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New Robot Walks Like A Human
A new, highly-advanced walking
robot, named Flame, has just been
developed. If you try to teach a
robot to walk, you will discover
just how complex an activity it
is. Walking robots have been
around since the seventies but
their movement is just not that
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Cosmic Supermagnet Spreads Mysterious 'Morse Code'
Astronomers have discovered
mysterious pulses that are being
emitted by an extremely magnetic
star. The magnetic star, a
magnetar, emits the pulses as very
high energy X-rays. Sometimes
observations confirm a scientific
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Most North Pacific Humpback Whale Populations Rebounding
The number of humpback whales in
the North Pacific Ocean has
increased since international and
federal protections were enacted
in the 1960s and 70s, according to
a new study conducted by more than
400 whale researchers throughout
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Kangaroos Threaten One Of Australia's Last Remaining Original Grasslands, And Endangered Animals
Australian Department of Defense
is currently culling hundreds of
kangaroos on the outskirts of the
capital Canberra that have
produced heated discussions and
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Carbon Nanotubes That Look Like Asbestos, Behave Like Asbestos, Could Lead To Asbestos-related Disease
A major study in Nature
Nanotechnology suggests some forms
of carbon nanotubes -- a poster
child for the "nanotechnology
revolution" -- could be as harmful
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New Meaning For The Term 'Computer Bug': Genetically Altered Bacteria For Data Storage
Researchers have created 'living
computers' by genetically altering
bacteria. The research
demonstrates that computing in
living cells is feasible, opening
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Ancient Amphibian: Debate Over Origin Of Frogs And Salamanders Settled With Discovery Of Missing Link
The description of an ancient
amphibian that millions of years
ago swam in quiet pools and caught
mayflies on the surrounding land
in Texas has set to rest one of
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Storm Winds Blow In Jupiter's Little Red Spot
Astronomers have found that one of
the solar system's largest and
newest storms -- Jupiter's Little
Red Spot -- has some of the
highest wind speeds ever detected
on any planet. This is the first
time that high resolution,
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Supernova Birth Seen For First Time
Astronomers have seen the
aftermath of spectacular stellar
explosions known as supernovae
before, but until now no one has
witnessed a star dying in real
time. While looking at another
object in the spiral galaxy NGC
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Diamond-Like Crystals Discovered In Brazilian Beetle Solve Issue For Future Optical Computers
Researchers have been unable to
build an ideal "photonic crystal"
to manipulate visible light,
impeding the dream of ultrafast
optical computers. But now
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- New Robot Walks Like A Human
- Cosmic Supermagnet Spreads Odd Morse Code
- North Pacific Humpback Whales Rebounding
- Kangaroos Threaten Endangered Species
- Carbon Nanotubes With Asbestos-like Risks?
- Genetically Altered Bacteria For Data Storage
- Ancient Amphibian Missing Link Discovered
- Storm Winds Blow In Jupiter's Little Red Spot
- Supernova Birth Seen For First Time
- Photonic Beetle May Hasten Optical Computing
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May 22, 2008 — Scientists have determined the structure of a key protein domain in a bacterium that could help with bioremediation of uranium-contaminated land ... > full story -
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May 22, 2008 — Rats housed in standard conditions show a stronger response to the loss of an expected food reward than those housed in enriched conditions, perhaps indicating a more negative emotional state, ... > full story
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May 22, 2008 — Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) afflicts as many as 10 out of 100,000 people in the United States and currently available treatment options are short-term and invasive with toxic side effects. Now ... > full story -
Daily Glass Of Wine Could Improve Liver Health
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May 22, 2008 — Z-plasty, a minimally invasive surgical technique to treat internal nasal valve collapse, showed significant improvement in relieving nasal obstruction with less recovery time compared to more ... > full story -
Iron Transport Protein Mapped
May 22, 2008 — Scientists have mapped the human protein Steap3, which plays an important role in the absorption of iron into the bloodstream. Iron irregularities are some of the most common blood disorders in the ... > full story -
Identifying The Global Elements Of Job Satisfaction
May 22, 2008 — When it comes to satisfaction at work, workers in different countries find it in different ways, according to new studies. Researchers are probing the ways in which firms interact with their ... > full story
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Method To Duplicate Primitive Stem Cells And Prevent Cell Differentiation Discovered
May 22, 2008 — Researchers have discovered a new mechanism to allow embryonic stem cells to divide indefinitely and remain undifferentiated. The study also reveals how embryonic stem cell multiplication is ... > full story -
White-handed Gibbons Now Presumed 'Extinct' In China, Forest Survey Shows
May 22, 2008 — China's fauna exhibits a unique diversity of apes. Unfortunately, the apes are more strongly endangered by extinction in China than in any other country. A research team assembled by anthropologists ... > full story -
Neural Cell Transplants May Help Those With Parkinson's Disease
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Scientists Develop Way To Predict Properties Of Light Nuclei
