May 22, 2008 |
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In our brains, where millions of signals move across a network of neurons like runners in a relay race, all the critical baton passes take place at synapses. These small gaps between nerve cell endings have to be just the ...
