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Genetic study unravels ancient links between African and European populations
Large numbers of people moved between Africa and Europe during recent and well-documented time periods such as the Roman Empire, the Arab conquest, and the slave trade, and genetic evidence of these migrations lives on in ...
Mar 26, 2012 |
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Removing 'black sheep' could make Internet run more efficiently
(PhysOrg.com) -- Whether dealing with Internet traffic or vehicle traffic, congestion can slow everything down. One team of researchers working on improving network transmission efficiency has developed a ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Feb 28, 2012 |
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Bouncing signals off ceiling can rev up data centers
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have a startlingly upbeat idea for data center managers coping with packed rooms, Internet traffic bursts, and high costs looming in having to reconfigure data center designs. ...
Dec 21, 2011 |
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Streaming to overtake cable in 3-5 years: Netflix
Internet-streamed video will overtake cable to dominate home video viewing within three to five years, Netflix chief executive Reed Hastings predicted Tuesday, with stiffer competition to come.
Dec 06, 2011 |
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ACE Africa cable to go online late next year: France Telecom
A fibre-optic cable from France to South Africa will go online in the second half of 2012, bringing high-speed Internet links to a host of west African countries, France Telecom said Wednesday.
Nov 09, 2011 |
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Scientists discover a new species of dinosaur, bridging a gap in the dinosaur family tree
A team of scientists led by the Smithsonian Institution has discovered a fossilized dinosaur skull and neck vertebrae that not only reveal a new species, but also an evolutionary link between two groups of ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Apr 13, 2011 |
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Simple marine worms distantly related to humans
Two groups of lowly marine worms are related to complex species including vertebrates (such as humans) and starfish, according to new research. Previously thought to be an evolutionary link between simple animals such as ...
Feb 09, 2011 |
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Mini or massive? For turtles and tortoises, it all depends on where you live
(PhysOrg.com) -- Biologists from the UCLA Division of Life Sciences have reported the first quantitative evidence for an evolutionary link between habitat and body size in turtles and tortoises.
Feb 02, 2011 |
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Resurrecting the so-called 'depression gene'
University of Michigan Health System researchers have found new evidence that our genes help determine our susceptibility to depression.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 03, 2011 |
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Genetic relationship between Hungarian and Turkish apricots confirmed
Apricots are important to Turkey, the country where more apricot crops are grown and exported than anywhere in the world. Looking to unlock the mystery of apricots' origins and increase crop production, scientists ...
Dec 29, 2010 |
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Modeling autism in a dish
A collaborative effort between researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies and the University of California, San Diego, successfully used human induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells derived from ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Nov 11, 2010 |
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Gene flaw causes small brain - scientists
Microcephaly, a disorder which leads to an abnormally small brain, has been traced in part to a flaw in a gene called WDR62 that plays a key role in the development of neurons, according to studies published on Sunday by ...
Oct 03, 2010 |
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CT scan for 50 million year old snake
Even some of the most advanced technology in medicine couldn't get Clarisse to give up all of her secrets. After all, she's kept them secret for more than 50 million years.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Sep 13, 2010 |
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Mother of all humans lived 200,000 years ago
The most robust statistical examination to date of our species' genetic links to "mitochondrial Eve" -- the maternal ancestor of all living humans -- confirms that she lived about 200,000 years ago. The Rice University study ...
Aug 17, 2010 |
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Marine scientists return with rare creatures from the deep
Scientists have just returned from a voyage with samples of rare animals and more than 10 possible new species in a trip which they say has revolutionised their thinking about deep-sea life in the Atlantic ...
Jul 06, 2010 |
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