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Mutation found in swine flu virus: WHO
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The World Health Organisation said Friday that a mutation had been found in samples of the swine flu virus taken following the first two deaths from the pandemic in Norway.
Researchers identify role of gene in tumor development, growth and progression
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Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center and VCU Institute of Molecular Medicine researchers have identified a gene that may play a pivotal role in two processes that are essential for tumor development, growth ...
Just like old times: Generating RNA molecules in water
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A key question in the origin of biological molecules like RNA and DNA is how they first came together billions of years ago from simple precursors. Now, in a study appearing in this week's Journal of Biological Chemistry, resear ...
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When It Comes to Drug Delivery, Size Matters
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
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El Nino intensifies Latin America drought
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
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Microbes to Take Over Ethanol Production?
Chemistry / Biochemistry
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Active hearing process in mosquitoes
Other Sciences / Mathematics
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Google's Chrome OS to be ready for 2010 holidays (Update)
Technology / Software
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Using superconducting probes to get a picture of what it's like inside CNTs,
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Researchers Find Innate Correlations Among Different Power Law Phenomena,
Nov 17, 2009 |
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Building a more versatile laser,
Nov 16, 2009 |
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H1N1 Virus Can Be Killed by Acidic Ozone Water,
Nov 09, 2009 |
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New Digital 'Electronics' Concept May Continue Moore's Law,
Nov 05, 2009 |
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Hunting for Planets in the Dark
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A proposed space mission that aims to measure dark energy could also detect planets that current surveys are unable to find.
IBM scientists create rapid disease diagnostic chip (w/ Video)
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
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IBM scientists have created a one-step point-of-care-diagnostic test, based on an innovative silicon chip, that requires less sample volume, is significantly faster, portable, easy to use, and can test for ...
A Tiny Cage of Gold Responds to Light, Opening to Empty Its Contents
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have developed a polymer-coated gold nanocage that not only opens in response to light to release a small amount of a drug payload, but then closes when the ...
Astronauts get extra work done in 1st spacewalk (Update)
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
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(AP) -- A pair of spacewalking astronauts, one of them a surgeon, hustled through antenna and cable work outside the International Space Station on Thursday and even whipped off an extra chore.
Paleontologists find extinction rates higher in open-ocean settings during mass extinctions
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
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Arnie Miller, University of Cincinnati professor of paleontology in the McMicken College of Arts & Sciences, and co-author Michael Foote of the University of Chicago publish their research in the Nov. 20 issue ...
Shifting blame is socially contagious
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
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Merely observing someone publicly blame an individual in an organization for a problem - even when the target is innocent - greatly increases the odds that the practice of blaming others will spread with the tenacity of the ...
Saving the single cysteine: new antioxidant system found (w/ Video)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- We've all read studies about the health benefits of having a life partner. The same thing is true at the molecular level, where amino acids known as cysteines are much more vulnerable to damage when single ...
Mystery of the Solar Tsunami -- Solved (w/ Video)
Nov 19, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Sometimes you really can believe your eyes. That's what NASA's Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO) is telling researchers about a controversial phenomenon on the sun known as ...
Mysteriously warm times in Antarctica
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 18, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study of Antarctica's past climate reveals that temperatures during the warm periods between ice ages (interglacials) may have been higher than previously thought. The latest analysis ...
Pulling the plug on hybrid myths
Nov 19, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Whether you call them myths, urban legends, fables or old wives' tales, there's a lot of misinformation out there about plug-in electric hybrid vehicles. These vehicles, abbreviated PHEVs, ...
Do we need dark matter?
Nov 12, 2009 |
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It's the biggest problem in physics: the matter we can see in the universe accounts for just five per cent of the observed gravity that holds galaxies together.
Greenland ice cap melting faster than ever
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 12, 2009 |
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Satellite observations and a state-of-the art regional atmospheric model have independently confirmed that the Greenland ice sheet is loosing mass at an accelerating rate, reports a new study in Science.
Road trains may be coming soon to Europe (w/ Video)
Nov 13, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Road trains linking vehicles together in a traveling convoy are planned for Europe. With only the lead vehicle being actively driven, the road trains would allow commuters to sleep, read a ...
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Doubts raised on nuclear industry viability
Physics / General Physics
Nov 19, 2009 |
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UN: Fight climate change with free condoms
Space & Earth / Environment
Nov 18, 2009 |
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Researchers Find Innate Correlations Among Different Power Law Phenomena
Physics / General Physics
Nov 17, 2009 |
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Study raises concerns about outdoor second-hand smoke
Medicine & Health / Health
Nov 18, 2009 |
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LCROSS Impact Finds Water on the Moon
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 13, 2009 |
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Extinct goat was cold-blooded
Biology / Plants & Animals
Nov 18, 2009 |
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Proton's party pals may alter its internal structure
Physics / General Physics
Nov 18, 2009 |
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A line on string theory
Physics / General Physics
Nov 12, 2009 |
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Bigger not necessarily better, when it comes to brains
Biology / Plants & Animals
Nov 17, 2009 |
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Nanoparticles used in common household items caused genetic damage in mice
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Nov 16, 2009 |
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Nanotube defects equal better energy and storage systems
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Nov 19, 2009 |
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Scientists demonstrate 'universal' programmable quantum processor
Physics / Quantum Physics
Nov 15, 2009 |
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Dreams may have an important physiological function
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Nov 12, 2009 |
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Oceans' uptake of manmade carbon may be slowing
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 18, 2009 |
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Alcohol helps lower heart disease risk for men: study
Medicine & Health / Health
Nov 19, 2009 |
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Rapacious Rasberry ants march north
Biology / Plants & Animals
Nov 13, 2009 |
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Common plastics chemicals linked to ADHD symptoms
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 19, 2009 |
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Pilot study relates phthalate exposure to less-masculine play by boys
Medicine & Health / Research
Nov 16, 2009 |
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Waking up memories while you sleep
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Nov 19, 2009 |
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Glorious Dawn: Sagan, Hawking Sing (w/ Video)
Other Sciences / Other
Nov 12, 2009 |
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