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Surprising find: Medieval China was religious melting pot
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jan 15, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Though it has gained a reputation for being closed off to the outside world, new research shows China has a long history of multiculturalism that extends back to the dynastic era.
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Taking the bite out of shark DNA
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Aug 18, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Extracting shark DNA has been somewhat of a challenge in the past, with scientists having to overcome the obvious hurdles associated with carrying out biopsies on live and rather uncooperative ...
It's all in the footwork: New research sheds light on parrot intelligence
Sep 07, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- You can tell how smart a parrot is by watching what it does with its feet, according to a new study by Macquarie University researchers.
Hypnosis - the key to unlocking the delusional mind?
Apr 02, 2008 |
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Researchers at Macquarie University have developed an original new approach to the study of delusions, using hypnosis to temporarily create typical delusional beliefs in otherwise non-delusional people.
Scientists Gain Important Insights Into how Brain Transfers, Processes and Stores Visual Information
Nov 07, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Just released research published in prestigious international journal Nature Neuroscience details the findings of an international team of researchers led by Australian scientist and Macquarie University senior ...
Net widens as more proteins implicated in cancer spread
Oct 02, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Authorities are on the lookout for 64 proteins believed to have been talking to well-known cancer kingpin urokinase plasminogen activator receptor (a.k.a uPAR).
Carbon dioxide poses risk to marine life survival
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Aug 06, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Climate change and the subsequent acidification of the world's oceans will significantly reduce the successful fertilisation of certain marine species by the year 2100, an international team ...
Scientists use bubbles to future-proof fibre optics
Nov 25, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- They're tiny, are rarely thought about by the people who use them, but are essential to how we access information, communicate with one another and live our everyday lives.
New study finds mums not to blame for anxious kids
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 19, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Mothers of anxious children are often concerned they are somehow contributing to their child’s anxiety by being over-protective or over-involved.
While the cat's away: How removing an invasive species devastated a World Heritage island
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Jan 12, 2009 |
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Removing an invasive species from sub-Antarctic Macquarie Island, a World Heritage Site, has caused environmental devastation that will cost more than A$24 million to remedy, ecologists have revealed. Writing in the new issue ...
Orchid sexual deceit has male wasps in a loved-up frenzy
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Apr 29, 2008 |
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Orchids are admired by humans and insects alike, but according to Macquarie University research, one Australian wasp is so enthralled by ‘Orchid Fever' that actually he ejaculates while pollinating orchid ...
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