11/10/2006

Researchers Develop Nanoparticle Sensor

(AP) -- New Mexico Tech researchers have developed a sensor that uses the light-emitting properties of some nanoparticles to analyze and identify individual components of single strands of DNA and RNA.

Report criticizes British science program

A British think tank has criticized the country's new science curriculum for failing to teach the fundamentals of chemistry, physics and biology.

Rising Ocean Temperatures, Pollution Have Oysters in Hot Water

Oysters exposed to high water temperatures and a common heavy metal are unable to obtain sufficient oxygen and convert it to cellular energy, according to a new study presented at The American Physiological Society conference, ...

Saturn's Rings Show Evidence of a Modern-Day Collision

Scientists with NASA's Cassini mission have spied a new, continuously changing feature that provides circumstantial evidence that a comet or asteroid recently collided with Saturn's innermost ring, the faint D ring.

NASA Finds Saturn's Moons May be Creating New Rings

Cassini scientists are on the trail of the missing moons of Saturn. A recent observation by the spacecraft leads them to believe that they will find the moons near newly discovered rings around the planet.

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