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Late-surviving megafauna exposed by ancient DNA in frozen soil
Dec 15, 2009 |
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Extinct woolly mammoths and ancient American horses may have been grazing the North American steppe for several thousand years longer than previously thought. After plucking ancient DNA from frozen soil in ...
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Patients meet donors from largest-ever kidney swap
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(AP) -- Thirteen patients with healthy new kidneys from what's believed to be the world's largest kidney exchange met the donors who made it happen Tuesday - including three who are sure to face the question, ...
Scientists decode memory-forming brain cell conversations
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
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The conversations neurons have as they form and recall memories have been decoded by Medical College of Georgia scientists.
Researchers reveal ancient origins of modern opossum
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A University of Florida researcher has co-authored a study tracing the evolution of the modern opossum back to the extinction of the dinosaurs and finding evidence to support North America as the center of ...
Micromachined piezoelectric harvester drives fully autonomous wireless sensor
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For the first time, a piezoelectric harvesting device fabricated by MEMS technology generates a record of 85μW electrical power from vibrations. A wafer level packaging method was developed for robustness. ...
NASA Outlines Recent Breakthroughs in Greenhouse Gas Research (w/ Video)
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers studying carbon dioxide, a leading greenhouse gas and a key driver of global climate change, now have a new tool at their disposal: daily global measurements of carbon dioxide ...
New results from a terra-ific decade in orbit
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
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December 18, 2009, marks the tenth year since the launch of Terra, one of NASA's "flagship" Earth observing satellites. But the decade is more than just a mechanical milestone. With each additional day and ...
Toshiba Launches Highest Density Embedded NAND Flash Memory Modules
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Toshiba Corporation today announced the launch of a 64 gigabyte (GB) embedded NAND flash memory module, the highest capacity yet achieved in the industry.
Mastery of physical goals lessens disease-related depression and fatigue
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 15, 2009 |
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Physical activity is known to reduce depression and fatigue in people struggling with chronic illness. A new study indicates that this effect stems from an individual's sense of mastery over - or belief in ...
Researcher develops formula that can ID music industry payola
Dec 15, 2009 |
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A University at Buffalo researcher has invented a statistical method that can detect payola-like corruption in the music industry, a system that gives law enforcement an inexpensive statistical guide to identify potential ...
Story of 4.5 million-year-old whale unveiled in Huelva
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Dec 15, 2009 |
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In 2006, a team of Spanish and American researchers found the fossil remains of a whale, 4.5 million years old, in Bonares, Huelva. Now they have published, for the first time, the results of the decay and ...
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