In vivo visualization of alternative splicing
The February 1 cover of G&D features an unprecedented use of fluorescent proteins to visualize developmentally regulated alternative mRNA splicing in a living organism.
Jan 28, 2008
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New kind of transistor radios shows capability of nanotube technology
Carbon nanotubes have a sound future in the electronics industry, say researchers who built the world’s first all-nanotube transistor radios to prove it.
Nanophysics
Jan 28, 2008
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Device zeroes in on small breast tumors
A new medical imager for detecting and guiding the biopsy of suspicious breast cancer lesions is capable of spotting tumors that are half the size of the smallest ones detected by standard imaging systems, according to a ...
General Physics
Jan 28, 2008
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Zoologists: Lusty voles, mindless of danger, mate like rabbits
Forgetful Casanovas are lucky in love. At least that’s how University of Florida researchers interpret the results of new research on the mating habits and nervous systems of prairie voles. An article about the research, ...
Jan 28, 2008
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Lessons from evolution applied to national security and other threats
Could lessons learned from Mother Nature help airport security screening checkpoints better protect us from terror threats? The authors of a new book, Natural Security: A Darwinian Approach to a Dangerous World, believe they ...
Other
Jan 28, 2008
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Elephant engineers
It is like the premise of a popular home improvement show: in the before photos, the surroundings are undesirable and in the after shot there’s lots of attractive spaces to grab a meal, start a family and relax in seclusion ...
Jan 28, 2008
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New polymer could improve semiconductor manufacturing, packaging
Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Polyset Company have developed a new inexpensive, quick-drying polymer that could lead to dramatic cost savings and efficiency gains in semiconductor manufacturing and computer ...
Nanomaterials
Jan 28, 2008
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Scientists Link Natural Gas Formation by Bacteria to Climate Change and Renewable Energy
Natural gas reservoirs in Michigan’s Antrim Shale are providing new information about global warming and the Earth’s climate history, according to a recent study by Steven Petsch, a geoscientist at the University of Massachusetts ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 28, 2008
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Infrastructure not ready for all the ethanol to be produced in '08
By the end of 2008, the United States will have the capacity to produce 13 billion gallons of ethanol, but a Purdue University expert said the maximum ethanol the market can handle is 12 billion gallons, and perhaps considerably ...
Other
Jan 28, 2008
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Linked Hawaiian Telescopes Catch a Nova Surprise
First results from a new NASA-funded scientific instrument at the W. M. Keck Observatory at Mauna Kea, Hawaii, are helping scientists overturn long-standing assumptions about powerful explosions called novae and have produced ...
Astronomy
Jan 28, 2008
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