Archive: 06/06/2007
Sowing seed on salty ground
Scientists have discovered a gene that allows plants to grow better in low nutrient conditions and even enhance their growth through sodium uptake, according to a report published online this week in The EMBO Journal.
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Jun 06, 2007 |
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QBI scientist looks at why stroke causes vision problems
The research, by QBI neuroscientist Professor Jason Mattingley and colleagues at the University of Melbourne and University College London, has implications for understanding "spatial neglect", a disorder associated with ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jun 06, 2007 |
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How to lose weight and not go hungry: Researcher develops drug that mimics feeling of 'fullness'
Millions of people the world over suffer today from obesity, yet there is no “magic bullet” that has yet provided a universally accepted solution. However, a young researcher at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem feels he ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jun 06, 2007 |
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Better chemistry through living models
Scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory will receive $1.98 million from the U.S. Department of Energy over the next three years to emulate nature’s use of enzymes to convert chemicals to energy, PNNL announced ...
Jun 06, 2007 |
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A new understanding of crystal structure of actinide metals
Researchers have a better understanding of how the crystal structure of some metals becomes stable through magnetism.
Jun 06, 2007 |
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A step nearer to understanding superconductivity
Transporting energy without any loss, travelling in magnetically levitated trains, carrying out medical imaging (MRI) with small-scale equipment: all these things could come true if we had superconducting materials that worked ...
Jun 06, 2007 |
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Bigger horns equal better genes
Size matters. At least, it does to an alpine ibex.
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Jun 06, 2007 |
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Toward a more efficient organic semiconductor
“It’s not that there aren’t spin measurement techniques already,” Christoph Boehme tells PhysOrg.com. “The problem is that many of those methods used to date have limited sensitivity.”
Jun 06, 2007 |
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Revamped, renewed, restarted -- Oak Ridge High Flux Isotope Reactor back on line
The research reactor at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory is back in action and better than ever.
Jun 06, 2007 |
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Scientists: Stem cells can make blind see
British researchers hope to make stem-cell treatment of blindness caused by macular degeneration routine within a decade.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jun 06, 2007 |
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Origins of nervous system found in genes of sea sponge
Scientists at the University of California, Santa Barbara have discovered significant clues to the evolutionary origins of the nervous system by studying the genome of a sea sponge, a member of a group considered to be among ...
Biology /
Jun 06, 2007 |
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