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Encounter Of A Different Kind: Rosetta Observes Asteroid At Close Quarters
The European Space Agency's comet
chaser, Rosetta, has flown by a
small body in the main asteroid
belt, asteroid Steins, collecting
a wealth of information about this
rare type of minor Solar System
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Old Before Their Time? Aging Rate In Flies Twice As Fast In Wild Than In Laboratory
Conventional wisdom suggests that
stress accelerates aging -- but is
it really true? Evolutionary
studies of aging use short-lived
animals under laboratory
conditions -- constant temperature
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Glaciers In The Pyrenees Will Disappear In Less Than 50 Years, Study Finds
Much has been said about the
situation of the glaciers in
Greenland and Antarctica, but
little is known about those in the
high mountain areas of the Iberian
Peninsular. A Spanish research
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New Virtual Telescope Zooms In On Milky Way's Super-massive Black Hole
Astronomers have obtained the
closest views ever of what is
believed to be a super-massive
black hole at the center of the
Milky Way galaxy. The astronomers
linked together radio dishes in
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Theory Of Sun's Role In Formation Of Solar System Questioned
A strange mix of oxygen found in a
stony meteorite that exploded over
Pueblito de Allende, Mexico nearly
40 years ago has puzzled
scientists ever since. Small
flecks of minerals lodged in the
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Yale Researchers Find 'Junk DNA' May Have Triggered Key Evolutionary Changes In Human Thumb And Foot
Out of the 3 billion genetic
letters that spell out the human
genome, Yale scientists have found
a handful that may have
contributed to the evolutionary
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DNA Shows That Last Woolly Mammoths Had North American Roots
In a surprising reversal of
conventional wisdom, a DNA-based
study has revealed that the last
of the woolly mammoths--which
lived between 40,000 and 4,000
years ago--had roots that were
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A Fine-tooth Comb To Measure The Accelerating Universe
Astronomical instruments needed to
answer crucial questions, such as
the search for Earth-like planets
or the way the Universe expands,
have come a step closer with the
first demonstration at the
telescope of a new calibration
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Toxic Plastics: Bisphenol A Linked To Metabolic Syndrome In Human Tissue
New research implicates the
primary chemical used to produce
hard plastics -- bisphenol A (BPA)
-- as a risk factor for the
metabolic syndrome and its
consequences. ... > full story
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Global Sea-rise Levels By 2100 May Be Lower Than Some Predict, Says New Study
Despite projections by some
scientists of global seas rising
by 20 feet or more by the end of
this century as a result of
warming, a new study concludes
that global sea rise of much more
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- Rosetta Observes Asteroid At Close Quarters
- Old Before Their Time? Wild Flies Age Faster
- Pyrenees Glaciers: Gone In Less Than 50 Years?
- Virtual Telescope Zooms In On Super Black Hole
- Sun's Role In Solar System Formation Questioned
- Did Junk DNA Trigger Changes In Human Limbs?
