Biologist traces coconut's history through DNA
The coconut has been popular in lore and on palates for centuries, yet little is known about the history of coconut’s domestication and dispersal around the world.
Aug 6, 2007
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Satellite tracking will help answer questions about penguin travels
You could understand if a half-dozen Magellanic penguins developed a "big bird is watching" phobia before this month is over, but the surveillance really will be for their own good.
Aug 6, 2007
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Divide-and-conquer strategy key to fast protein folding
Researchers have found that proteins may use a divide-and-conquer strategy to fold into their native states in mere microseconds. The physical strategy, called “zipping and assembly” (ZA), can increase the speed at which ...
Cornell study shows wine labels can ruin a restaurant meal
Changing the label on a wine changed diners’ opinions of their wine, opinions of their meal, and their repatronage of the restaurant, according to a Cornell University study.
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How cells change the pace of their steps
Scientists at UC San Diego have discovered how cells of higher organisms change the speed at which they move, a basic biological discovery that may help researchers devise ways to prevent cancer cells from spreading throughout ...
Aug 6, 2007
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Nanoparticle technique could lead to improved semiconductors
Devices made from plastic semiconductors, like solar cells and light-emitting diodes (LEDs), could be improved based on information gained using a new nanoparticle technique developed at The University of Texas at Austin.
Nanomaterials
Aug 6, 2007
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First light for word's largest 'thermometer camera'
The world's largest bolometer camera for submillimetre astronomy is now in service at the 12-m APEX telescope, located on the 5100m high Chajnantor plateau in the Chilean Andes. LABOCA was specifically designed for the study ...
Astronomy
Aug 6, 2007
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Anthrax bacterium's deadly secrets probed
New insights into why the bug that causes anthrax behaves in the unusual way that it does have come to light thanks to a development under the UK e-Science Programme. Researchers at the North East Regional e-Science Centre ...
Aug 6, 2007
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Progress Resupply Ship Docks With Station
The ISS Progress 26 (P26) arrived at the International Space Station docking to the Pirs docking compartment at 2:40 p.m. EDT Sunday.
Space Exploration
Aug 6, 2007
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See what you're spewing as you speed along
In future drivers may only have to glance at the dashboard to see the pollution spewing out of their vehicle’s exhausts.
Engineering
Aug 6, 2007
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