News tagged with shotgun pellets
Poisoned, wounded Calif. condor treated at LA Zoo
(AP) -- A California condor captured because it appeared sickly was found to not only be suffering from lead poisoning but also had been shot, animal experts said Friday.
Mar 14, 2009 |
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California condor still threatened by human activities
A recently released scientific paper authored by San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research scientists shows the leading causes of death of the endangered California condor in the wild are human influenced, with lead ...
Jan 20, 2012 |
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Discovery in how HIV thwarts the body's natural defense opens up new target for drug therapies
Natural killer cells are major weapons in the body's immune system. They keep the body healthy by knocking off tumors and cells infected with viruses, bombarding them with tiny lethal pellets. But natural killer cells are ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Nov 19, 2010 |
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Planck Mission: Space Probe Peers Into Dark Cosmos
(PhysOrg.com) -- Imagine watching the birth of the universe -- the Big Bang -- from the outside. What would you have seen?
Jun 10, 2010 |
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Pulling the plug on hybrid myths
(PhysOrg.com) -- Whether you call them myths, urban legends, fables or old wives' tales, there's a lot of misinformation out there about plug-in electric hybrid vehicles. These vehicles, abbreviated PHEVs, ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Nov 19, 2009 |
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Face transplant recipient: 'I'm not a monster'
(AP) -- When Connie Culp heard a little kid call her a monster because of the shotgun blast that left her face horribly disfigured, she pulled out her driver's license to show the child what she used to look ...
May 06, 2009 |
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Nation's first face transplant patient shows face
(AP) -- Five years ago, a shotgun blast left a ghastly hole where the middle of her face had been. Five months ago, she received a new face from a dead woman.
May 05, 2009 |
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Pinpointing catalytic reactions on carbon nanotubes
(PhysOrg.com) -- Among their many other interesting properties, carbon nanotubes have been found to act as catalysts for some important chemical reactions, including some that could be used to make cleaner ...
Apr 17, 2009 |
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Supernova Explosion May Have Caused Mammoth Extinction
A distant supernova that exploded 41,000 years ago may have led to the extinction of the mammoth, according to research that will be presented tomorrow (Sept. 24) by nuclear scientist Richard Firestone of ...
Sep 23, 2005 |
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New surface chemistry may extend life of technology for making transistors
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have developed a technique that uses surface chemistry to make tinier and more effective p-n junctions in silicon-based semiconductors. The method could permit the semiconductor industry to significantly extend t ...
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