Archive: 02/14/2007
Ready when you are: First evidence that visual cues affect timing of sexual maturation
Scientists from the Universities of Exeter and Glasgow today reveal how some females become sexually mature more quickly if they see attractive males. Research published today in the Royal Society journal Biology Le ...
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Feb 14, 2007 |
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The desert is dying
Researchers from University of Bergen have found that trees, which are a main resource for desert people and their flocks, are in significant decline in the hyper-arid Eastern Desert of Egypt.
Feb 14, 2007 |
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Bats prey on nocturnally migrating songbirds
It was until now believed that nocturnally migrating songbirds, while venturing into the unfamiliar night sky for accomplishing their long, challenging trans-continental migrations, could at least release anti-predator ...
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Feb 14, 2007 |
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Protein discovery targets antibiotic-resistant bacteria
A new type of protein discovered by Queen’s University researchers may be useful in developing treatments for antibiotic-resistant bacteria, such as those that cause food poisoning and typhoid.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Feb 14, 2007 |
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DNA gives new perspectives to understand the mysteries of nature
What caused the extinction of the woolly rhinoceros ten thousand years ago from an area in Europe covering the coasts of the Arctic Ocean in the north to the coasts of the Mediterranean in the south? What caused the extinction ...
Biology /
Feb 14, 2007 |
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Research could produce a new class of computer chip
A new research project at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) is aimed at developing an entirely new type of reconfigurable computing device, one that combines the speed and power efficiency of custom-designed chips with ...
Feb 14, 2007 |
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Ericsson, Telstra Achieve World's First 200km Cell Range Mobile Broadband Coverage
Ericsson and Australian telecom operator Telstra said they launched the world’s first 200km cell range in a commercial mobile broadband network. The achievement was announced yesterday at the 3GSM World Congress ...
Feb 14, 2007 |
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IBM Reveals Breakthrough eDRAM Memory Technology
In papers presented at the International Solid State Circuits Conference, IBM revealed a first-of-its-kind, on-chip memory technology that features the fastest access times ever recorded in eDRAM (Embedded ...
Feb 14, 2007 |
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