May 22, 2008 — Scientists have spent 70 years trying to predict the properties of nuclei, but have had to settle for approximate models because computational techniques were not equal to the task. Scientists at ... > full story -
Continuing Upward Pressure On Retail Gasoline Prices Expected
May 22, 2008 — With the price of a barrel of oil hovering around $120, US drivers can expect to pay more at the pump in the near future, according to a new ... > full story
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Analysis Of Millions Of US Births Shows Association Between Birth Defects And Preterm Birth
May 22, 2008 — An analysis of nearly 7 million US live births found that about 8 percent of babies born preterm had a birth defect -- more than twice the rate as full-term infants. Birth defects and preterm birth ... > full story -
Mars Express Mission Controllers Ready For NASA Phoenix Landing
May 22, 2008 — ESA's Mars Express mission control team are ready to monitor Phoenix's critical entry, descent and landing onto the Martian surface on May 26, ... > full story -
Dermatologists Link Family History To Shingles Susceptibility
May 22, 2008 — Researchers have identified family history as one reason why some people might be more susceptible to shingles, a severe skin condition. Shingles, or Herpes Zoster, is a burning, painful, itchy skin ... > full story -
Halting Methane Squanderlust: Catalyst Converts Methane To More Useful Compounds
May 22, 2008 — The pipes that rise from oil fields, topped with burning flames of natural gas, waste fossil fuels and dump carbon dioxide into the air. Scientists have identified the structure of a catalytic ... > full story -
Food For Thought: Environmental Cost Of Getting Food To Restaurants Far Higher, UK Study Finds
May 22, 2008 — Pioneering research recommends a full government environmental audit of British restaurants. The report — 'The Environmental Sustainability of the British Restaurant Industry: A London Case ... > full story
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Determining Genetic Signature Of Lung Tumors Can Help Guide Treatment
May 22, 2008 — The first US clinical trial using genetic screening to identify lung tumors likely to respond to targeted therapies supports the use of those drugs as first-line treatment rather than after standard ... > full story -
Targeting A Pathological Area Using MRI
May 22, 2008 — Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has become a common tool in clinical diagnosis due to the use of contrast agents, which are like colorants, enabling the contrast between healthy tissue and diseased ... > full story -
Tracking Influenza's Every Movement
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First-born Babies' Higher Asthma And Allergy Rates Due To Pregnancy Conditions
May 21, 2008 — First-born children are at higher risk of developing asthma and allergy because of different conditions they experience in the uterus, according to new ... > full story -
Observation Of X-rays From Birth Of Supernova Leads To All-out Effort To Record Stellar Death
May 21, 2008 — NASA's Swift satellite caught the rare birth of a supernova earlier this year, allowing astronomers to rapidly deploy ground-based telescopes to follow its evolution and learn about normal stellar ... > full story -
Blood-clotting Protein Modified For People With Hard-to-treat Hemophilia
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Counting Immune Cells On A 'Protein Printboard'
May 21, 2008 — In order to monitor how far an HIV infection has progressed, the number of immune cells – lymphocytes – must be counted. Researchers have developed a method that neatly arranges the ... > full story -
Teen Blood Donors Have Higher Risk Of Donation-related Complications
May 21, 2008 — Sixteen- and 17-year olds who donate blood are significantly more likely to experience donation-related complications such as fainting and bruising than older blood ... > full story
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New Research Tool Can Detect Autism At 9 Months Of Age
May 21, 2008 — The ability to detect autism in children as young as nine months of age is on the horizon. The Early Autism Study has been using eye tracker technology that measures eye direction while the babies ... > full story -
Fungus That Produces Biofuels From Plants: Genome Sequenced
May 21, 2008 — The fungus Trichoderma reesei optimally breaks down plants into simple sugars, the basic components of ethanol. The fungus's genome has recently been sequenced. The results show that only a few genes ... > full story -
New Research Improves Early Detection And Survival For Pancreatic Cancer
May 21, 2008 — There are new and innovative methods to better understand the risk factors for and improve earlier detection of pancreatic cancer. Specifically, researchers can demonstrate that the development of, ... > full story -
Scientists 'Paint' Viruses To Track Their Fate In The Body
May 21, 2008 — Here's a new twist on the relationship between biology and art. Researchers describe how they were able to coat--or paint--viruses with proteins. This breakthrough should boost the efficiency of some ... > full story -
Increase In Drunk Driving Fatalities Followed Ban On Smoking In Bars
May 21, 2008 — A ban on cigarette smoking in bars is meant to save lives by reducing patrons' exposure to secondhand smoke. But it may actually be having an unintended consequence. By comparing data from a variety ... > full story
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Improved Gene Therapy Agent Is 30 Times More Efficient Than Current One
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Old Antibiotic May Find New Life As A Stroke Treatment
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May 21, 2008 — A large group of soldiers returning from Iraq have been diagnosed with bronchiolitis, a disease affecting the small airways of the lung. A total of 56 soldiers from Fort Campbell, Kentucky were ... > full story
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