(PhysOrg.com) -- Since its discovery by Dutch astronomer Christiaan Huygens in 1655, Saturn's most massive moon, Titan, has been known as a place of mystery and intrigue. The large, cloud-enshrouded moon is such a scientific ...
Space Exploration
Sep 7, 2009
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Sampling just a few genes can reveal not only the "lifestyle" of marine microbes but of their entire environments, new research suggests.
Biotechnology
Sep 7, 2009
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Globs of human fat removed during liposuction conceal versatile cells that are more quickly and easily coaxed to become induced pluripotent stem cells, or iPS cells, than are the skin cells most often used by researchers, ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 7, 2009
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(AP) -- The astronauts aboard the orbiting shuttle and station packed up Buzz Lightyear on Monday for the ride home from "infinity and beyond."
Space Exploration
Sep 7, 2009
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Chemists and biologists have successfully demonstrated that specially synthesized boron compounds are readily accepted in biologically active enzymes, a move that, they say, is a proof of concept that could ...
Biochemistry
Sep 7, 2009
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(PhysOrg.com) -- You can tell how smart a parrot is by watching what it does with its feet, according to a new study by Macquarie University researchers.
Plants & Animals
Sep 7, 2009
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The five-story-tall engines on oceangoing vessels burn some of the dirtiest oil -- bottom-of-the-barrel bunker -- and churn out a substantial amount of the air pollution in American port cities, coastal communities along ...
Environment
Sep 7, 2009
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The price of fresh food in shops and supermarkets could be reduced if innovative work at The University of Manchester to develop intelligent low-cost sensors is successful.
Analytical Chemistry
Sep 7, 2009
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Large, lumbering animals such as elephants move much more efficiently than small, agile ones such as mice, University of Manchester scientists have shown.
Evolution
Sep 7, 2009
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A pioneering Greenpeace arctic expedition has joined forces with a University of St Andrews academic to investigate the impacts of climate change.
Environment
Sep 7, 2009
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