- Last Woolly Mammoths Had North American Roots
- Laser Comb Measures Accelerating Universe
- Toxic Plastics Linked To Metabolic Syndrome
- Global Sea-rise Levels By 2100 May Be Lower
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Chandelier Cells Unveil Human Cognition
September 6, 2008 — What is it that distinguishes humans from other mammals? The answer to this question lies in the neocortex -- the part of the brain responsible for sensory perceptions, conscious thought and ... > full story -
How New Helium Ion Microscope Measures Up
September 6, 2008 — Researchers are probing the newest microscope technology to further improve measurement accuracy at the nanoscale -- a critical capability for setting standards and improving production in the ... > full story -
Arteries From Distinct Regions Of The Body Have Unique Immune Functions
September 6, 2008 — Arteries play an active role in the immune system by sensing infection and injury. They collect information about invaders through dendritic cells embedded in their walls. Arteries supplying blood to ... > full story -
Technology Users Are Failing To Take Adequate Steps To Protect Their Digital Privacy
September 6, 2008 — Technology users are failing to take adequate steps to protect their privacy in digital society. In the face of technology that will soon be able not only to track an individual’s movements but ... > full story -
Action As A Goal May Be Too Broad, New Research Suggests
September 6, 2008 — A series of experiments suggest that society's emphasis on action over inaction may lead to unforeseen consequences. The findings could help understand how common words used in everyday life may ... > full story
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Unsuccessful Drug Against Anxiety Opens A Novel Gateway For The Treatment Of Cancer
September 6, 2008 — An unsatisfying drug for anxiety reveals to scientists a promising novel anti-cancer drug target. Cancer cells have multiple ways to avoid apoptosis, programmed cell death the means by which ... > full story -
Giant Furnace Opens To Reveal 'Perfect' LSST Mirror Blank
September 6, 2008 — The single-piece primary and tertiary mirror blank cast for the LSST is "perfect", say project astronomers and engineers. The LSST, or Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, a large survey telescope being ... > full story -
Virology: How Does Herpes Simplex Virus Cause Inflammation Of The Brain?
September 6, 2008 — Worldwide, about 80% of young adults are infected with herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1). The most common symptom of infection is a cold sore, but in some individuals the virus can also cause ... > full story -
Disruption-free Videos
September 6, 2008 — Standardized video coding techniques still have their snags – digitally transmitted images are not always disruption-free. An extension of the H.264/AVC coding format allows to protect the most ... > full story -
Should Nurses Replace GPs As Frontline Providers Of Primary Care?
September 6, 2008 — Should nurses be the frontline providers of primary care, taking the place of general practitioners as the first point of patient contact? Two experts debate the issue. Nurses can deliver as high ... > full story
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Chronic IllnessLiving Donor Liver Transplants May Drastically Decrease Mortality From Liver Failure
September 6, 2008 — Patients with acute liver failure could be saved by a transplant from a living donor, according to a new study. The recent experience of US patients shows that recipient mortality rates and donor ... > full story -
Honest Lovers? Fallow Buck Groans Reveal Their Status And Size During The Rut
September 6, 2008 — Researchers have show for the first time that sexually selected vocalizations can signal social dominance in mammals other than primates, and reveal that the independent acoustic components -- ... > full story -
Nutritional Research Vindicates Diet Programs
September 6, 2008 — Popular slimming programs do result in reduced energy intake while providing enough nutrients. A new scientific analysis provides comprehensive dietary data about Slim Fast, Atkins, Weight Watchers ... > full story -
Digitizing Archives From The 17th Century
September 6, 2008 — A researcher on a short trip to a foreign country, with little money, but a digital camera in hand has devised a novel approach to digitizing foreign archives that could speed up ... > full story -
Infant Abductions Increase In Private And Public Places
September 6, 2008 — A new study, based on 23 years of data collection, showed that while the number of abductions in hospital settings dramatically declined, those from private homes and public places have increased in ... > full story
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Massive Cancer Gene Search Finds Potential New Targets In Brain Tumors
September 5, 2008 — An array of broken, missing and overactive genes have been identified in a genetic survey of glioblastoma, the most common and deadly form of adult brain cancer, report scientists. The large-scale ... > full story -
