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Enzyme key to 'sister act' that maintains genome stability

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Jul 10, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Keeping the genome stable is a "sister act" of matched chromatids – the pairs of the double helix DNA molecule that exist during the chromosome duplication in the S phase of the cell cycle.


Researchers run rings round cell division

Researchers run rings round cell division

Biology /

created Jul 03, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (13) | comments 2

A puzzle in the control of cell division, one of the most fundamental processes in all biology, has been unravelled by Oxford University researchers.





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Developmental delay could stem from nicotinic receptor deletion

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Nov 08, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

The loss of a gene through deletion of genetic material on chromosome 15 is associated with significant abnormalities in learning and behavior, said a consortium of researchers led by Baylor College of Medicine in a report ...


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Bluebeat to battle EMI over Beatles songs

Technology / Internet

created Nov 07, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

US online music service Bluebeat said it plans to fight British recording label EMI over rights to stream and sell versions of Beatles songs.


Preventative brain radiation for lung cancer patients: Benefits and risks

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new study is taking a closer look at the benefits versus risks for lung cancer patients to undergo preventative brain radiation therapy as a means to stop cancer from spreading to the brain.


Fantastic Voyage

Fantastic Voyage

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (19) | comments 3

By travelling to the outer solar system, the two Voyager spacecraft allowed us to see amazing details of far-distant planets and moons.


Scientists discover, patent, sell waste-water tech

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Sam Houston State University has applied for six federal patents, three of which have already been awarded, to protect the technology and engineering associated with a "revolutionary" packaged wastewater treatment system ...


Greeks uncorked French passion for wine

Greeks uncorked French passion for wine

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Oct 23, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- The bottle sitting in your wine rack at home is probably labelled as a juicy, full-bodied French number, with dark berry flavours and a long, complex finish.


Older workers are the healthy 'survivors' of the workplace

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Oct 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Experts at The University of Nottingham say our stress levels at work peak when we reach about 50 to 55 years of age and decrease as we head towards retirement.


Better blood screening process needed to prevent babesiosis transmission

Medicine & Health / Other

created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Babesiosis is a potentially dangerous parasitic disease transmitted by ticks and is common in the Northeast and the upper Midwest. Babesia lives inside of red blood cells, meaning it can also be transmitted through a blood ...


Teams Win at NASA National Lunar Robotics Competition

Teams Win at NASA National Lunar Robotics Competition

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Nineteen teams pushed their robot competitors to the limit, and three teams claimed a total of $750,000 in NASA prizes at this year's Regolith Excavation Challenge on Oct. 18. This is the ...


Study of first high-resolution images of Pallas confirms asteroid is actually a protoplanet

Study of first high-resolution images of Pallas confirms asteroid is actually a protoplanet

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Oct 12, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (21) | comments 7

(PhysOrg.com) -- Britney E. Schmidt, a UCLA doctoral student in the department of Earth and space sciences, wasn't sure what she'd glean from images of the asteroid Pallas taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. ...



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