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Sperm proteome gives 'tantalising glimpse' towards the origin of sex

The first ever catalogue of the different types of proteins found in sperm could help reveal the origins of sex and explain some of the mysteries of infertility, say scientists.

Medicine & Health / Genetics

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Lesser Flamingos Find Refuge at Kenyan Lake

Lesser flamingos are surprising scientists by flocking to one of Kenya’s smallest lakes for the first time, by the thousands. Earthwatch-supported scientist Dr. David Harper, of the University of Leicester, ...

Space & Earth / Environment

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High-tech spectroscopy may be used to monitor neuropsychiatric symptoms

Magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) may provide a noninvasive way to monitor neuropsychiatric symptoms in patients with lupus, according to results from research in mice at Wake Forest University School of Medicine.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

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Cheaper Color Printing by Harnessing Ben Franklin's Electrostatic Forces

Recent advances in the basic science of electrostatics could soon lead to color laser printers that are cheaper and up to 70 percent smaller than current models, a physicist reports at this week's AVS International Symposium ...

Physics / General Physics

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Scientists capture nanoscale images with short and intense X-ray laser

LLNL scientists for the first time have validated the idea of using extremely short and intense X-ray pulses to capture images of objects such as proteins before the X-rays destroy the sample.

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 13, 2006 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (19) | comments 0


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