THOR Mars Mission To Seek Underground Water February 01, 2006 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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A new, low-cost mission concept to Mars would slam a projectile into the planet's surface in an attempt to look for subsurface water ice. | |
Cancer is threatening Tasmanian devils February 01, 2006 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Australian scientists say a deadly facial-tumor disease threatening a carnivorous Australian marsupial known as the Tasmanian devil might be infectious. | |
Leonardo's machines shown in Rome, Naples February 09, 2006 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Two separate exhibitions in Rome and Naples are under way showcasing many reconstructions of the machines designed by Leonardo da Vinci. | |
UCI researchers discover key factor for survival of human embryonic stem cells February 16, 2006 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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Human embryonic stem cells (hES) offer great hope for the treatment of some devastating diseases, but finding a way to keep enough of these cells usable and healthy for transplantation in patients has been an ongoing problem. ... | |
AAAS denounces bills undermining evolution February 20, 2006 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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The American Association for the Advancement of Science, meeting in St. Louis, said Sunday it strongly denounced legislation undermining evolution. | |
The Oceans As Carbon Dioxide Sinks Increasing Our Understanding February 22, 2006 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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German and British scientists have studied the ocean off south-western Africa and have discovered that particles are transported to the deep ocean over thousands of years before being deposited on the seabed. This discovery ... | |
Man-made prostate created by women February 23, 2006 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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In a giant step towards understanding prostate disease, Melbourne scientists have grown a human prostate from embryonic stem cells. A study published in the March edition of Nature Methods describes how human embryonic ... | |
U.S. greenhouse emissions up 1.7 percent February 28, 2006 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says greenhouse gas emissions increased by 1.7 percent during 2004 from the previous year. | |
 Scientists ponder bird flu findings March 13, 2006 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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Avian flu fears have scientists trying to determine how bird flu spreads, and one Italian researcher says that information should be given to the public. | |
 Nanorods show benefits cancer treatment March 14, 2006 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology and the University of California, San Francisco, have found an even more effective and safer way to detect and kill cancer cells. By changing the shapes of ... | |
 Radar altimetry revolutionises the study of the ocean March 15, 2006 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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Imagine a space tool so revolutionary it can determine the impact of climate change, monitor the melting of glaciers, discover invisible waves, predict the strength of hurricanes, conserve fish stocks and measure ... | |
 Sharp to Introduce Industry’s Thinnest 110,000-Pixel CMOS Camera Module March 16, 2006 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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Sharp Corporation has developed a 110,000-pixel CMOS camera module with an optical system only 1/11-inch in size. The new LZ0P396D is the industry's most compact, thinnest module, and is ideal for compact portable ... | |
Light activated anticancer drug targeted to DNA using cisplatin like sub-units March 27, 2006 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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One of the most effective chemotherapy drugs against cancer is cisplatin because it attaches to cancer DNA and disrupts repair. However, it also kills healthy tissue. Many scientists are creating alternative drugs or cisplatin ... | |
 New study sets benchmark properties for popular conducting plastic March 30, 2006 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Steadily increasing the length of a purified conducting polymer vastly improves its ability to conduct electricity, report researchers at Carnegie Mellon University, whose work appeared March 22 in the Journal ... | |
Study: Even short-term yoga training good April 05, 2006 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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Scientists at Thailand's Khon Kaen University say 18 short yoga sessions can provide significant improvement to one's respiratory function. | |
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