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Endogenous proteins found in a 70-million-year-old giant marine lizard

(PhysOrg.com) -- With their discovery, the scientists Johan Lindgren, Per Uvdal, Anders Engdahl, and colleagues have demonstrated that remains of type I collagen, a structural protein, are retained in a mosasaur ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created May 02, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Cracking the children's fingerprint disappearing act

(PhysOrg.com) -- Children's fingerprints disappear faster than those of adults -- a little-known fact that can hamper investigations of kidnapping cases. To investigate this phenomenon, a team of researchers ...

Physics / General Physics

created Feb 10, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0




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Study offers insight into delicate biochemical balance required for plant growth

(PhysOrg.com) -- In an ongoing effort to understand how modifying plant cell walls might affect the production of biomass and its breakdown for use in biofuels, scientists at the Brookhaven National Laboratory ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jan 16, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Metal Deficit in Mouse Brain Plaques Guides Direction of Human Alzheimer's Disease Research

(PhysOrg.com) -- Minuscule plaques in the brains of mice with Alzheimer's disease contain much less metal than the brains of affected humans, according to a study conducted at the NSLS. This surprising finding ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Chemical In Blood May Explain Susceptibility To Bladder Pain

A marker in the blood of both cats and humans that was identified in a recent study might signal both species’ susceptibility for a painful bladder disorder called interstitial cystitis, a condition that is often difficult ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jun 15, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Watching Catalytic Reactions from Within

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from Utrecht University, in The Netherlands, have demonstrated a new way to get a real-time, microscopic view of the inner workings of catalytic reactions.

Chemistry /

created Jan 29, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Researchers demonstrate for the first time how light squeezes through small holes

How does light pass through a tiny hole" For the first time, Dr Aurele Adam and Prof. Paul Planken of Delft University of Technology, in conjunction with two South Korean and one German research groups, have succeeded in ...

Physics / General Physics

created May 08, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (47) | comments 7


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