For the first time, researchers have shown that the pre-hatching calls of baby Nile crocodiles actually mean something to their siblings and to their mothers. The calls—which are perfectly audible to humans and sound like ...
Jun 23, 2008
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Books are written on solid pieces of paper for an obvious reason: the atoms in a solid don’t move around much, keeping the words and pictures in place for centuries. Trying to store letters and images in a gas medium, on ...
[B]June 23-25 conference to address major threat to Asian rice production[/B] A small insect that has devastated millions of hectares of rice in southern China and Vietnam over the past few years—causing the loss of thousands ...
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Jun 23, 2008
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Nearly any evidence of the occurrence of a rare or elusive wildlife species has the tendency to generate a stir. Case in point: in February 2008, remote cameras unexpectedly captured the images of a wolverine in the central ...
Environment
Jun 23, 2008
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[B]Multi-agency effort a collaborative success in integrated ecosystem assessment[/B] A team of 38 research divers from the University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, NOAA Fisheries Service, ...
Environment
Jun 23, 2008
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To encourage and help teachers become more involved and enthusiastic about "inclusive teaching", the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) recently funded an action research based project. Action research can be explained ...
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Jun 23, 2008
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Genetic studies on small organisms such as worms and flies can now be done more quickly using a new microfluidic device developed by engineers at the Georgia Institute of Technology.
Electronics & Semiconductors
Jun 23, 2008
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[B]Hopes of cure for common cold on the horizon[/B] A nasal spray that mimics our own natural defense system may be the answer to beating the common cold, according to a report in the latest issue of the Society of Chemical ...
Jun 23, 2008
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A team of scientists from the United States and the United Kingdom has developed a technique using ultraviolet light to identify organic matter in soils that they say could be used to document the existence of life on Mars.
General Physics
Jun 23, 2008
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The search for these natural but 'invisible' nanoparticles is important. If they can be proved to exist, the knowledge will help give us a deeper understanding of how gold can be transported and deposited by geological processes, ...
Nanomaterials
Jun 23, 2008
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