400 Year Old Clam Found -- Oldest Animal Ever
Biology /
Oct 29, 2007 |
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A clam dredged from Icelandic waters had lived for 400 years - is this the longest-lived animal known to science?
Researchers one step closer to elusive cancer vaccine
Oct 29, 2007 |
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When cells become cancerous, the sugars on their surfaces undergo distinct changes that set them apart from healthy cells. For decades, scientists have tried to exploit these differences by training the immune system to attack ...
Researchers find origin of 'breathable' atmosphere half a billion years ago
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 29, 2007 |
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Ohio State University geologists and their colleagues have uncovered evidence of when Earth may have first supported an oxygen-rich atmosphere similar to the one we breathe today.
Debunking The Commercial Press and Why Scientists Hate to Talk to the Media
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Oct 29, 2007 |
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The popular press ran a story over the weekend about the eventual split into two species of the human race. The sources cited were the preeminent London School of Economics and the work of Professor Oliver ...
Scientist brings 50 million year old spider 'back to life'
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Oct 29, 2007 |
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A 50-million-year-old fossilised spider has been brought back to life in stunning 3D by a scientist at The University of Manchester.
Dinosaur Deaths Outsourced to India?
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Oct 29, 2007 |
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A series of monumental volcanic eruptions in India may have killed the dinosaurs 65 million years ago, not a meteor impact in the Gulf of Mexico. The eruptions, which created the gigantic Deccan Traps lava ...
New technology improves the reliability of wind turbines
Oct 29, 2007 |
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The world's first commercial Brushless Doubly-Fed Generator (BDFG) is to be installed on a 20kW turbine at or close to the University of Cambridge Engineering Department's Electrical Engineering Division Building ...
Researchers show evidence of 'memory' in cells and molecules
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Oct 29, 2007 |
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Research to be reported October 29 in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences provides evidence that some molecular interactions on cell surfaces may have a “memory” that affects their ...
Powerful Molecular Motor Permits Speedy Assembly of Viruses
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Oct 29, 2007 |
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A team of physicists at the University of California, San Diego and biologists at Catholic University of America, Washington D.C. has shown that a tiny viral motor generates twice as much power, relative to ...
Astronomers simulate life and death in the universe
Oct 29, 2007 |
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Stars always evolve in the universe in large groups, known as clusters. Astronomers distinguish these formations by their age and size. The question of how star clusters are created from interstellar gas clouds and why they ...
HIV's path out of Africa: Haiti, the US then the world
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Oct 29, 2007 |
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The AIDS virus entered the United States via Haiti, probably arriving in just one person in about 1969, earlier than previously believed, according to new research. After the virus, HIV-1, entered the U.S., it flourished ...
Ancient Amphibians Left Full-Body Imprints
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Oct 29, 2007 |
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Unprecedented fossilized body imprints of amphibians have been discovered in 330 million-year-old rocks from Pennsylvania. The imprints show the unmistakably webbed feet and bodies of three previously unknown, ...
Study reveals that nitrogen fertilizers deplete soil organic carbon
Oct 29, 2007 |
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The common practice of adding nitrogen fertilizer is believed to benefit the soil by building organic carbon, but four University of Illinois soil scientists dispute this view based on analyses of soil samples from the Morrow ...
Over one-third of former American football players had sexual relations with men, study says
Oct 29, 2007 |
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A study of former high-school American Football players has found that more than a third said they had had sexual relations with other men.
NVIDIA Answers Gamers' Demands With GeForce 8800 GT
Oct 29, 2007 |
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The NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT, the latest in the standard-setting GeForce 8 Series of graphics processing units (GPUs), is hitting store shelves today.
