South Africa has tightened rules on rhino hunts and will use micro-chips and DNA profiling to counter a poaching bloodbath that has killed 171 animals this year, the environment minister said Monday.
Ecology
Apr 16, 2012
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(AP) -- Getting news from a big trial once took days, moving at the speed of a carrier pigeon or an express pony. The telegraph and telephone cut that time dramatically, as did live television broadcasts.
Internet
Apr 16, 2012
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(AP) -- For most of the year, Apple has propelled the Nasdaq forward. In the past few days, it's done just the opposite.
Business
Apr 16, 2012
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Chemists and biologists from the University of Bristol have finally cracked one of the longest standing chemical mysteries. In a paper published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the team demonstrate ...
Biochemistry
Apr 16, 2012
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The feeding habits of mammals haven't always been what they are today, particularly for omnivores, finds a new study.
Plants & Animals
Apr 16, 2012
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A University of Minnesota invention could help make storage of solar and wind energy more efficient and economical. The invention was licensed to SustainX, a leading global developer of grid-scale energy storage solutions ...
Energy & Green Tech
Apr 16, 2012
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In Alzheimer's disease, brain neurons become clogged with tangled proteins. Scientists suspect these tangles arise partly due to malfunctions in a little-known regulatory system within cells. Now, researchers have dramatically ...
Biochemistry
Apr 16, 2012
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By mating with nearly 100 males, queen bees on isolated islands avoid inbreeding and keep colonies healthy.
Plants & Animals
Apr 16, 2012
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(Phys.org) -- The abundance of cattle is the primary influence on the prevalence of two tick-borne pathogens, according to a paper in the April Applied and Environmental Microbiology. One of these, Anaplasma phagocytophilum, ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 16, 2012
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(AP) -- Google is adding 600 movies from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer to the titles it has available for rent on YouTube and also Google Play, its digital content store for Android-powered mobile devices.
Internet
Apr 16, 2012
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