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IBEX collecting science data, building first all-sky map of the edge of the solar system
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 14, 2009 |
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Following two months of commissioning, during which the spacecraft and sensors were tuned for optimum mission performance, the Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) spacecraft began gathering data to build the first maps ...
Y chromosome study sheds light on Athapaskan migration to southwest US
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Jul 15, 2008 |
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A large-scale genetic study of native North Americans offers new insights into the migration of a small group of Athapaskan natives from their subarctic home in northwest North America to the southwestern ...
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3 boys turn up mammoth bone in southwest Michigan
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Mar 29, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Three boys in southwest Michigan have turned up what has been identified as a bone from a mammoth.
Falling birth rates shift rotavirus epidemics
Jul 16, 2009 |
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Fewer births in states such as California may be delaying the annual onset of a common intestinal virus in the southwest, according to epidemiologists. The timing of infectious outbreaks in other locations such as the northeast ...
GOES-11 sees tropical cyclones fizzling and forming in the Eastern Pacific
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Aug 13, 2009 |
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There are a lot of ups and downs in tropical cyclone formation in the Pacific Ocean this week, and that's keeping NOAA's GOES-11 satellite busy. There are remnants of Maka and Tropical Depression 9E, a fizzled ...
Supplementing babies' formula with DHA boosts cognitive development
Sep 15, 2009 |
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Research has shown that children who were breast fed as infants have superior cognitive skills compared to those fed infant formula, and it's thought that this is due to an essential fatty acid in breast milk called docosahexaenoic ...
Nitrogen fixation and phytoplankton blooms in the southwest Indian Ocean
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Aug 14, 2009 |
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Observations made by Southampton scientists help understand the massive blooms of microscopic marine algae - phytoplankton - in the seas around Madagascar and its effect on the biogeochemistry of the southwest Indian Ocean.
Feds give sea otters habitat protection in Alaska
Oct 08, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Four years after being placed on the Endangered Species List, the dwindling sea otters of southwest Alaska on Wednesday were given an important recovery tool.
Plasma levels of GGT and ALB and their genetic correlations with cardiovascular risk factors
Nov 24, 2009 |
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Two indicators of liver function, Gamma-glutamyl transferase (GGT) and albumin (ALB) have been implicated in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis. It is known that the variation in the plasma level of these liver related proteins ...
Massive quake moves NZealand closer to Australia
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Jul 22, 2009 |
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A massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake last week has moved the south of New Zealand closer to Australia, scientists said Wednesday.
Terra satellite spots Tropical Cyclone Anja, the first of the southern season
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Nov 16, 2009 |
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NASA's Terra satellite captured a stunning image of Anja, the first tropical cyclone of the southern Hemisphere cyclone season. When Anja formed on Saturday, November 14, in the Southern Indian Ocean, about ...
New instrument has potential to detect water deep underground on Mars (w/ Video)
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Jun 24, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- With the whoosh of compressed gas and the whir of unspooling wire, a team of Boulder scientists and engineers tested a new instrument prototype that might be used to detect groundwater deep ...
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