Queso fresco, a quintessential ingredient in Mexican cuisine, would retain higher quality in supermarket display cases if stored at a lower temperature. That's the conclusion of a report presented here today at the 239th ...
Biochemistry
Mar 23, 2010
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The male wandering albatross, which can live more than 50 years, modifies its foraging behavior with age.
Plants & Animals
Mar 23, 2010
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Scientists today reported development of the first two-in-one test that can simultaneously detect both the E. coli bacteria responsible for terrible food poisoning outbreaks, and the toxins, or poisons, that the bacteria ...
Biochemistry
Mar 23, 2010
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Picture yourself in a movie theater waiting for the main attraction to begin and the scent of popcorn wafts through the air. The screen lights up with coming attractions and you see a "movie trailer" that you think is really ...
Space Exploration
Mar 23, 2010
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Suppose you're walking along the beach and you see a jellyfish washed up on the sand. Then you see another and then another. It's a jellyfish invasion! What do you do? Who do you call?
Ecology
Mar 23, 2010
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Vigilant sky watchers were treated to a fiery surprise in western Alabama sky on Friday, March 19.
Space Exploration
Mar 23, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Argonne biochemist Daniel Schabacker could be considered a Sherlock Holmes of bioterrorism. Although he doesn’t carry around a pipe and magnifying glass as he attempts to nab the culprit, he has a far more ...
Biochemistry
Mar 23, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Lightweight, sturdy, and non-corrosive: fiber-reinforced thermoplastics are an ideal material for making boats and cars, and for aerospace engineering. But up to now, processing the raw materials was considered ...
Engineering
Mar 23, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity, now in its seventh year on Mars, has a new capability to make its own choices about whether to make additional observations of rocks that it spots on arrival at ...
Space Exploration
Mar 23, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A crew of six, including two Europeans, will soon begin a simulated mission to Mars in a mockup that includes an interplanetary spaceship, Mars lander and martian landscape. The Mars500 experiment, as long ...
Space Exploration
Mar 23, 2010
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