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Keeping cells youthful: How telomere-building proteins get drawn into the fold

Biology /

created Aug 25, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (13) | comments 0

It may take just one or two proteins to polish off a simple cellular task, but life-or-death matters, such as caring for the ends of chromosomes known as telomeres, require interacting crews of proteins, all with a common ...





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Ground beef recalled in Utah and Nevada

Medicine & Health / Other

created Sep 17, 2007 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The U.S. Food Safety and Inspection Service announced the recall of approximately 11,250 pounds of possible contaminated ground beef products.


California Wildfires Continue to Grow: NASA Satellite Images Show

California Wildfires Continue to Grow: NASA Satellite Images Show

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 24, 2007 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (24) | comments 0

NASA satellites have obtained new images of the California wildfires, illustrating the immense scale of the blazes. The National Interagency Fire Center reports that 12 large, uncontained fires have burned ...


Total Lunar Eclipse

Total Lunar Eclipse

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Feb 14, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (16) | comments 0

On Wednesday evening, February 20th, the full Moon over the Americas will turn a delightful shade of red and possibly turquoise, too. It's a total lunar eclipse—the last one until Dec. 2010.


International Space Station (ISS)

ISS prepares for next cargo ship arrival

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jan 15, 2007 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

A new Russian Progress cargo spaceship was being prepared Monday for its launch later this week to the International Space Station.


T-Mobile says phone service outage resolved (Update)

Technology / Telecom

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Wireless provider T-Mobile USA Inc. says it has cleared up service problems that were interfering with calls and text messaging for about 5 percent of its customers.


International Space Station (ISS)

Space Station Crew Taking Short Trip to Move Soyuz

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created Mar 14, 2006 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

International Space Station Commander Bill McArthur and Flight Engineer Valery Tokarev will briefly vacate their orbiting home March 20 to move a Soyuz spacecraft.


Soyuz spacecraft to be moved on ISS

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created Nov 14, 2005 | popularity 1.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The crew of the International Space Station will take a spin around the block in their Soyuz spacecraft on Friday.


Tropical Storm Paloma Forms Quickly in the Caribbean Sea

Tropical Storm Paloma Forms Quickly in the Caribbean Sea

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 06, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

A hurricane watch has been posted for the Cayman Islands. A Hurricane watch means that hurricane conditions are possible within the watch area...generally within 36 hours.


Endeavour Rolls To Launch Pad for November Launch

Endeavour Rolls To Launch Pad for November Launch

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Oct 23, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Space shuttle Endeavour began moving off Launch Pad 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Thursday morning at 8:28. It will take about seven hours to reposition the shuttle for launch on Launch ...


MESSENGER flyby of Mercury

MESSENGER flyby of Mercury

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jan 15, 2008 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 0

At 2:04 p.m. EST on Monday, MESSENGER skimmed 200 kilometers (124 miles) above the surface of Mercury in the first of three flybys of the planet. Initial indications from the radio signals indicate the spacecraft ...



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