Sexual reproduction brings long-term benefits, study shows
Courtship rituals can be all-consuming, demanding time and effort – but now scientists have discovered why it might be worth it.
Evolution
Apr 9, 2012
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China sets up rare earths industry group
(AP) -- China has set up a rare earths industry association to fend off trade complaints and help regulate the sector that is critical to global high-tech manufacturing.
Business
Apr 9, 2012
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SDO and STEREO spacecrafts spot something new on the Sun (w/ video)
(Phys.org) -- One day in the fall of 2011, Neil Sheeley, a solar scientist at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, D.C., did what he always does – look through the daily images of the sun from NASA's Solar Dynamics ...
Space Exploration
Apr 9, 2012
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Normalizing tumor blood vessels improves delivery of only the smallest nanomedicines
Combining two strategies designed to improve the results of cancer treatment – antiangiogenesis drugs and nanomedicines – may only be successful if the smallest nanomedicines are used. A new study from Massachusetts ...
Bio & Medicine
Apr 9, 2012
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AT&T to sell most of Yellow Pages to Cerberus
(AP) -- AT&T Inc. on Monday said that it had agreed to sell a majority stake in its Yellow Pages business to the private-equity firm Cerberus Capital for $950 million.
Business
Apr 9, 2012
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'Nanobubbles' plus chemotherapy equals single-cell cancer targeting
Using light-harvesting nanoparticles to convert laser energy into "plasmonic nanobubbles," researchers at Rice University, the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) are developing ...
Bio & Medicine
Apr 9, 2012
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Study finds faster, cheaper way to cool electronic devices
A North Carolina State University researcher has developed a more efficient, less expensive way of cooling electronic devices – particularly devices that generate a lot of heat, such as lasers and power devices.
Nanomaterials
Apr 9, 2012
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Cells on the move
Cells on the move reach forward with lamellipodia and filopodia, cytoplasmic sheets and rods supported by branched networks or tight bundles of actin filaments. Cells without functional lamellipodia are still highly motile ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 9, 2012
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Egg Cetera #4: Mayonnaise and the making of masterpieces
In the fourth report of our Egg Cetera series on egg-related research, conservator Spike Bucklow describes how far the simple egg has extended the richness and splendor of paintings.
Other
Apr 9, 2012
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Toray ready to mass produce self-repair coating for touch screens
(Phys.org) -- Japanese thin film maker Toray Advanced Film Co Ltd., has announced that it is ready to begin production volume of its new self-repairing film coating, which it calls appropriately enough, “Self-cure Coat ...
