Facebook helps Philippine cops nab murder suspect
(AP) -- Philippine police tracked down a suspect in a series of grisly robberies and killings with the help of his Facebook account, officials said Tuesday.
Internet
Jul 27, 2010
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In the 'neck' of time: Scientists unravel another key evolutionary trait
By deciphering the genetics in humans and fish, scientists now believe that the neck - that little body part between your head and shoulders - gave humans so much freedom of movement that it played a surprising and major ...
Evolution
Jul 27, 2010
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Multifunctional nanoparticle enables new type of biological imaging
Spotting a single cancerous cell that has broken free from a tumor and is traveling through the bloodstream to colonize a new organ might seem like finding a needle in a haystack. But a new imaging technique from the University ...
Bio & Medicine
Jul 27, 2010
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Palm trees may be not be native to Australia: study
(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Queensland research has found cabbage palms have not always called Australia home.
Plants & Animals
Jul 27, 2010
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More accurate than Heisenberg allows? Uncertainty in the presence of a quantum memory
Quantum cryptography is the safest way to encrypt data. It utilizes the fact that transmitted information can only be measured with a strictly limited degree of precision. Scientists at Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich ...
General Physics
Jul 27, 2010
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Guilt fuels commitment to the job: expert
Feeling a sense of guilt or obligation towards an employer can increase an employee's commitment to an organisation, a University of Queensland Business School researcher has found in a study of Chinese workers.
Social Sciences
Jul 27, 2010
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Engineered coral pigment helps scientists to observe protein movement
Scientists in Southampton, UK, and Ulm and Karlsruhe in Germany have shown that a variant form of a fluorescent protein (FP) originally isolated from a reef coral has excellent properties as a marker protein for super-resolution ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 27, 2010
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Protein identified that can result in fragile bones
Too little of a protein called neogenin results in a smaller skeleton during development and sets the stage for a more fragile bone framework lifelong, Medical College of Georgia researchers report.
Biotechnology
Jul 27, 2010
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Potentially hazardous asteroid might collide with the Earth in 2182
The potentially hazardous asteroid, (101955) 1999 RQ36, has a one-in-a-thousand chance of impacting the Earth, and more than half of this probability indicates that this could happen in the year 2182, based on a global study ...
Space Exploration
Jul 27, 2010
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Students Test Dive Mechanical Dolphin Tails (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Ten University of Cincinnati design students recently tested prosthetic tails that hold promise in revolutionizing sea diving. That experience was part of an innovative UC studio course linking design students ...
Engineering
Jul 27, 2010
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