Archive: 07/17/2006
Networking: Downloading movies a hit
Consumer spending on mobile networking applications -- mobile search, movie downloads and other innovative applications -- surged in the United States and overseas during the just-completed quarter, sources tell UPI's Networking.
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Pathway toward gene silencing described in plants
Biologists at Washington University in St. Louis have made an important breakthrough in understanding a pathway plant cells take to silence unwanted or extra genes using short bits of RNA. Basically, they have made it possible ...
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Think fast! Scientists unlock nerve speed secret
In the second it takes you to read these words, tens of thousands of vesicles in your optic nerves are released in sequence, opening tiny surface pores to pass chemical signals to the next cell down the line, telling your ...
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Illicit trade led to modern globalization
In a forthcoming study from the American Journal of Sociology, Emily Erikson and Peter Bearman (Columbia University) demonstrate that an early example of globalization was the direct result of individual malfeasance, specifically, ...
Jul 17, 2006 |
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A WINning solution for risk management
The IST-funded WIN project is using what happened during the Prestige oil spill as one scenario with which to test the integrated risk management solution it is developing to help prevent, contain and respond to similar catastrophes ...
Jul 17, 2006 |
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'Paint-On’ Antenna Test Flight Paves Way for Next-Generation High-Altitude Airships
"Paint-on" antennas, designed to establish new high-altitude communications and surveillance platforms, successfully transmitted voice and data links as well as teleconferencing capabilities during test flights ...
Jul 17, 2006 |
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New Ways to Synthesize a Biomedically Important Molecule
The molecule Antascomicin B has the potential to both regenerate nerve growth and help scientists better understand immune system suppression in organ transplants, but its scarcity in nature means it must be ...
Jul 17, 2006 |
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Physics Students Bring Home Gold
Every U.S. student sent to the 2006 International Physics Olympiad held this year in Nanyang University in Singapore, will bring home a medal, and four of those are gold.
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Female Birds Boost Up Their Eggs When Hearing Sexy Song
In a new study published in the latest issue of Ethology researchers show that female songbirds can alter the size of eggs and possibly the sex of their chicks according to how they perceive their mate's quality. The resear ...
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Proposed moose relocation draws debate
A proposed relocation plan for orphaned moose calves from the Alaska Moose Federation's Gary Olsen has received both a grant and criticism from officials.
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Many British girls choose early motherhood
Teenage girls in Britain who get pregnant are mostly doing it by choice, a new study found.
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Government scientist plays unclear role
A National Institutes of Health scientist with ties to pharmaceutical firms helped test new drugs with unclear results, The Los Angeles Times reported.
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