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Fuel spill at same Alaska reef as Exxon Valdez
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A tugboat struck the same reef as the Exxon Valdez tanker 20 years ago, spilling diesel into Alaska's Prince William Sound and creating a three-mile-long slick, the US Coast Guard said on Friday.
New Yorkers beware! New cockroach hits the Big Apple
Dec 24, 2009 |
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New Yorkers are used to fighting each other for space, but there may be a new contender in town according to a Rockefeller study that appears to have uncovered a new species of cockroach.
UNL research aims to understand homelessness among women
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Dec 23, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Women make up nearly one-third of the homeless population in the United States. Yet little is known about how they become homeless or how they live. University of Nebraska-Lincoln sociologist Les Whitbeck ...
Nobel Physics laureates undeserving, colleagues say: report
Dec 22, 2009 |
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Former colleagues of two American scientists who won the 2009 Nobel physics prize say the winners, Willard Boyle and George Smith, did not deserve the award, Canada's Globe and Mail reported Tuesday.
New insight in nerve cell communication
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Dec 22, 2009 |
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Communication between nerve cells is vital for our bodies to function. Part of this communication happens through vesicles containing signalling molecules called neurotransmitters. The vesicle fuses with the ...
Survey: Internet use grows fast among Latinos
Dec 22, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Latino adults are increasing their use of the Internet faster than other ethnic groups, according to a new survey from the Pew Hispanic Center and the Pew Internet and American Life Project.
Aviation-based team training may influence clinicians' safety behaviors
Dec 21, 2009 |
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Team training based on protocols originally developed for aviation crews may change safety-related behaviors and contribute to perceptions of empowerment among nurses and other surgical staff, according to a report in the ...
Faster, cheaper DNA sequencing method developed
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Dec 20, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Boston University biomedical engineers have devised a method for making future genome sequencing faster and cheaper by dramatically reducing the amount of DNA required, thus eliminating the ...
From terrorism to HIV, it's all about the network
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Dec 18, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Similarities between webs of terrorists and networks of rescue personnel may seem unlikely. To an eclectic collaboration of engineers and social scientists, the connections are not only possible, but a potential ...
Mutation leads to new and severe form of bacterial disease
Dec 18, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Everybody gets sick, but how sick you get is in your genes. New research now reveals a mutation on a gene that makes children susceptible to a severe form of mycobacterial disease. The work not only supports ...
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