MIT Probe Could Aid Quantum Computing
September 5, 2008 — MIT researchers may have found a way to overcome a key barrier to the advent of super-fast quantum computers, which could be powerful tools for applications such as code ... > full story -
How To Spot A Heart Attack Soon After It Occurs
September 5, 2008 — The sooner an individual who has had a heart attack is treated, the better their chance of survival and the less permanent damage is done to their heart. A recent paper details a new method for early ... > full story -
Ebola Cell-invasion Strategy Uncovered
September 5, 2008 — Researchers have discovered a key biochemical link in the process by which the Ebola Zaire virus infects cells -- a critical step to finding a way to treat the deadly disease produced by the ... > full story -
What Is A Gene? Media Define the Concept In Many Different Ways
September 5, 2008 — Even scientists define ‘a gene’ in different ways, so it comes as little surprise that the media also have various ways of framing the concept of a gene, according to a new ... > full story
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Link Between Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes And Neurodegeneration Found
September 5, 2008 — Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus can contribute to mild neurodegeneration with features common with Alzheimer's disease -- the first study to show that obesity can cause ... > full story -
Designer Wine? Characterization Of Grapevine Transposons May Aid Development Of New Grape Varieties
September 5, 2008 — A new study presents a genome-wide characterization of grapevine transposons. This work shows that transposons have captured and amplified gene sequences in grapevines, which could have had an impact ... > full story -
Low-birth-weight Children Should Have Their Blood Pressure Checked, Researchers Find
September 5, 2008 — Blood pressure in low-birth-weight children younger than 3 years of age not only can be measured but should be, researchers have ... > full story -
Scientists Peel Away Mystery Behind Gold's Catalytic Prowess
September 5, 2008 — Using the world's most powerful microscopes for chemical analysis, scientists have pinpointed where the conversion of carbon monoxide to carbon dioxide occurs when gold is supported on iron oxide. CO ... > full story -
Hallucinations In The Flash Of An Eye
September 5, 2008 — Specific brain regions show increased activity during hallucinations. Researchers introduce a new experimental approach to studying hallucinations as they ... > full story
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Infectious, Test Tube-produced Prions Can Jump The 'Species Barrier'
September 5, 2008 — Researchers have shown that they can create entirely new strains of infectious proteins known as prions in the laboratory by simply mixing infectious prions from one species with the normal prion ... > full story -
How Salmonella Bacteria Contaminate Salad Leaves
September 5, 2008 — How does Salmonella bacteria cause food poisoning by attaching to salad leaves? A new study shows how some Salmonella bacteria use the long stringy appendages they normally use to help them "swim" ... > full story -
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Multiple Sclerosis ResearchPromising Method For Reducing MRSA Infections In Hospitals
September 5, 2008 — Researchers report that switching between two antibiotics, linezolid and vancomycin, every three months in the surgical ICU decreased the MRSA infection rate from 1.9 to 1.4 patients per 100 ... > full story -
Large Hadron Collider Switch-on Fears Are Completely Unfounded, Report Finds
September 5, 2008 — A new report provides the most comprehensive evidence available to confirm that the Large Hadron Collider (LHC)'s switch-on, due on Wednesday next week, poses no threat to mankind. Nature's own ... > full story -
Thinking People Eat Too Much: Intellectual Work Found To Induce Excessive Calorie Intake
September 5, 2008 — Scientists have demonstrated that intellectual work induces a substantial increase in calorie intake. The details of this discovery could go some way to explaining the current obesity ... > full story
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No Connection Between Measles, Mumps, Rubella (MMR) Vaccine And Autism, Study Suggests
September 5, 2008 — In a case-control study, the presence of measles virus RNA was no more likely in children with autism and GI disturbances than in children with only GI disturbances. Furthermore, GI symptom and ... > full story -
Computer Science
Distributed Computing
Educational Psychology
Computer Modeling
Artificial Intelligence
Information Technology
Children With TVs Or Computers In Their Room Sleep Less
September 5, 2008 — Middle school children who have a television or computer in their room sleep less during the school year, watch more TV, play more computer games and surf the net more than their peers who ... > full story -
