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Controlling cells' environments: A step toward building much-needed tissues and organs
With stem cells so fickle and indecisive that they make Shakespeare’s Hamlet pale by comparison, scientists today described an advance in encouraging stem cells to make decisions about their fate. The ...
Aug 28, 2011 |
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Nano-thermometers show first temperature response differences within living cells
Using a modern version of open-wide-and-keep-this-under-your-tongue, scientists today reported taking the temperature of individual cells in the human body, and finding for the first time that temperatures ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Aug 28, 2011 |
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Research from Everest: Can leucine help burn fat and spare muscle tissue during exercise?
Research on Mt. Everest climbers is adding to the evidence that an amino acid called leucine — found in foods, dietary supplements, energy bars and other products — may help people burn fat during ...
Aug 28, 2011 |
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The first nuclear power plant for settlements on Moon, Mars
(PhysOrg.com) -- The first nuclear power plant being considered for production of electricity for manned or unmanned bases on the Moon, Mars and other planets may really look like it came from outer space, ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Aug 28, 2011 |
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New skin test determines age of wild animals to help control nuisance animals
A new skin test can determine the age of wild animals while they are still alive, providing information needed to control population explosions among nuisance animals, according to a report here today at the 242nd National ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Aug 28, 2011 |
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Alligator fat could be used to make biodiesel
(PhysOrg.com) -- In addition to being a novelty food, alligators could also provide a feedstock for biodiesel. Every year, the alligator meat industry disposes of about 15 million pounds of alligator fat in ...
Aug 18, 2011 |
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Virus uses 'Swiss Army knife' protein to cause infection
In an advance in understanding Mother Nature's copy machines, motors, assembly lines and other biological nano-machines, scientists are describing how a multipurpose protein on the tail of a virus bores into ...
Aug 17, 2011 |
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Concerns about efforts to foster the biofuel boom
Despite growing evidence that biofuels may not be the cure-all once envisioned, many countries are still rushing headlong with biofuels development policies that experts say are having negative as well as positive impacts ...
Aug 17, 2011 |
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Paper money worldwide contains bisphenol A
The cash register receipts that people place near paper money in billfolds, purses, and pockets has led to a worldwide contamination of paper money with bisphenol A (BPA) — a potentially toxic substance ...
Aug 10, 2011 |
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Consumers' close encounters with nanoparticles
The most personal encounter that many consumers have had so far with the much-heralded field of nanotechnology is the topic of an article in the current edition of Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN), the American Chemical Societ ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Aug 10, 2011 |
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Genetically engineered spider silk for gene therapy
Genetically engineered spider silk could help overcome a major barrier to the use of gene therapy in everyday medicine, according to a new study that reported development and successful initial laboratory ...
Aug 10, 2011 |
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First opal-like crystals discovered in meteorite
Scientists have found opal-like crystals in the Tagish Lake meteorite, which fell to Earth in Canada in 2000. This is the first extraterrestrial discovery of these unusual crystals, which may have formed in the primordial ...
Aug 03, 2011 |
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Bionic microrobot mimics the 'water strider' and walks on water (w/ Video)
Scientists are reporting development of a new aquatic microrobot that mimics the amazing water-walking abilities of the water strider — the long-legged insect that scoots across the surface of ponds, ...
Jul 27, 2011 |
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New invisibility cloak hides objects from human view
For the first time, scientists have devised an invisibility cloak material that hides objects from detection using light that is visible to humans. The new device is a leap forward in cloaking materials, according to a report ...
Jul 27, 2011 |
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Safety testing on Gulf seafood
Government assurances that seafood from the Gulf of Mexico is safe to eat after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill are the result of a monitoring and testing program that continues more than a year after the April 20, 2010 disaster. ...
Jul 20, 2011 |
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