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When it comes to sleep research, fruit flies and people make unlikely bedfellows
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Jan 13, 2009 |
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You may never hear fruit flies snore, but rest assured that when you're asleep they are too. According to research published in the January 2009 issue of the journal Genetics, scientists from the University of Missouri-Kansas City h ...
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3 million gallons of sewage enter Missouri river after city waits to repair sewer line
Sep 30, 2009 |
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Kansas City Water Services workers decided to wait over the weekend before fixing a broken sewer line that eventually spilled 3 million gallons of raw sewage, officials said Tuesday.
Missouri officials want to contain mussels
May 28, 2007 |
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Wildlife officials in Missouri are trying to get boaters to help stop the spread of invasive zebra mussels through the region's lakes and rivers.
Dartmouth researchers find new protein function
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Jan 09, 2009 |
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A group of Dartmouth researchers has found a new function for one of the proteins involved with chromosome segregation during cell division. Their finding adds to the growing knowledge about the fundamental ...
Missouri and Kansas are releasing alien insects to do battle with invasive plants
Aug 04, 2009 |
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An alien plant species has invaded Missouri and is threatening to overrun crops and livestock pastures. To combat the scourge weed, officials are deliberately releasing two alien insect species to destroy its roots and seeds. ...
Alcohol and malt liquor availability and promotion higher in African American inner cities
Apr 03, 2008 |
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It appears that living in a poor neighborhood with a high concentration of African Americans is associated with greater alcohol availability and promotion – especially malt liquor – according to a recent study by University ...
Deer may have mad-cow-like disease
Jan 20, 2006 |
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Health officials in Kansas are investigating a potential case of chronic wasting disease, a brain degeneration in deer and elk similar to mad cow disease.
Scientists using Second Life island to help high school students learn earth science
Apr 16, 2009 |
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A mysterious island that moves through time. Travelers in search of answers. It sounds something like the science fiction television show "Lost," but it also describes a new approach to teaching earth sciences ...
Engineer Finds Ways to Improve U.S. Rail Passenger Service and Reduce Freight Delays
Mar 28, 2008 |
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"I think I can... I think I can..." is a refrain most will recognize as the optimistic, self-encouraging words of "The Little Engine That Could." The children's book protagonist is a determined train engine who succeeds in ...
Researchers welcome Obama's emphasis on science
Mar 05, 2009 |
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Valentino Stella had not expected President Barack Obama to mention science in his inaugural address. But when he promised to "restore science to its rightful place, and wield technology's wonders to raise health-care's quality ...
New plant study reveals a 'deeply hidden' layer of the transcriptome
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Dec 27, 2007 |
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Cells keep a close watch over the transcriptome – the totality of all parts of the genome that are expressed in any given cell at any given time. Researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies and ...
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