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Helicopter wolf kill in Alaska worries U.S. park service

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Mar 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A new predator control effort that has the state of Alaska shooting wolves from helicopters is raising alarms with the National Park Service.





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Hungary uncovers 8 million-year-old trees

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Aug 03, 2007 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (89) | comments 0

Hungary will spare no expense to preserve 16 cypress trees, estimated to be 8 million-years-old, recently uncovered in a northern lignite mine.


New tool guides doctors to save cancer patients' fertility

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Feb 26, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The powerful chemotherapy and radiation used to save cancer patients' lives can also destroy their fertility.


New Nanoparticles Could Revolutionize Therapeutic Drug Discovery

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Jul 24, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Understanding the structure of proteins is a vital first step in developing new drugs, but to date, researchers have had difficulty studying the large number of proteins that are normally embedded in the cell membrane, a ...


Desert damage: the dark side of solar power?

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 30, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (19) | comments 40

Thousands of acres of solar panels could spring up across California's Mojave Desert like a crop of crystal mushrooms -- a new kind of gold rush meant to bring powerful environmental benefits.


Physicist Uses Radio Signals to Search Downtown Las Vegas for Signs of Ancient Pit Houses

Physics / General Physics

created Feb 16, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Using radio signals instead of shovels, a physics faculty member from Ithaca College, along with local archeologists, has found evidence of additional 1,300-year-old pit houses five miles from the Las Vegas ...


NM farmers work to preserve native chile varieties

Biology / Ecology

created May 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Gene Lopez has just finished planting his chile field in the same way he's planted his heat-packed crop for three decades. But as the years pass, there seems to be more immediacy behind each seed he places in the ...


Researcher wants to tip the scales for northern lizard

Researcher wants to tip the scales for northern lizard

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Armed with eyelash glue, a walking stick and a faithful horse, University of Alberta researcher Krista Fink is hoping to help Canada's most northern lizard get off the species-at-risk list.


Probing and Controlling ‘Molecular Rattling’ May Mean Better Preservatives

Probing and Controlling 'Molecular Rattling' May Mean Better Preservatives

Chemistry / Polymers

created Feb 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- For centuries, people have preserved fruit by mixing it with sugar, making thick jams that last for months without spoiling. Now scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology ...


Britons waste $40 billion in food annually

Other Sciences / Other

created Mar 03, 2008 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Britain is throwing away nearly half of all the food it produces, costing the nation an estimated $40 billion a year, it was reported Sunday.


Candy-coating keeps proteins sweet

Chemistry /

created Aug 19, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Sugar-frosting isn’t just for livening up boring bran flakes; it can also preserve important therapeutic proteins. Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have developed a fast, inexpensive and effective ...



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