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Remembrance of Things Past Influences How Female Field Crickets Select Mates
Apr 22, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- UC Riverside biologists researching the behavior of field crickets have found for the first time that female crickets remember attractive males based on the latter’s song, and use this information when choosing ...
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Thomson says it has reached deal with creditors
Jul 24, 2009 |
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Struggling French media technology group Thomson said Friday it had reached a deal with its creditors that would allow for a 45 percent reduction in its debt.
Physics world shifts focus to Switzerland
Sep 06, 2007 |
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Scientists at Fermilab in Illinois are racing to find the elusive Higgs boson particle before a giant new Swiss lab opens next year.
Shoulder ligament a linchpin in the evolution of flight
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Dec 18, 2006 |
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Brown and Harvard scientists have learned that a single ligament at the shoulder joint stabilizes the wings of birds during flight. In an advanced online publication of Nature, they explain how this tough ...
It's not just dirt!
Nov 25, 2009 |
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Soil is the linchpin of the environment, where atmosphere, biosphere, and hydrosphere meet. Despite that, many students see soil as "just dirt" - a place to grow plants, but nothing more. Soil science educators are challenged ...
Root or shoot? EAR calls the shots
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Feb 07, 2008 |
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Controlled by a tightly regulated choreography that determines what should go up and what should go down, plants develop along a polar axis with a root on one end and a shoot on the other.
Research finds that low concentrations of pesticides can become toxic mixture
Nov 11, 2008 |
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Ten of the world's most popular pesticides can decimate amphibian populations when mixed together even if the concentration of the individual chemicals are within limits considered safe, according to University of Pittsburgh ...
Clinton: No binding climate deal at Denmark talks
Nov 13, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Next month's climate change summit in Copenhagen is not likely to produce a legally binding treaty to cut the greenhouse gas emissions that are widely blamed for global warming, U.S. Secretary of ...
'HiCy' drug regimen reverses ms symptoms in selected patients
Jun 10, 2008 |
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A short-term, very-high dose regimen of the immune-suppressing drug cyclophosphamide seems to slow progression of multiple sclerosis (MS) in most of a small group of patients studied and may even restore neurological function ...
Researchers identify promising cancer drug target in prostate tumors
Jun 26, 2008 |
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Scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute report they have blocked the development of prostate tumors in cancer-prone mice by knocking out a molecular unit they describe as a "powerhouse" that drives runaway cell growth.
Researchers observe spontaneous 'ratcheting' of single ribosome molecules
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Jun 05, 2008 |
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Researchers report this week that they are the first to observe the dynamic, ratchet-like movements of single ribosomal molecules in the act of building proteins from genetic blueprints. Their study, published ...
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