Koala Chlamydia vaccine to be tested
The first trials of an Australian vaccine designed to protect koalas from Chlamydia infection is being planned.
Jul 17, 2007
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Norway's Puffin chicks lack food
Very few puffin chicks born this year on the Norwegian island of Rost are expected to survive due to shortages of the birds' food source.
Jul 17, 2007
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Russian firm besieged with rocket orders
Russia's Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center has received 14 orders for the Proton carrier rockets the firm manufactures.
Space Exploration
Jul 17, 2007
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New particle explains odd behavior in cuprate superconductors
New fundamental particles aren’t found only at Fermilab and at other particle accelerators. They also can be found hiding in plain pieces of ceramic, scientists at the University of Illinois report.
General Physics
Jul 17, 2007
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Disease-free mosquito bred to disease-carrier can have all disease-free progeny
A decade ago, scientists announced the ability to introduce foreign genes into the mosquito genome. A year ago, scientists announced the successful use of an artificial gene that prevented a virus from replicating within ...
Jul 17, 2007
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Decoding mushroom's secrets could combat carbon, find better biofuels, safer soils
Researchers at the University of Warwick are co-ordinating a global effort to sequence the genome of one of the World’s most important mushrooms - Agaricus bisporus. The secrets of its genetic make up could assist the creation ...
Jul 17, 2007
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Gruber Cosmology Prize awarded for discovery of universe acceleration
The 2007 Gruber Cosmology Prize has been awarded jointly to Saul Perlmutter of the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the University of California at Berkeley, Brian Schmidt of the Australian ...
Space Exploration
Jul 17, 2007
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What determines the speed at which birds fly?
Aerodynamic scaling rules that explain how flight varies according to weight and wing loading have been used to compare general speeds of a wide range of flyers, from the smallest insects to the largest aircraft.
Jul 17, 2007
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SMS your ECG to ER
A Bluetooth heart monitor could text your local hospital if you are about to have a heart attack, according to research published today in Inderscience's International Journal of Electronic Healthcare. The device measures ...
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