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Chemist develops plastic with changeable conductivity

Dr. Yueh-Lin (Lynn) Loo at The University of Texas at Austin has modified a plastic so its ability to carry an electrical current can be altered during manufacturing to meet the needs of future electronic ...

Chemistry /

created Apr 09, 2007 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (19) | comments 0

Scientists Finds Earliest Evidence of Maize Farming in Mexico

A Florida State University anthropologist has new evidence that ancient farmers in Mexico were cultivating an early form of maize, the forerunner of modern corn, about 7,300 years ago - 1,200 years earlier than scholars previously ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Apr 09, 2007 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Australians to store CO2 underground

Australian scientists are pushing ahead with plans to store thousands of tons of carbon dioxide in an underground reservoir.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 09, 2007 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

ClearCube Works Hand-in-Hand with VMware

The latest version of ClearCube's Sentral management software will support VMware's ESX3 Server and Server virtualization software, as well as Vista.

Technology / Software

created Apr 09, 2007 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Intel Launches New Quad-core Processor for High-End PCs

Intel is targeting high-end PC users and gamers with a new quad-core processor. The latest chip is aimed at gamers, design professionals and enthusiasts looking for high-performance hardware.

Electronics / Hardware

created Apr 09, 2007 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (17) | comments 0

The sturdier sex? Study finds female stem cells work better

Female stem cells derived from muscle have a greater ability to regenerate skeletal muscle tissue than male cells, according to a study at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC.

Biology /

created Apr 09, 2007 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Ethanol plant restrictions may be lifted

Plants that make ethanol may be able to run with fewer environmental rules and less pollution control equipment, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 09, 2007 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Study links smoking to female offspring

A study in Britain suggests that parents who are smokers at the time of conception are more likely to have a female child.

Medicine & Health / Other

created Apr 09, 2007 | popularity 2.6 / 5 (25) | comments 0

Antibiotics found to increasingly fail

Pediatricians in the United States are increasingly finding that antibiotics are not always ideal for treating ear infections, a report says.

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Apr 09, 2007 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Sea otters pushed out of bay habitat

Alaska's sea otters are in peril after a cold winter on the Alaskan Peninsula has frozen them out of their bay habitat.

Biology /

created Apr 09, 2007 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (7) | comments 0


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