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Drunken Fruit Flies Help Scientists Find Potential Drug Target For Alcoholism
Drunken fruit flies have
helped researchers identify
networks of genes -- also
present in humans -- that
play a key role in alcohol
... > full story
Hormone That Affects Finger Length Key To Social Behavior
Research in the UK into the
finger length of primate
species has revealed that
cooperative behavior is
linked to exposure to
hormone levels in the womb. ... > full story
Boosting Coastal Economics With Crustacean Molting On Demand
Researchers are close to
unraveling intricate
cellular pathways that
control molting in blue
crabs. The discoveries could
... > full story
Male Sabertoothed Cats Were Pussycats Compared To Macho Lions
Despite their fearsome
fangs, male sabertoothed
cats may have been less
aggressive than many of
their feline cousins, says a
... > full story
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Bacteria Expect The Unexpected
November 6, 2009 — Organisms ensure the survival of their species by genetically adapting to the environment. If environmental conditions change too rapidly, the extinction of a species may be the consequence. A ... > full story -
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Genomes Of Biofuel Yeasts Reveal Clues That Could Boost Fuel Ethanol Production Worldwide
November 6, 2009 — As global temperatures and energy costs continue to soar, renewable sources of energy will be key to a sustainable future. An attractive replacement for gasoline is biofuel, and in two new studies, ... > full story -
'Duck-billed' Dinosaurs: Last European Hadrosaurs Lived In Iberian Peninsula
November 6, 2009 — Spanish researchers have studied the fossil record of hadrosaurs, the so-called "duck-billed" dinosaurs, in the Iberian Peninsula for the purpose of determining that they were the last of their kind ... > full story -
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Chemists Describe Solar Energy Progress And Challenges, Including The 'Artificial Leaf'
November 6, 2009 — Scientists are making progress toward development of an "artificial leaf" that mimics a real leaf's chemical magic with photosynthesis -- but instead converts sunlight and water into a liquid fuel ... > full story -
Map Of Human Bacterial Diversity Shows Wide Interpersonal Differences
November 6, 2009 — Scientists have developed the first atlas of bacterial diversity across the human body, charting wide variations in microbe populations that live in different regions of the human body and which aid ... > full story -
Caught In The Act: Butterfly Mate Preference Shows How One Species Can Become Two
November 6, 2009 — Breaking up may not be hard to do, say scientists who've found a population of tropical butterflies that may be splitting into two distinct species. The cause of this particular break-up? A shift in ... > full story -
Inconspicuous Leaf Beetles Reveal Environment's Role In Formation Of New Species
November 6, 2009 — Unnoticed by the nearby residents of St. Johnsbury, Vt., tiny leaf beetles that flit among the maple and willow trees in the area have just provided some of the clearest evidence yet that ... > full story -
New Technique For Specifying Location Of Sugars On Proteins Paves Way For Medical Discoveries
November 6, 2009 — Researchers have previously been able to analyse which sugar structures are to be found on certain proteins, but not exactly where on the protein they are ... > full story -
Heavy Metals Accumulate More In Some Mushrooms Than In Others
November 6, 2009 — Researchers in Spain have analyzed the presence of heavy metals in 12 species of mushroom collected from non-contaminated natural areas, and has found that the levels vary depending on the type of ... > full story -
Seafloor Fossils Provide Clues On Climate Change
November 6, 2009 — Deep under the sea, a fossil the size of a sand grain is nestled among a billion of its closest dead relatives. Known as foraminifera, these complex little shells of calcium carbonate can tell you ... > full story
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