Solar physicists report paradox: Less sunlight, but temps rise
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Less sunlight reaching the Earth's surface has not translated into cooler temperatures, according to a team of solar physicists at New Jersey Institute of Technology. The scientists, who monitor the Earth's ...
ISRO To Launch Indigenous Cryogenic Engine This Year
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Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has said it will launch its Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) with a home-grown cryogenic engine by this year-end, reports PTI.
Study: Killifish thrive on pollution
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New Bedford Harbor in Massachusetts is one of the most toxic bodies of water in the United States, yet it is home to a thriving population of killifish.
Single molecule motor inspired by natural energy conversion
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A single molecule working as the nano scale version of the steam engine: that’s the molecular motor developed by a group of UT scientists led by prof. Julius Vancso of the MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology. ...
Researchers develop pollution-busting plants to clean up contaminated land
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Scientists at the University of York have played a crucial role in developing a way of using plants to clean up land contaminated by explosives.
Study: Abraham Lincoln may have had ataxia
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University of Minnesota scientists say they've found evidence President Abraham Lincoln may have been a victim of a neurological disease called ataxia.
Study shows a fundamental difference between how insects, mammals detect odors
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When smelling their favorite foods, both humans and insects usually go with their instinct and try to find the source. However, according to new research by Leslie Vosshall and colleagues at Rockefeller University, ...
Blood stem cell discovery is announced
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Boston-area scientists say they've discovered a method that dramatically multiplies blood stem cells.
Bird flu virus mutations found in Turkey
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Mutations of the bird flu virus have reportedly been found in a flu patient in Turkey but it's not yet known if the mutated virus might cause a human pandemic.
Earthquakes Kill Nearly 90,000 In 2005
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Although there were fewer deaths worldwide in 2005 due to earthquakes, more than 89,353 casualties were reported, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and confirmed by the United Nations Office for Coordination ...
U.S. 28th in environmental performance
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A nation-by-nation study by Yale and Columbia universities shows the United States is 28th in the world in environmental performance.
Metal atom dictates the structure: new concept for the construction of enzyme inhibitors
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Complex natural products usually adopt precisely defined spatial structures that are of critical importance to their biological function. A substrate must fit precisely into the “pocket” of an enzyme in order to be converted. ...
Networking computers to help combat disease
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Last year there were about 350-500 million infections and approximately 1.3 million deaths due to malaria, mainly in the tropics. Malaria is spread by female mosquitoes, which carry protozoan parasites called ...
Ancient medical oath is 'updated'
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The dean of a New York City medical school has rewritten part of the 2,405-year-old Hippocratic Oath to make it more inclusive for female doctors.
Predicting the weather on Titan?
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Using recent Cassini, Huygens and Earth-based observations, scientists have been able to create a computer model which explains the formation of several types of ethane and methane clouds on Titan.
