News tagged with population clusters
Geneticists publish largest-ever study on African genetics revealing origins, migration
Apr 30, 2009 |
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African, American, and European researchers working in collaboration over a 10-year period have released the largest-ever study of African genetic data--more than four million genotypes--providing a library of new information ...
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Homebody queen ants help preserve family ties in large populations
Mar 31, 2009 |
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Ant and bee colonies have long fascinated biologists because of their hierarchical social structure and the apparently altruistic behaviour of female workers in rearing the queen's young rather than reproducing themselves. ...
A Better Shot at Immunization
Jul 16, 2008 |
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A new immunization strategy could reduce the vaccine doses needed to protect a population from disease (and reduce the antivirus updates required to protect a network of computers) by as much as 50%.
Astronomers find the most distant star clusters hidden behind a nearby cluster
Jan 10, 2007 |
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Astronomers have discovered the most distant population of star clusters ever seen, hidden behind one of the nearest such clusters to Earth. At a distance of more than a billion light-years, the newly discovered ...
Celebs spawn copycat suicides, study confirms
Sep 30, 2009 |
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Dr Alex Mesoudi, from Queen Mary's newly established Research Centre for Psychology, has found evidence that the increasing reach and influence of the media, combined with a growing number of people assigned celebrity status, ...
Globular clusters tell tale of star formation in nearby galaxy metropolis
Aug 05, 2008 |
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Globular star clusters, dense bunches of hundreds of thousands of stars, contain some of the oldest surviving stars in the Universe. A new international study of globular clusters outside our Milky Way Galaxy ...
Plant gene clusters for natural products
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Mar 20, 2008 |
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John Innes Centre scientists have found that plants may cluster the genes needed to make defence chemicals. Their findings may provide a way to discover new natural plant products of use as drugs, herbicides ...
Slow motion mergers in galaxy clusters provide conditions to transform spirals to smooth disks
Apr 05, 2006 |
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Astronomers at Liverpool John Moores University may have solved the mystery of how spiral galaxies in clusters are transformed over time into smooth disks. Results from a study of galaxy clusters confirms that ...
What's My Age? Mystery Star Cluster Has 3 Different Birthdays
Jul 10, 2008 |
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Imagine having three clocks in your house, each chiming at a different time. Astronomers have found the equivalent of three out-of-sync "clocks" in the ancient open star cluster NGC 6791. The dilemma may fundamentally ...
Scientists determine dynamics of HIV transmission in UK heterosexuals
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Sep 25, 2009 |
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Among heterosexuals in the United Kingdom (UK), HIV transmission can occur within networks of as many as 30 people, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, and the Medical Research ...
Ghostly glow reveals galaxy clusters in collision
Oct 15, 2008 |
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A team of scientists, including astronomers from the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), have detected long wavelength radio emission from a colliding, massive galaxy cluster which, surprisingly, is not detected ...
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