Russian company sets sights on the moon
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The president of a Russian spacecraft company announced the corporation plans to launch the country's first manned flight around the moon in 2011.
La. levee dangers identified in 1846
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Warnings about the ecological and geophysical dangers of the levee system in Louisiana date to engineers working in the state 160 years ago.
Cell's fight against cancer revealed
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If anything in cancer biology can be likened to a cage match, this is it: the battle inside the cell walls between LTag, "The Most Amazing Molecule in the Universe," and p53, "The Guardian of the Genome."
SMART-1 maps its own impact site
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This mosaic of images, obtained by the Advanced Moon Imaging Experiment (AMIE) on board ESA's SMART-1 spacecraft, shows the SMART-1 landing site on the Moon.
Sugar metabolism tracked in living plant tissues, in real time
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Scientists at Carnegie's Department of Plant Biology have made the first real-time observations of sugars in the cells of intact and living plant tissues. With the help of groundbreaking imaging techniques, ...
Genome Info from 'Plant Destroyers' Could Save Trees, Beans and Chocolate
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Aug 31, 2006 |
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An international team of scientists has published the first two genome sequences from a destructive group of plant pathogens called Phytophthora--a name that literally means "plant destroyer." The more than ...
Heat extends mosquito season, West Nile threat in Montana
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Hot weather has extended Montana's mosquito season into September, and that means West Nile virus is still a threat, says Montana State University entomologist Greg Johnson.
Study Contends Marrieds are More Likely to Vote
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Who is most likely to vote in presidential elections? Researchers have known that who votes can be determined by a trio of individual characteristics: education, age, and residential stability; and the more you have of each, ...
Celebrex may slow colon cancer
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Two U.S. studies say Pfizer's painkiller Celebrex can slow the recurrence of polyps in the colon for those at a higher risk of developing colon cancer.
High-Flying Balloons Track Hurricane Formation
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The eastern tropical Atlantic Ocean is out of range for U.S. hurricane-hunter aircraft, and forecasters have little skill predicting which systems brewing there will develop into hurricanes, atmospheric scientists ...
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