Archive: 12/1/2006
Improperly sized tennis racket grip doesn't cause tennis elbow
Researchers apparently have "gotten a grip" on the relationship between the development of tennis elbow (tendonitis) and the size of the grip on the racket a player uses.
Dec 01, 2006 |
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New Technology Could Go Batty
“There are many species of bats,” Rolf Müller tells PhysOrg.com, “and they live in different circumstances and environments, hunting different types of food. We can learn from this.” Müller and his Ph.D. studen ...
Dec 01, 2006 |
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A Giant Among Minnows: Giant Danio Can Keep Growing
Two fish that share much in common genetically appear to have markedly different abilities to grow, a finding that could provide a new way to research such disparate areas as muscle wasting disease and fish ...
Biology /
Dec 01, 2006 |
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Invasive ants territorial when neighbors are not kin
A study led by University of California, San Diego biologists shows that invasive Argentine ants appear to use genetic differences to distinguish friend from foe, a finding that helps to explain why these ants ...
Biology /
Dec 01, 2006 |
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ESA and JAXA satellites 'talk' to each other
ESA's Envisat satellite and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's (JAXA) data relay test satellite Kodama have successfully completed an interoperability test demonstrating that scientific data from Envisat ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 01, 2006 |
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Genetically engineered blood protein can be used to split water into oxygen and hydrogen
Scientists have combined two molecules that occur naturally in blood to engineer a molecular complex that uses solar energy to split water into hydrogen and oxygen, says research published today in the Journal of ...
Dec 01, 2006 |
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Evolution of influenza A virus
An understanding of the evolutionary dynamics of the influenza virus determines scientists' ability to survey and control the virus.
Dec 01, 2006 |
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Theory of oscillations may explain biological mysteries
Connect one pendulum to another with a spring, and in time the motions of the two swinging levers will become coordinated.This behavior of coupled oscillators---long a fascination of physicists and mathematicians---also can ...
Biology /
Dec 01, 2006 |
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Seagrass ecosystems at a 'global crisis'
An international team of scientists is calling for a targeted global conservation effort to preserve seagrasses and their ecological services for the world’s coastal ecosystems, according to an article published in the December ...
Biology /
Dec 01, 2006 |
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Southern California wildfires pose health risks to children
In October of 2003, multiple wildfires raged throughout Southern California. Now, researchers at the University of Southern California (USC) report that residents without asthma in wildfire-endangered regions suffered as ...
Dec 01, 2006 |
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