Archive: 02/26/2007
Stunning view of Rosetta skimming past Mars
This stunning view, showing portions of the Rosetta spacecraft with Mars in the background, was taken by the Rosetta Lander Imaging System (CIVA) on board Rosetta’s Philae lander just four minutes before the ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 26, 2007 |
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How do marine turtles return to the same beach to lay their eggs?
Marine turtles almost always return to the same beach to lay their eggs. The egg-laying sites are often far from the feeding areas and the females cross several hundred kilometers of ocean with no visual landmarks. How do ...
Biology /
Feb 26, 2007 |
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Scientists discover genes that can slow cell division and may fight cancer
Cancer cells differ from normal cells in, among other things, the way they divide. When a normal cell complies with a signal telling it to divide, it also begins to activate a "braking system" that eventually stops cell division ...
Feb 26, 2007 |
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Lost cuckoo breaks its silence
A team of biologists with the New York-based Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) have recorded for the first time the call of the extremely rare Sumatran ground cuckoo, found only on the island of Sumatra in Indonesia.
Biology /
Feb 26, 2007 |
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Neutron star field decay could impact what we know
“[W]hat we have found could have profound impacts on what we know about how neutron stars evolve, how old they are and even what they are made of,” Bennett Link tells PhysOrg.com.
Feb 26, 2007 |
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South Pole Telescope achieves first light
Scientists aimed the South Pole Telescope at Jupiter on the evening of Feb. 16 and successfully collected the instrument's first test observations. Soon, far more distant quarry will fall under the SPT's sights ...
Feb 26, 2007 |
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Colour sensor breath test can detect lung cancer
A breath test can successfully pick up lung cancer with "moderate accuracy" even in the early stages, reveals research published ahead of print in Thorax.
Feb 26, 2007 |
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Common Ingredient in Big Macs and Sodas Can Stabilize Gold Nanoparticles for Medical Use
The future of cancer detection and treatment may be in gold nanoparticles – tiny pieces of gold so small they cannot be seen by the naked eye. The potential of gold nanoparticles has been hindered by the difficulty of making ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Feb 26, 2007 |
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Swimming 'to the left' gets bacteria upstream, may promote infection
Yale engineers who study both flow hydrodynamics and how bacteria propel themselves report that one reason for the high incidence of infections associated with catheters in hospital patients may be that some pathogenic bacteria ...
Feb 26, 2007 |
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African carnage: One year's seized ivory likely came from 23,000 elephants
African elephants are being slaughtered for their ivory at a rate unprecedented since an international convention banning ivory trade took effect in 1989, a University of Washington biologist says.
Biology /
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