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Development puts an end to the evolution of endless forms
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Oct 24, 2008 |
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Researchers have put forward a simple model of development and gene regulation that is capable of explaining patterns observed in the distribution of morphologies and body plans (or, more generally, phenotypes). The study, ...
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Aircraft that can see for themselves (w/ Video)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Australian researchers have made two important advances in the development of unmanned aircraft capable of seeing for themselves as they fly fast and low over dangerous terrain.
Study reveals why certain drug combinations backfire
Nov 13, 2009 |
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Combination drug therapy has become a staple for treating many infections. For instance, doctors treat extensively drug resistant forms of tuberculosis with one drug that breaks down the pathogen's protective barriers and ...
Paradoxical protein might prevent cancer
Nov 13, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- One difficulty with fighting cancer cells is that they are similar in many respects to the body's stem cells. By focusing on the differences, researchers at Karolinska Institutet have found a new way of tackling ...
Distal Rampart of Crater in Chryse Planitia
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 13, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Impact craters on Mars are kind of neat. Many of them look very different than impact craters seen on Earth's moon or Mercury. Fresh lunar and Mercurian craters have ejecta blankets that look ...
Rethinking sexism: Study examines how society maintains the status quo
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Nov 12, 2009 |
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There is a tendency to think that only men treat women in a sexist way, but a new study by a University of Miami researcher and his daughter shows that both men and women participate in maintaining a gender hierarchy in our ...
Sweet as can be: How E. coli gets ahead
Nov 12, 2009 |
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Scientists at the University of York have discovered how certain bacteria such as Escherichia coli have evolved to capture rare sugars from their environment giving them an evolutionary advantage in naturally competitive enviro ...
New explanation for nature's hardiest life form
Nov 12, 2009 |
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Got food poisoning? The cause might be bacterial spores, en extremely hardy survival form of bacteria, a nightmare for health care and the food industry and an enigma for scientists. Spore-forming bacteria, present almost ...
Treatment to improve degenerating muscle gains strength
Nov 11, 2009 |
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A study appearing in Science Translational Medicine puts scientists one step closer to clinical trials to test a gene delivery strategy to improve muscle mass and function in patients with certain degenerative muscle disord ...
Form of Mercury in Older Dental Fillings Unlikely to be Toxic: Study
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Nov 11, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Amid the on-going controversy over the safety of mercury-containing dental fillings, a University of Saskatchewan research team has shed new light on how the chemical forms of mercury at the surface of fillings ...
Early life on Earth may have developed more quickly than thought
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 11, 2009 |
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The Earth's climate was far cooler -- perhaps more than 50 degrees -- billions of years ago, which could mean conditions for life all over the planet were more conducive than previously believed, according ...
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