Your plaice or mine? Male fish refuse to ask for directions
(PhysOrg.com) -- Male fish are so stubborn that they refuse to ask for directions, especially when they are ready to reproduce.
Plants & Animals
Sep 07, 2010
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Cisco, Westcon pay 48 million dollars in overcharging case
Cisco Systems and Westcon Group North America have agreed to pay 48 million dollars to settle an overcharging case, the Justice Department said Tuesday.
Business
Sep 07, 2010
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Judge won't let stem cell money keep flowing (Update)
(AP) -- A federal judge on Tuesday refused to lift his order blocking federal funding for some stem cell research, saying that a "parade of horribles" predicted by federal officials would not happen.
Biotechnology
Sep 07, 2010
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Researchers publish turkey genome sequence
An international consortium of researchers has completed the majority of the genome sequence of the domesticated turkey, publishing it in the online open-access journal PLoS Biology next week. In 2008, the research consortium ...
Biotechnology
Sep 07, 2010
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Court: Judges can demand warrant for cell locales
(AP) -- Judges have the right to require warrants before police get cell phone records that could suggest a customer's likely location, a U.S. appeals court ruled Tuesday in a novel electronic privacy case.
Telecom
Sep 07, 2010
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X-Ray Jets
(PhysOrg.com) -- The supermassive black holes that lie at the centers of galaxies can spawn tremendous bipolar jets of atomic particles.
Astronomy
Sep 07, 2010
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Trade safeguards would hurt, not help, developing countries
Allowing developing countries to increase import tariffs based on price and supply triggers under proposed World Trade Organization rules would actually harm those countries, according to a Purdue University economic analysis.
Economics & Business
Sep 07, 2010
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Iowa State study finds corn bred to contain beta-carotene is a good source of vitamin A
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new Iowa State University study has found that corn bred to contain increased levels of beta-carotene is a good source of vitamin A. The discovery gives added support to the promise of biofortified corn ...
Biotechnology
Sep 07, 2010
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Gulf of Mexico oil spill threatens seahorse species with extinction: researchers
(PhysOrg.com) -- A species of seahorse unique to the waters of the Gulf Coast could face extinction because of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, warns marine conservation organization Project Seahorse. Without careful intervention, ...
Environment
Sep 07, 2010
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US newspaper ad revenue falls again, but pace slows
US newspaper advertising revenue fell 5.55 percent in the second quarter of the year, but the rate of decline slowed in a dose of relatively good news for the embattled industry.
Business
Sep 07, 2010
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