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British soldiers reach South Pole

A team of British military personnel has become the first service members to visit the South Pole in nearly 100 years.

Other Sciences / Other

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Technique quickly identifies bacteria for food safety

Researchers at Purdue University have used a new technique to rapidly detect and precisely identify bacteria, including dangerous E. coli, without time-consuming treatments usually required.

Chemistry /

created Dec 28, 2006 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (12) | comments 0

New York dialysis care named worst

U.S. government records charge that dialysis care in New York is among the worst in the country.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 28, 2006 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Researchers identify new drug targets for cancer

Solving a 100-year-old genetic puzzle, researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine have determined that the same genetic mechanism that drives tumor growth can also act as a tumor suppressor. ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 28, 2006 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (16) | comments 0

Roadworks on the motorways of the cell

A cell is a busy place. In a permanent rush hour, molecules are transported along a dynamic motorway system made up of filaments called microtubules. Microtubules constantly grow and shrink and are rapidly ...

Biology /

created Dec 28, 2006 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Sex Ends as Seasons Shift and Kisspeptin Levels Plummet

A hormone implicated in the onset of human puberty also appears to control reproductive activity in seasonally breeding rodents, report Indiana University Bloomington and University of California at Berkeley ...

Biology /

created Dec 28, 2006 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (11) | comments 0

How many genes does it take to learn? Lessons from sea slugs

Scientists analyzing the genomics of a marine snail have gotten an unprecedented look at brain mechanisms, discovering that the neural processes in even a simple sea creature are far from sluggish.

Biology /

created Dec 28, 2006 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (16) | comments 0

Safety experts ill-equipped to handle nanotechnology in workplace

A strategic plan and more resources for risk research are needed now in order to ensure safe nano-workplaces today and in the future. That is the conclusion of Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies Chief Science Advisor Andrew ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Dec 28, 2006 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0


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