News tagged with escape
Hybrids getting revved
Aug 25, 2009 |
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"Experts" have long been saying the popularity of hybrid vehicles is waning, in parallel to lower gas prices. Say it ain't so? It ain't.
NASA Successfully Tests Alternate Launch Abort System for Astronaut Escape
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 08, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's next generation of spacecraft will have the safest-ever astronaut escape system, a modern-day version of the reliable Apollo system. Like Apollo, the Orion launch abort system will ...
Ancient geologic escape hatches mistaken for tube worms
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Feb 04, 2009 |
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Tubeworms have been around for millions of years and the fossil record is rich with their distinctive imprints. But a discovery made by U of C scientists found that what previous researchers had labeled as tubeworms in a ...
How cockroaches keep their predators 'guessing'
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Nov 13, 2008 |
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When cockroaches flee their predators, they choose, seemingly at random, amongst one of a handful of preferred escape routes, according to a report published on November 13th in Current Biology.
Bees can mediate the escape of genetically engineered material over several kilometres
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Sep 22, 2008 |
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A study by scientists from the Nairobi-headquartered international research centre icipe, in collaboration with the French Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD) has established that bees have the potential to ...
Novel computational model describes the speed at which HIV escapes the immune response
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Jul 18, 2008 |
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Researchers from Utrecht University, The Netherlands, have developed a model that illustrates how HIV evades the immune system. The study, published July 18th in the open-access journal PLoS Computational Biology, incorp ...
Kids connect alcohol odors with mom's emotions
Jun 25, 2008 |
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How children respond to the smell of alcoholic beverages is related to their mothers' reasons for drinking, according to a new study from the Monell Chemical Senses Center. When asked to choose between the odor of beer and ...
