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Mysterious 1934 Disappearance of Explorer Everett Ruess in Utah Solved

The mysterious disappearance of Everett Ruess, a 20-year-old artist, writer and footloose explorer who wandered the Southwest in the early 1930s on a burro and who has become a folk hero to many, has been ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Apr 30, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (21) | comments 5




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New strategy directly activates cellular 'death protein'

Researchers at Dana-Farber/Children's Hospital Cancer Center have devised a strategy to directly activate a natural "death" protein, triggering the self-destruction of cells. They say the development could represent a new ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

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UK reporter won't be prosecuted for hack leaks

(AP) — British prosecutors said Tuesday they won't press charges against a Guardian journalist and her suspected police source over leaks about the country's high-profile phone hacking investigation.

Technology / Internet

created May 29, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Copy of the genetic makeup travels in a protein suitcase

Scientists from the Institute for Physical and Theoretical Chemistry at the University of Bonn have succeeded for the first time in the real time filming of the transport of an important information carrier in biological ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers aim to assemble the tree of life for all 2 million named species

A new initiative aims to build a grand tree of life that brings together everything scientists know about how all living things are related, from the tiniest bacteria to the tallest tree.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 21, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A new dimension to DNA and personalized medicine of the future

(Phys.org) -- By investigating the existence of an unusual four-stranded structure of DNA in human cells, scientists have opened the door to novel cancer therapeutics and a new era for personalised medicine.

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created May 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Energy in action: For two molecules on blind date, new method predicts potential for attraction or repulsion

(Phys.org) -- Krzysztof Szalewicz, professor of physics and astronomy at the University of Delaware, and Rafal Podeszwa of the University of Silesia Institute of Chemistry in Poland have developed and validated ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

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OD and SH - two new molecules in space

(Phys.org) -- The discovery of two new molecules and a detailed analysis of various phases of star formation – this is what the observatory SOFIA can report after completing its first series of science ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created May 11, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Early results of the GREAT instrument onboard the SOFIA airborne observatory

Astronomy & Astrophysics is publishing a special feature devoted to the early results obtained during the first science flights of the airborne observatory SOFIA with the GREAT far-infrared instrument. We pre ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created May 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Groundwater pumping leads to sea level rise, cancels out effect of dams: study

As people pump groundwater for irrigation, drinking water, and industrial uses, the water doesn't just seep back into the ground – it also evaporates into the atmosphere, or runs off into rivers and canals, eventually ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 08, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

New study shows "undecideds" not impartial

As the U.S. presidential election approaches, political analysts are paying a lot of attention to the undecided. New research by a team of psychologists from Canada, Italy and Switzerland shows that undecideds are not impartial, ...

Other Sciences / Other

created May 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0


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