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• Developmental Biology
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  Cell Biology
  Genetics
  Hacking
   

  Data Mining Algorithm Explains Complex Temporal Interactions Among Genes

  June 22, 2010 — Researchers have created a data mining algorithm they call GOALIE that can automatically reveal how biological processes are coordinated in ... > full story
• Weapons Technology
  Detectors
  Urbanization
  Land Management
  Physics
  Medical Technology
   

  Physicists Build Inexpensive Land Mine Detection System Using Off-the-Shelf Components

  June 16, 2010 — Anyone who is an online shopper and humanitarian might find this research project appealing. Physics professor John Scales is working on a low-cost, human-focused, high technology effort to stop the ... > full story
• Nanotechnology
  Optics
  Chemistry
  Technology
  Organic Chemistry
  Nature of Water
   
  

  Gold Nanoparticles Create Visible-Light Catalysis in Nanowires

  June 15, 2010 — Scientists have created visible-light catalysis, using silver chloride nanowires decorated with gold nanoparticles, that may decompose organic molecules in polluted ... > full story
• Infectious Diseases
  Bacteria
  Lung Cancer
  Microbiology
  Microbes and More
  Diseases and Conditions
   
  

  Superbug's 'CPU' Revealed: Researchers Discover Chemical Clue Directing Staphylococcus Aureus

  June 3, 2010 — Researchers have revealed that a small chemical, made by the superbug Staphylococcus aureus and its drug-resistant forms, determines this disease's strength and ability to ... > full story
• Tuberculosis
  Mining
  Workplace Health
  Infectious Diseases
  Environmental Science
  Geography
   
  

  Mining in Africa Is Spreading TB, Study Suggests

  June 3, 2010 — Mining for gold, diamonds, and precious minerals is dangerous work, but in sub-Saharan Africa the activity could be driving an entire continent's tuberculosis epidemic, a new study has ... > full story
• Lost Treasures
  Ancient Civilizations
  Fossils
  Cultures
  Civil Engineering
  Electronics
   
  

  Nondestructive Methods for Evaluating Ancient Coins Could Be Worth Their Weight in Gold

  May 27, 2010 — Researchers have demonstrated that sensitive nondestructive evaluation (NDE) techniques can be used to determine the elemental composition of ancient coins, even coins that generally have been ... > full story
• Frogs and Reptiles
  Mining
  Endangered Animals
  Nature
  Endangered Plants
  New Species
   
  

  'Prehistoric' Frogs May Face Extinction If Conservation Area Is Opened to Mining

  May 20, 2010 — The world's most ancient frogs may soon be mined to extinction, if the New Zealand government's plans to open up a conservation area for mining go ahead, conservation biologists ... > full story
• Information Technology
  Encryption
  Hacking
  Diseases and Conditions
  Chronic Illness
  Statistics
   

  Visualization of Geographic Patterns May Predict Spread of Disease

  April 15, 2010 — Disease statistics buried within patient records or detailed in newspaper clippings can be sorted and organized to depict geographic patterns, allowing the discovery of trends that were previously ... > full story
• Mining
  Global Warming
  Petroleum
  Climate
  Energy Policy
  Fossil Fuels
   

  Quick Fix for Coal Mine Methane Emissions

  April 13, 2010 — A new methane burner has the potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from underground coal mines by almost 90 per ... > full story
• Mining
  Environmental Issues
  Geochemistry
  Sustainability
  Water
  Environmental Science
   
  

  Environmental Pollution: A Different Kind of Mine Disaster

  April 12, 2010 — The world's largest antimony mine has become the world's largest laboratory for studying the environmental consequences of escaped antimony -- an element whose environmental and biological properties ... > full story

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