(AP) -- San Francisco's mass transit system prepared for renewed protests Monday, a day after hackers angry over blocked cell phone service at some transit stations broke into a website and posted company contact information ...
Internet
Aug 15, 2011
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Scientists at Fox Chase Cancer Center have discovered a new mechanism used by cells in the body to turn on silenced genes. This process is critical in preventing the development of cancer -- suggesting the possibility of ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 30, 2011
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For cooperation to persist in the often violently competitive realm of bacteria, cheaters must be kept in line.
Evolution
May 26, 2011
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Scientists are reporting an advance toward enabling more blood banks to adopt so-called "extended blood group typing," which increases transfusion safety by better matching donors and recipients. Their report on a new, automated ...
Analytical Chemistry
Jul 14, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Cell phone use actually strengthens bonds and supports face-to-face contact with friends and family, new research shows.
Social Sciences
Feb 19, 2010
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(AP) -- Should the government be allowed to track a person's movements based on cell phone records, without evidence of criminal wrongdoing?
Telecom
Feb 12, 2010
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Researchers at Emory University School of Medicine have determined the structures of two enzymes that customize histones, the spool-like proteins around which DNA coils inside the cell.
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 20, 2009
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The increasing antibiotic resistance of bacteria is a serious problem of our time. Hospital germs in particular have developed strains against which practically every current antibiotic is ineffective. In ...
Bio & Medicine
Oct 5, 2009
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Hikers know that moss on a tree trunk always points north. According to new research by Israeli and German scientists, this ancient plant may also provide a new "compass" for stem cell research, telling scientists how better ...
Biotechnology
Sep 29, 2009
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Johns Hopkins researchers have discovered a new energy-making biochemical twist in determining the lifespan of yeast cells, one so valuable to longevity that it is likely to also functions in humans.
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 24, 2009
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