Archive: 08/31/2007
Digital Dandelions
What looks like the head of a digital dandelion is a map of the Internet generated by new algorithms from computer scientists at UC San Diego. This map features Internet nodes – the red dots – and linkages ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Aug 31, 2007 |
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Professor looks for life in and under antarctic ice
Antarctica is home to the largest body of ice on Earth. Prior to approximately 10 years ago, no one thought that life could exist beneath the Antarctic ice sheets, which can be more than two miles thick in places, because ...
Biology /
Aug 31, 2007 |
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A genetic trigger for the Cambrian explosion unraveled?
A team of scientists led by young Croatian evolutionary geneticist Tomislav Domazet-Lošo from Ruder Boškovic Institute (RBI) in Zagreb, Croatia, developed a novel methodological approach in evolutionary studies. Using the ...
Biology /
Aug 31, 2007 |
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Dark Pit on Mars' Arsia Mons, with Sunlit Wall
The High Resolution Imaging Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has confirmed that a dark pit seen on Mars in an earlier HiRISE image really is a vertical shaft that cuts through ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 31, 2007 |
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Ancient yucca chaws yield ancient DNA
In a groundbreaking study, two Harvard scientists have for the first time extracted human DNA from ancient artifacts. The work potentially opens up a new universe of sources for ancient genetic material, which ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Aug 31, 2007 |
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Free Electron Laser Laboratory Funding Threatened
Federal funding for an experimental laser program at Duke and other major U.S. universities has been marked for elimination by the Department of Defense despite support from North Carolina members of Congress.
Aug 31, 2007 |
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Invasive species spreads to Vilas County lake in Wisconsin
The spiny water flea, a small but aggressive aquatic invasive species, has made its way into another of Wisconsin's lakes, University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers reported last week.
Biology /
Aug 31, 2007 |
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NIST Measures Challenges for Wireless in Factories
Factories have much to gain from wireless technology, such as robot control, RFID tag monitoring, and local-area network (LAN) communications. Wireless systems can cost less and offer more flexibility than cabled systems. ...
Aug 31, 2007 |
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Longer is Better for Nanotube Optical Properties
If you want to exploit the ability of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) to absorb, fluoresce and scatter light, take the advice of a sandlot quarterback and “go long.”
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Aug 31, 2007 |
3.7 / 5 (9) |
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Chandra Peers at Cosmic Super Bubbles
Using the Chandra X-ray Observatory, astronomers explored a particular region of clouds and gas where stars are forming in one of the Milky Way's closest galactic neighbors.
Aug 31, 2007 |
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Discovery suggests location of genes for breast density, a strong risk factor for breast cancer
Studying the DNA of 889 people, gene hunters at the Mayo Clinic and H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Centers have identified a region on chromosome 5p that is significantly associated with dense breast tissue, a known risk factor for ...
Aug 31, 2007 |
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Male deer are born to live fast, die young
In the September issue of The American Naturalist, Juan Carranza (Biology and Ethology Unit, University of Extremadura, Spain) and Javier Pérez-Barbería (Macaulay Institute, United Kingdom) offer a new ex ...
Biology /
Aug 31, 2007 |
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The 5 Ws of corn production
As of late, many uncertainties have been sprouting up in corn production. Researchers and producers have been wondering if precision agricultural technologies can improve crop yield and quality or reduce their variability. ...
Aug 31, 2007 |
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Secondhand smoke is a health threat to pets
It has been in the news for years about how secondhand smoke is a health threat to nonsmokers. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention indicates that secondhand smoke is attributed with killing thousands of adult nonsmokers ...
Aug 31, 2007 |
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Red wine compound shown to prevent prostate cancer
Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) have found that nutrients in red wine may help reduce the risk of developing prostate cancer.
Aug 31, 2007 |
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