Most of us are familiar with the concept of panspermia – where living organisms can be “seeded” from comet or asteroid impacts – but where does the life-giving content come from? According to a research ...
Space Exploration
Sep 2, 2011
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This week we look at two images taken simultaneously with different Envisat sensors of Hurricane Irene, which struck the US east coast last week.
Earth Sciences
Sep 2, 2011
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The resent returns of Atlantic salmon in the Thames are more likely to be a result of fish straying from nearby rivers rather than a consequence of expensive restocking efforts, according to new research by the ...
Ecology
Sep 2, 2011
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In a truly challenging task, the FANTOM5 Consortium, an international collaboration headed by scientists at the RIKEN Omics Science Center in Yokohama, Japan, is striving to profile the regulation of gene expression in every ...
Biotechnology
Sep 2, 2011
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Boron is an intriguing member of the periodic table because it readily forms stable compounds using only six electrons—two fewer than most other main-group elements. This means that chemists can easily add boron to unsaturated ...
Materials Science
Sep 2, 2011
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When college students begin classes this month, some arrive after getting their acceptance notices on Facebook. Others are using smartphone applications to find out which parking spots are available. And others show up after ...
Internet
Sep 2, 2011
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The Australian wallaby and platypus could turn out to be key weapons in fighting the growing health threat of multidrug-resistant bacteria, a team involving University of Sydney researchers has discovered.
Biotechnology
Sep 2, 2011
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High sensitivity magnetic sensors are important in medical diagnostics for applications such as monitoring heart and brain activities, where mapping distributions of localized extremely weak magnetic fields arising from these ...
General Physics
Sep 2, 2011
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(AP) -- WikiLeaks disclosed its entire archive of U.S. State Department cables Friday, much if not all of it uncensored - a move that drew stinging condemnation from major newspapers who in the past collaborated with the ...
Internet
Sep 2, 2011
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(AP) -- Two Northern California men are charged with misdemeanors for selling a lost Apple iPhone 4 they found last year in a bar.
Business
Sep 2, 2011
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