Archive: 02/22/2007
Chimpanzees found to use tools to hunt mammalian prey
Reporting findings that help shape our understanding of how tool use has evolved among primates, researchers have discovered evidence that chimpanzees, at least under some conditions, are capable of habitually ...
Biology /
Feb 22, 2007 |
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XMM-Newton reveals a magnetic surprise
ESA's X-ray observatory XMM-Newton has revealed evidence for a magnetic field in space where astronomers never expected to find one. The magnetic field surrounds a young star called AB Aurigae and provides ...
Feb 22, 2007 |
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Scientists produce neurons from human skin
Scientists from Université Laval’s Faculty of Medicine have succeeded in producing neurons in vitro using stem cells extracted from adult human skin. This is the first time such an advanced state of nerve cell differentiation ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Feb 22, 2007 |
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Liposuctioned fat stem cells to repair bodies
Expanding waistlines, unsightly bulges: people will gladly remove excess body fat to improve their looks. But unwanted fat also contains stem cells with the potential to repair defects and heal injuries in the body. A team ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Feb 22, 2007 |
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'Bridge' protein spurs deadliest stages of breast cancer
A protein known for its ability to "bridge" interactions between other cellular proteins may spur metastasis in breast cancer, the disease’s deadliest stage, a study from Burnham Institute for Medical Research has found.
Feb 22, 2007 |
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The Genesis of Relativity
New insights into the premises, assumptions and preconditions that underlie Einstein’s Relativity Theory, as well as the intellectual, and cultural contexts that shaped it, are the subject of a comprehensive study published ...
Feb 22, 2007 |
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Peanut-Shaped Nanostructures
Tiny acorns that fuse together in pairs to form miniature peanuts – Japanese researchers have succeeded in producing peanut-shaped nanoparticles comprised of two different sulfur-containing substances. The ends of the “peanuts” ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Feb 22, 2007 |
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Honeydew honeys are better antioxidants than nectar honeys
A study of 36 Spanish honeys from different floral origins revealed that honeys generated by bees feeding on honeydew have greater antioxidant properties than those produced by bees feeding on nectar. The study is published ...
Biology /
Feb 22, 2007 |
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In presence of fragrant cleaning products, air purifiers that emit ozone can dirty the air
Indoor air purifiers that produce even small quantities of ozone may actually make the air dirtier when used at the same time as household cleaning products, scientists at UC Irvine have discovered.
Feb 22, 2007 |
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