A U.S. research team has recommended various public policy guidelines that could be used to control indoor mold contamination in homes.

Space & Earth - Environment

Jul 09, 2007 2 / 5 (5) 0

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has announced the voluntary recall of Scharffen Berger Kumasi Sambirano chocolate bars because of mislabeling.

Medicine & Health - Other

Jul 09, 2007 4 / 5 (2) 0

NASA technicians worked Monday to ready space shuttle Endeavour for its move to Launch Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Space & Earth - Space Exploration

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Putting bacteria on birth control could stop the spread of drug-resistant microbes, and researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have found a way to do just that.

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Jul 09, 2007 4.4 / 5 (54) 0

A three-year investigation by a team at The University of Manchester (UK) has shown that contrary to popular expectation, Brits spent more time reading in recent times than they did in the 1970s.

Other Sciences - Other

Jul 09, 2007 3.3 / 5 (3) 0

Researchers in the College of Engineering at UC Santa Barbara have discovered how to make polymeric micro- and nanoparticles in a wide variety of different shapes and sizes using commonly-available lab chemicals and equipment. ...

Nanotechnology - Nanomaterials

Jul 09, 2007 4 / 5 (10) 0

The genetic information of our chromosomes is encoded into the language of DNA. This language is composed of code words, each representing one of the 20 amino acids found in proteins. How do cells translate the language of ...

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Jul 09, 2007 4.2 / 5 (5) 0

The world’s largest telescope will take its first peek into the heavens this week, ushering the University of Florida into the top ranks of the “big observers,” as one astronomy professor put it.

Space & Earth - Space Exploration

Jul 09, 2007 3.9 / 5 (15) 0

Most plants and animals show changes in activity over a 24-hour cycle. Now, for the first time, researchers have shown how a plant combines signals from its internal clock with those from the environment to show a daily rhythm ...

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Jul 09, 2007 3 / 5 (2) 0

Women don't just like men with muscles — they go for them. Men who are more muscular than average are much more likely to have short-term affairs and multiple sex partners than their scrawnier peers, according to new UCLA ...

Medicine & Health - Psychology & Psychiatry

Jul 09, 2007 4 / 5 (49) 0

A new way to make cubic zirconia with very small crystal sizes could be key to making hydrogen fuel cells more reliable and cost-effective.

Nanotechnology - Nanomaterials

Jul 09, 2007 3.7 / 5 (23) 0

A multi-institutional consortium including Duke University has created startlingly crisp 3-D microscopic views of tiny mouse brains -- unveiled layer by layer -- by extending the capabilities of conventional magnetic resonance ...

Biology -

Jul 09, 2007 5 / 5 (1) 0

Infants learn how to move by recognizing which movements and positions cause them physical discomfort and learning to avoid them. Computer science Professor Oussama Khatib and his research group at the Stanford ...

Technology - Computer Sciences

Jul 09, 2007 4.5 / 5 (14) 0

A liquid oxygen-hydrogen pump fed engine developed to demonstrate advanced rocket technologies for future space vehicles achieved a major technical milestone in throttling capability.

Space & Earth - Space Exploration

Jul 09, 2007 4.7 / 5 (15) 0

A new study examining two possible factors leading to "environmental racism" finds that although the average black or Hispanic resident of a major U.S. city lives in a more polluted part of town than the average white person, ...

Other Sciences - Other

Jul 09, 2007 3.3 / 5 (6) 0