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Scientists find huge oil plumes deep in Gulf of Mexico: report
Scientists have discovered enormous plumes of oil in the deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico, in an indication that the leak from an underwater well could be far worse than previously estimated, The New York ...
May 16, 2010 |
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Transplanted adult stem cells provide lasting help to injured hearts
Human adult stem cells injected around the damage caused by a heart attack survived in the heart and improved its pumping efficiency for a year in a mouse model, researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
May 10, 2010 |
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Pioneering Deep-Sea Robot Lost at Sea
(PhysOrg.com) -- A pioneering deep-sea exploration robot -- one of the first successful submersible vehicles that was both unmanned and untethered to surface ships -- was lost at sea Friday, March 5, on a ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 09, 2010 |
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More evidence on benefits of high blood pressure drugs in diabetic eye disease
Scientists in Massachusetts are reporting new evidence that certain high blood pressure drugs may be useful in preventing and treating diabetic retinopathy, the leading cause of vision loss in people with ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 06, 2010 |
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UAF chooses shipyard to build Alaska Region Research Vessel
More than three decades ago, marine scientists in the United States first identified the need for a research vessel capable of bringing scientists to Alaska's icy northern waters.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 09, 2009 |
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SEA to conduct expedition dedicated to measuring plastic marine debris in the North Atlantic Ocean
Sea Education Association (SEA) is preparing to conduct the first-ever research expedition dedicated solely to examining the accumulation of plastic marine debris in the North Atlantic Ocean.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 12, 2009 |
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Gulf's 'dead zone' much smaller than predicted (w/ Video)
NOAA-supported scientists, led by Nancy Rabalais, Ph.D., from the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON), found the size of this year's Gulf of Mexico dead zone to be smaller than forecasted, measuring 3,000 square ...
Jul 25, 2009 |
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Scientists identify growth factor as possible cancer drug target
To grow and spread, tumors need new blood vessels, a process called angiogenesis. One growth factor that causes angiogenesis has been identified - vascular endothelial growth factor or VEGF - and drugs to inhibit VEGF are ...
Jun 09, 2009 |
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Transparent zebrafish a must-see model for atherosclerosis
We usually think of fish as a "heart-healthy" food. Now fish are helping researchers better understand how heart disease develops in studies that could lead to new drugs to slow disease and prevent heart ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 05, 2009 |
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Deep-sea researchers uncover several new species and thousands of fossilized coral samples
Scientists from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and an international team of collaborators have returned from a month-long deep-sea voyage to a marine reserve near Tasmania, Australia, that ...
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Feb 04, 2009 |
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