(PhysOrg.com) -- Assistant Professor of Bioengineering Christina Smolke has engineered biological molecules that regulate a cell's behavior by adjusting their own forms and functions in response to the internal conditions ...
Biotechnology
Nov 30, 2010
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Florida winters are mild by human standards, but don’t tell that to an aglaonema, sometimes called Chinese evergreen.
Ecology
Nov 30, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- It waits blindly in the darkness of granite caves in Yosemite National Park, moving little to conserve energy.
Plants & Animals
Nov 30, 2010
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WikiLeaks' mass exposure of US diplomatic cables has divided liberal intellectual opinion between supporters of total government transparency and those who see a threat to democratic rule.
Internet
Nov 30, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Australian marine scientists have expressed disquiet over the continued worldwide spread of large, dead zones in the ocean.
Environment
Nov 30, 2010
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Climate change may be taking some of the wind out of nature’s sails. A new study led by Simon Fraser University shows evidence of declining wind speeds in areas across the Pacific Northwest.
Earth Sciences
Nov 30, 2010
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National Energy Renewable Laboratory (NERL) has announced Konarka Technologies' organic-based photovoltaic (OPV) solar cells have demonstrated the highest performance for an organic photovoltaic cell at a record-breaking ...
Energy & Green Tech
Nov 30, 2010
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Once lost in the mists of time, the colonial hydrology of the northeastern United States has been reconstructed by a team of geoscientists, biological scientists and social scientists, including University of New Hampshire ...
Environment
Nov 30, 2010
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Children aren't the only youngsters who are picky eaters: More than half of all species are believed to change their diets -- sometimes more than once -- between birth and adulthood. And a new study by ecologists at Rice ...
Ecology
Nov 30, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A mysterious high-altitude layer of sulphur dioxide discovered by ESA's Venus Express has been explained. As well as telling us more about Venus, it could be a warning against injecting our atmosphere with ...
Space Exploration
Nov 30, 2010
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