Picture obtained of rare Indonesian rabbit
Wildlife Conservation Society researchers in Asia have captured the image of one of the world's rarest rabbits -- the Sumatran striped rabbit.
Apr 5, 2007
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An X-ray Time Machine?
There's nothing new about using x-rays to look at bones. But using them on bones a hundred million years old is another story. This week, a team of researchers visiting SSRL is finding that when it comes to ancient fossils ...
Archaeology
Apr 5, 2007
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Researchers use 'nanopore channels' to precisely detect DNA
Researchers at Purdue's Birck Nanotechnology Center have shown how "nanopore channels" can be used to rapidly and precisely detect specific sequences of DNA as a potential tool for genomic applications in medicine, environmental ...
Bio & Medicine
Apr 5, 2007
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Nanocylinders deliver medicine better than nanospheres
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine & School of Engineering and Applied Science have discovered a better way to deliver drugs to tumors. By using a cylindrical-shaped carrier they were able sustain ...
Bio & Medicine
Apr 5, 2007
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Threat of jail time doesn’t keep drunken drivers off the road
Actor Mel Gibson avoided jail time after he was convicted of driving under the influence in California last year. Most people who take to the wheel after drinking don’t think they’ll wind up behind bars either — or even be ...
Other
Apr 5, 2007
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Super-cool work could expose quantum behavior
Using a laser-cooling technique that could one day allow scientists to observe quantum behavior in large objects, MIT researchers have cooled a coin-sized object to within one degree of absolute zero.
General Physics
Apr 5, 2007
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To recognize their friends, mice use their amygdalas
Even those who can’t remember names can usually recall faces. New research from Rockefeller University suggests that a simple brain chemical, a neuropeptide called oxytocin, is a reason.
Apr 5, 2007
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Scientists identify new regulatory mechanism for critical protein signaling domain
In a study with far-reaching implications, scientists at the Scripps Research Institute and other institutions have for the first time identified a new in vivo regulatory mechanism for the PH Domain, a component of many proteins ...
Apr 5, 2007
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Nanogenerator provides continuous power by harvesting energy from the environment
Researchers have demonstrated a prototype nanometer-scale generator that produces continuous direct-current electricity by harvesting mechanical energy from such environmental sources as ultrasonic waves, mechanical vibration ...
Nanophysics
Apr 5, 2007
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Ancient Genetic Material Keeps Pups Pint-Sized
Soon after humans began domesticating dogs 12,000 to 15,000 years ago, they started breeding small canines. Now, scientists from the University of Utah and seven other institutions have identified a piece of doggy DNA that ...
Apr 5, 2007
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