Suit seeks grilled chicken warning
Sep 28, 2006 |
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A Washington group filed suit against seven national restaurant chains, saying their California stores must warn that their grilled chicken has carcinogens.
Strange Moonlight
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 28, 2006 |
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Not so long ago, before electric lights, farmers relied on moonlight to harvest autumn crops. With everything ripening at once, there was too much work to to do to stop at sundown. A bright full moon—a "Harvest ...
The CNT-DNA wrap: A hefty hybrid for carbon nanotubes
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Sep 28, 2006 |
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Since their discovery in 1991, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have captured the public imagination. These scrolls of graphite are much too tiny to be seen but they are stronger than diamonds. Formed from organic material, they can ...
Scientists offer guidelines for coping with climate change in Alaska
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 28, 2006 |
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Coping with the devastating effects of climate change in Alaska will require institutional nimbleness and a willingness among those living at lower latitudes to “share the pain,” according to the authors of a paper published ...
LG.Philips Unveils Cutting-Edge Super-Slim LCD Panel for Mobile Phones
Sep 28, 2006 |
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LG.Philips LCD, the world’s leading innovator of thin-film transistor liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) technology, announced today that it has developed the world’s slimmest TFT-LCD panel, measuring only 1.3mm in thickness ...
Winds trigger increases in ozone destroying gases in upper stratosphere
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 28, 2006 |
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A surprising new University of Colorado at Boulder study indicates winds circling high above the far Northern Hemisphere have a much greater impact on upper stratospheric ozone levels than scientists had thought.
Narwhals May Produce Signature Vocalizations for Communications
Biology /
Sep 28, 2006 |
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Scientists have found preliminary evidence that narwhals, Arctic whales whose spiraled tusks gave rise to the myth of the unicorn, produce signature vocalizations that may facilitate individual recognition or their reunion ...
Live Oak Trees Struggle for Survival in Growth Areas
Sep 28, 2006 |
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The majestic live oak is losing its battle for survival to suburban sprawl and the encroachment of taller trees, a new University of Florida study finds.
Gene tied to hair pulling disorder
Sep 28, 2006 |
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A Durham, N.C., study has suggested mutations in a certain gene might be related to a disorder that causes people to pull out their own hair.
Votes cast for greatest materials science
Sep 28, 2006 |
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Voting for the world's greatest moments in materials science and engineering history has begun by the U.S. Minerals, Metals & Materials Society.
Study shows internet to be resilient against terror attack
Sep 28, 2006 |
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Researchers have simulated what would happen to Internet reliability in the United States if terrorists were able to knock out various physical components of the network.
IBM and Avokia Set Record for Long-Range Database Clustering
Technology / Computer Sciences
Sep 28, 2006 |
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IBM and Avokia Inc., today announced they have developed a long-range database clustering technology, which is the first of its kind to link active data servers located thousands of miles apart.
New angiogenesis finding may help fight cancer growth
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Sep 28, 2006 |
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A researcher at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health has discovered a new part of the complicated mechanism that governs the formation of blood vessels, or angiogenesis.
Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer Begins Mission at Mars
Sep 28, 2006 |
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The most powerful mineral-mapper ever sent to Mars has opened its protective cover and is about to begin its search for hints of past water on the red planet.
Scientists use an 'ice lolly' to find polar bacteria in their own back yard
Biology /
Sep 28, 2006 |
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To study the bacteria which survive in extreme cold, scientists no longer have to go to extreme environments, such as Antarctic lakes and glaciers. Bacteria previously isolated from polar climates, and have properties which ...
