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Fruit fly avoidance mechanism could lead to new ways to control pain in humansAt first, fruit flies eat like horses. Hatching inside over-ripe fruit where they were laid, they feed wildly in the sugar-rich environment until nature sends them an offer they can’t refuse. To survive, they must leave the ... |
Another Olympic contest -- weather forecasting Meteorologists may not always feel appreciated, but at the Beijing Olympics at least they will have their own contest. |
 New idea in mortuary science: Dissolving bodies with lye(AP) -- Since they first walked the planet, humans have either buried or burned their dead. Now a new option is generating interest - dissolving bodies in lye and flushing the brownish, syrupy residue down ... |
 Solar Variability: Striking a Balance with Climate ChangeThe sun has powered almost everything on Earth since life began, including its climate. The sun also delivers an annual and seasonal impact, changing the character of each hemisphere as Earth's orientation ... |
Surprising discovery: Multicellular response is 'all for one'Real or perceived threats can trigger the well-known “fight or flight response” in humans and other animals. Adrenaline flows, and the stressed individual’s heart pumps faster, the muscles work harder, the brain sharpens ... |
 NCAR installs 76-teraflop supercomputer for critical research on climate change, severe weatherThe National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) has taken delivery of a new IBM supercomputer that will advance research into severe weather and the future of Earth's climate. The supercomputer, known ... |
 A Super Solar FlareAt 11:18 AM on the cloudless morning of Thursday, September 1, 1859, 33-year-old Richard Carrington—widely acknowledged to be one of England's foremost solar astronomers—was in his well-appointed private observatory. ... |
 Chemists measure chilli sauce hotness with nanotubesOxford chemists have found a way of using carbon nanotubes to judge the heat of chilli sauces. The technology might soon be available commercially as a cheap, disposable sensor for use in the food industry. |
 Harnessing sunlight on the cheapFor a project that could be on the very cutting edge of renewable energy, this one is actually decidedly low tech--and that's the point. |
 Flying saucers, tiny helicopters compete in British war game(AP) -- Emotion-detecting robot cars will face off against eavesdropping flying saucers in the English countryside when scientists, academics and schoolchildren compete later this year to design the next ... |
Researchers find way to make tumor cells easier to destroyTumors have a unique vulnerability that can be exploited to make them more sensitive to heat and radiation, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis report. |
 Climate link with killer cyclones spurs fierce scientific debateClimate scientists have begun to debate whether global warming is producing more powerful storms, after Nargis smashed into Myanmar -- brutally changing gear from a Category One to a Category Four cyclone ... |
 Trouble in paradise: Warming a greater danger to tropical speciesPolar bears fighting for survival in the face of a rapid decline of polar ice have made the Arctic a poster child for the negative effects of climate change. But new research shows that species living in the ... |
 'Smart' power meters herald future of our electricity use(AP) -- Determined to cut his electricity bill, Darrell Brubaker took the usual steps of raising his air conditioner's thermostat and cooking more on the grill. But the key to maximum savings - as much as ... |
 Creating Highly Sought Magnetic Nanoparticles in One StepResearchers from the University of Minnesota have demonstrated a one-step technique for producing a class of magnetic nanoparticles that could be used in everything from biomedical applications to data storage. ... |
