Recent research on the genetics of smoking has focused on genes that are thought to be related to nicotine metabolism, personality traits, and regulation of emotions. According to a genetic study just published in "Nicotine ...
Feb 22, 2006
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Scientists have long thought of deep-sea pelagic fish as nomadic wanderers, but now they suspect the fish may be meeting at ridges or seamounts to spawn.
Feb 22, 2006
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Yak Communications is offering an unlimited international calling plan for its Voice over Internet Protocol telephone customers.
Feb 22, 2006
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The quest to detect and study gravitational waves with the NSF-funded Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) is now in the fourth month of its first sustained science run since achieving its promised design ...
Feb 22, 2006
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British researchers say forensic scientists might soon be using DNA from crime scenes to predict the surname of the criminal responsible for the crime.
Feb 22, 2006
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Getting children safely to and from school is seemingly no easy feat these days, and some local governments in Japan are prepared to make full use of available technology to ensure that students are kept safely out of harm's ...
Feb 22, 2006
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An international team of scientists says the absence of sharks from abyssal regions of the world's oceans may mean some species are in danger of extinction.
Feb 22, 2006
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For some people soccer is a game of pure chance. Metin Tolan confronts the emotions in the stadium with statistical calculations. The professor for experimental physics at the Universität Dortmund says, “In soccer ...
Feb 22, 2006
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Tiny regular bumps on a surface, such as the wing of an airplane, can substantially reduce total air resistance, and thereby the consumption of fuel. Wind tunnel tests at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden, ...
Feb 22, 2006
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University at Buffalo engineers are working to solve two significant roadblocks impeding the creation of smaller, faster and more powerful electronic devices.
Feb 22, 2006
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