Archive: 12/04/2007
QUT researcher eyes off a biometric future
It is not science fiction to think that our eyes could very soon be the key to unlocking our homes, accessing our bank accounts and logging on to our computers, according to Queensland University of Technology researcher ...
Dec 04, 2007 |
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Neanderthal bearing teeth
An international European research collaboration led by scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology reports evidence for a rapid developmental pattern in a 100,000 year old Belgian ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Dec 04, 2007 |
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Google Plans 2008 Launch of Enhanced Web Hosting
Google plans to launch Google Sites in 2008. The initial plan is to enhance Google Apps and Google Page Creator features by using JotSpot for collaboration tools. The new enhanced features may set up a possible ...
Dec 04, 2007 |
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Feeding cattle byproduct of ethanol production causes E. coli 0157 to spike
Ethanol plants and livestock producers have created a symbiotic relationship. Cattle producers feed their livestock distiller's grains, a byproduct of the ethanol distilling process, giving ethanol producers have an added ...
Biology /
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Simple two-in-one test signals high risk after a heart attack
Everyone loves a two-fer, but a two-in-one heart test that has the potential to save lives is the real deal. According to new research, pairing two findings from one simple test makes it significantly more likely that doctors ...
Dec 04, 2007 |
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A gene implicated in human language affects song learning in songbirds
Do special “human” genes provide the biological substrate for uniquely human traits, like language" Genetic aberrations of the human FoxP2 gene impair speech production and comprehension, yet the relative contributions of ...
Biology /
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Why do high school seniors drink?
Most high school seniors drink because they want to experiment with alcohol, some drink for the thrill of it, and others because it helps them relax. A new study finds that a fourth group of high school students share all ...
Dec 04, 2007 |
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Matrimony inhibits Polo kinase
Suspended animation is something we only associate with Sci Fi programs, but something remarkably similar actually occurs in unfertilized egg cells, in the ovaries of animals as different as humans and fruit flies. In an ...
Biology /
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Kids of depressed moms more prone to behavioral problems and injury
Young children whose mothers are depressed are more prone to behavioural problems and injury, suggests US research published in Injury Prevention.
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