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Researchers identify mechanism that maintains stem cells readiness

An immune-system receptor plays an unexpected but crucially important role in keeping stem cells from differentiating and in helping blood cancer cells grow, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center report today in the ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 31, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Mars methane linked to meteorites

Tiny amounts of methane in the Martian atmosphere may come not from living things, but from meteorites on the red planet's surface, the latest findings suggest.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 31, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Researchers develop synthetic platelets

Synthetic platelets have been developed by UC Santa Barbara researchers, in collaboration with researchers at Scripps Research Institute and Sanford-Burnham Institute in La Jolla, Calif. Their findings are ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created May 30, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Robot monitors toxic red tides

A robotic device suspended under the ocean surface from a buoy off the New Hampshire coast is monitoring seawater for evidence of the red tide, clusters of microscopic plants that release toxins into fish ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Designing a dye you can count on

Natural substances such as chlorophyll and the heme pigment of red blood cells contain colorful molecules known as porphyrins. They owe their exceptional visual characteristics to a ‘macrocyclic’ ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created May 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Did ancient Mars have a runaway greenhouse?

Cosmic impacts that once bombed Mars might have sent temperatures skyrocketing upward on the Red Planet in ancient times, enough to set warming of the surface on a runaway course, researchers say.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 24, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

From waste to water: Study examines solution to red mud problem

Scientists at the University of Glasgow are working to turn a toxic industrial waste product into a material which can be used to treat contaminated water.

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 21, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Bacteria alive (more or less) in 86-million-year-old seabed clay

(Phys.org) -- A new study by scientists from Denmark and Germany has found live bacteria trapped in red clay deposited on the ocean floor some 86 million years ago. The bacteria use miniscule amounts of oxygen ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 18, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (15) | comments 10 | with audio podcast report

Preparing for a Martian climbing trip

In August, NASA's Mars Science Laboratory will reach the Red Planet and begin its search for habitats that could have supported life.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Beaming up on the way to space

(Phys.org) -- Space may be the final frontier. But often a few trips to PML are necessary before things can get off the ground. One recent case in point is the test of an instrument called the Extreme Ultraviolet ...

Physics / General Physics

created May 07, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Mexican experts find ancient blood on stone knives

(AP) - Traces of blood and fragments of muscle, tendon, skin and hair found on 2,000-year-old stone knives have given researchers the first conclusive evidence that the obsidian blades were used for human sacrifice so long ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created May 03, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Drought leaves mark on Chile's wines

Chile's vineyard owners are expecting a slightly different taste and aroma to the wines they produce this year as they harvest grapes during an exceptionally long drought.

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Translocation risks revealed: Scientists develop techniques to avoid repeat of red squirrel catastrophe

Disastrous disease outbreaks like the one which led to the decimation of the red squirrel in Britain can now be avoided through the implementation of new preventive measures developed by UK scientists.

Biology / Ecology

created Apr 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

First Mars Express gravity results plot volcanic history

(Phys.org) -- Five years of Mars Express gravity mapping data are providing unique insights into what lies beneath the Red Planet’s largest volcanoes. The results show that the lava grew denser over time ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Apr 26, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

WSU astrobiologist proposes fleet of probes to seek life on Mars

A Washington State University astrobiologist is leading a group of 20 scientists in calling for a mission to Mars with "a strong and comprehensive life detection component." At the heart of their proposal ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Apr 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 6 | with audio podcast