Innate Immune System Targets Asthma-linked Fungus For Destruction
September 5, 2008 — A new study shows that the innate immune system of humans is capable of killing a fungus linked to airway inflammation, chronic rhinosinusitis and bronchial asthma. Researchers have revealed that ... > full story -
Biocontrol Insect Exacerbates Invasive Weed
September 5, 2008 — Biocontrol agents, such as insects, are often released outside of their native ranges to control invasive plants. But scientists in Montana have found that through complex community interactions ... > full story -
Age-related Memory Loss Tied To Slip In Filtering Information Quickly
September 5, 2008 — Scientists have identified a way in which the brain's ability to process information diminishes with age, and shown that this break down contributes to the decreased ability to form memories that is ... > full story
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New Drug Protects Against Second Heart Attack Or Stroke, Study Suggests
September 5, 2008 — Data from a Phase II study of an investigational drug designed to block formation of blood clots show potential for added protection against a second heart attack or stroke among patients who are ... > full story -
Venus: Global Structure Of Winds And Clouds Have Been Mapped
September 5, 2008 — Venus is a planet similar in size to the Earth. Nevertheless, it is quite different in other aspects. On the one hand, it spins very slowly on its axis, taking 224 terrestrial days and, moreover, it ... > full story -
Asymptomatic Carotid Plaque Healing Mechanisms Observed
September 5, 2008 — Researchers have observed a noninvasive MR imaging a healing mechanism for plaque rupture, a potentially life-threatening event in the cardiovascular system that can result in a fatal heart attack or ... > full story -
DNA Editing Tool Flips Its Target
September 5, 2008 — Imagine having to copy an entire book by hand without missing a comma. Our cells face a similar task every time they divide. They must duplicate both their DNA and a subtle pattern of ... > full story -
Spending Time In Intensive Care Unit Can Traumatize Kids
September 5, 2008 — Scientists have developed the Children's Critical Illness Impact Scale to measure psychological distress in children following hospital discharge. This is the first self-report scale ever created to ... > full story
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Should Nurses Replace GPs As Frontline Providers Of Primary Care?
Should nurses be the frontline providers of primary care, taking the place of general practitioners as the first point of patient contact? Two experts debate the issue. Nurses can deliver as high ... > full story
Mind & Brain
Unsuccessful Drug Against Anxiety Opens A Novel Gateway For The Treatment Of Cancer
An unsatisfying drug for anxiety reveals to scientists a promising novel anti-cancer drug target. Cancer cells have multiple ways to avoid apoptosis, programmed cell death the means by which ... > full story
Living Well
Nutritional Research Vindicates Diet Programs
Popular slimming programs do result in reduced energy intake while providing enough nutrients. A new scientific analysis provides comprehensive dietary data about Slim Fast, Atkins, Weight Watchers ... > full story
Biological & Earth Sciences
Plants & Animals
Virology: How Does Herpes Simplex Virus Cause Inflammation Of The Brain?
Worldwide, about 80% of young adults are infected with herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1). The most common symptom of infection is a cold sore, but in some individuals the virus can also cause ... > full story
Earth & Climate
Honest Lovers? Fallow Buck Groans Reveal Their Status And Size During The Rut
Researchers have show for the first time that sexually selected vocalizations can signal social dominance in mammals other than primates, and reveal that the independent acoustic components -- ... > full story
Fossils & Ruins
Digitizing Archives From The 17th Century
A researcher on a short trip to a foreign country, with little money, but a digital camera in hand has devised a novel approach to digitizing foreign archives that could speed up ... > full story
Physical & Applied Sciences
Space & Time
Venus: Global Structure Of Winds And Clouds Have Been Mapped
Venus is a planet similar in size to the Earth. Nevertheless, it is quite different in other aspects. On the one hand, it spins very slowly on its axis, taking 224 terrestrial days and, moreover, it ... > full story
Matter & Energy
Giant Furnace Opens To Reveal 'Perfect' LSST Mirror Blank
The single-piece primary and tertiary mirror blank cast for the LSST is "perfect", say project astronomers and engineers. The LSST, or Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, a large survey telescope being ... > full story
Computers & Math
Disruption-free Videos
Standardized video coding techniques still have their snags – digitally transmitted images are not always disruption-free. An extension of the H.264/AVC coding format allows to protect the most ... > full story
