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Study reveals lack of diversity in embryonic stem cell lines

Biology / Biotechnology

created 17 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The most widely used human embryonic stem cell lines lack genetic diversity, a finding that raises social justice questions that must be addressed to ensure that all sectors of society benefit from stem cell advances, according ...


Suzaku catches retreat of a black hole's disk

Suzaku catches retreat of a black hole's disk

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (16) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Studies of one of the galaxy's most active black-hole binaries reveal a dramatic change that will help scientists better understand how these systems expel fast-moving particle jets.


Cloning plants from seeds

Biology / Biotechnology

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Wageningen geneticists (The Netherlands) are developing a method to replicate the parents of a chosen plant. Known as 'reverse breeding', this will have a big impact for the breeding industry.


Lost water of the Napa Valley vineyards

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created 23 hours ago | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Getting the most out of every drop of water is a high priority for grape growers in the southern Napa Valley, where summers are hot and dry and vines have to be irrigated to make it through the growing season. But Stanford ...


Inside the dark heart of the Eagle

Inside the dark heart of the Eagle

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Herschel has peered inside an unseen stellar nursery and revealed surprising amounts of activity. Some 700 newly-forming stars are estimated to be crowded into filaments of dust stretching ...


New suppressor of common liver cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Tumor suppressor genes make proteins that help control cell growth. Mutations in these genes that generate nonfunctional proteins can contribute to tumor development and progression. One of the most well-known tumor suppressor ...


Magnetic Dance of Titan and Saturn To Be Main Attraction during Flyby

Magnetic Dance of Titan and Saturn To Be Main Attraction during Flyby

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- When it flies by Saturn's largest moon, Titan, this weekend, NASA's Cassini spacecraft will study the interactions between the magnetic field of Saturn and Titan. The flyby will take place ...


Icy moons of Saturn and Jupiter may have conditions needed for life

Icy moons of Saturn and Jupiter may have conditions needed for life

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (15) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists once thought that life could originate only within a solar system's "habitable zone," where a planet would be neither too hot nor too cold for liquid water to exist on its surface. ...


NIST Team Demystifies Utility of Power Factor Correction Devices

Physicists Demystify Utility of Power Factor Correction Devices

Technology / Energy

created 16 hours ago | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- If you've seen an Internet ad for capacitor-type power factor correction devices, you might be led to believe that using one can save you money on your residential electricity bill. However, ...


DC-SCRIPT found to have prognostic value in breast cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

DC-SCRIPT, or dendritic cell-specific transcript, is a key regulator of nuclear receptor activity that may have prognostic value in breast cancer, according to a new study published online December 14 in the Journal of th ...



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