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Ocean life in olden days: Researchers upend modern notions of 'natural' animal sizes, abundance
24 May 2009
Census of Marine Life historians reconstruct images of past sea life that boggle today's imagination This release is available in Chinese. IMAGE: This Byzantine image from the 11th century shows night fishing...
24 May 2009
Census of Marine Life historians reconstruct images of past sea life that boggle today's imagination This release is available in Chinese. IMAGE: This Byzantine image from the 11th century shows night fishing...
Historic Hubble Servicing Mission 4 ends with successful landing
24 May 2009
IMAGE: Astronauts Andrew Feustel (partially obscured at top) and John Grunsfeld work to install the new Cosmic Origins Spectrograph onboard the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope on the third spacewalk of...
24 May 2009
IMAGE: Astronauts Andrew Feustel (partially obscured at top) and John Grunsfeld work to install the new Cosmic Origins Spectrograph onboard the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope on the third spacewalk of...
NIST's LIDAR may offer peerless precision in remote measurements
24 May 2009
By combining the best of two different distance measurement approaches with a super-accurate technology called an optical frequency comb, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have built a laser ranging...
24 May 2009
By combining the best of two different distance measurement approaches with a super-accurate technology called an optical frequency comb, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have built a laser ranging...
Award for pioneering stem cell research to mend broken bones
24 May 2009
Funding from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) could lead to the development of new and better treatments for broken bones and other orthopaedic problems associated with ageing. Nearly £4M has been...
24 May 2009
Funding from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) could lead to the development of new and better treatments for broken bones and other orthopaedic problems associated with ageing. Nearly £4M has been...
Business calls for governments globally to take joined-up action on climate change
24 May 2009
Urgent need for international agreement As global business leaders meet today at the World Business Summit on Climate Change, a new report calls on governments to take firm and decisive action through both policy incentives and practical steps...
24 May 2009
Urgent need for international agreement As global business leaders meet today at the World Business Summit on Climate Change, a new report calls on governments to take firm and decisive action through both policy incentives and practical steps...
How superbugs control their lethal weapons
24 May 2009
It appears that some superbugs have evolved to develop the ability to manipulate the immune system to everyone's advantage. A team of researchers at The University of Western Ontario, led by Joaquin (Quim) Madrenas of the Robarts Research...
24 May 2009
It appears that some superbugs have evolved to develop the ability to manipulate the immune system to everyone's advantage. A team of researchers at The University of Western Ontario, led by Joaquin (Quim) Madrenas of the Robarts Research...
Study indicates people by nature are universally optimistic
24 May 2009
IMAGE: At the country level, optimism is highest in Ireland, Brazil, Denmark, and New Zealand and lowest in Zimbabwe, Egypt, Haiti and Bulgaria. The United States ranks number 10 on the... Click here for more...
24 May 2009
IMAGE: At the country level, optimism is highest in Ireland, Brazil, Denmark, and New Zealand and lowest in Zimbabwe, Egypt, Haiti and Bulgaria. The United States ranks number 10 on the... Click here for more...
Opposites attract -- how genetics influences humans to choose their mates
24 May 2009
Vienna, Austria: New light has been thrown on how humans choose their partners, a scientist will tell the annual conference of the European Society of Human Genetics today (Monday May 25). Professor Maria da Graça Bicalho, head of the...
24 May 2009
Vienna, Austria: New light has been thrown on how humans choose their partners, a scientist will tell the annual conference of the European Society of Human Genetics today (Monday May 25). Professor Maria da Graça Bicalho, head of the...
Psychologists find that head movement is more important than gender in nonverbal communication
24 May 2009
May 21, 2009 — It is well known that people use head motion during conversation to convey a range of meanings and emotions, and that women use more active head motion when conversing with each other than men use when they talk with each...
24 May 2009
May 21, 2009 — It is well known that people use head motion during conversation to convey a range of meanings and emotions, and that women use more active head motion when conversing with each other than men use when they talk with each...
Yeast missing sex genes undergo unexpected sexual reproduction
24 May 2009
DURHAM, N.C. –An emerging form of the pathogenic yeast Candida is able to complete a full sexual cycle in a test tube, even though it's missing the genes for reproduction. And it may also do so while infecting us, according to Duke...
24 May 2009
DURHAM, N.C. –An emerging form of the pathogenic yeast Candida is able to complete a full sexual cycle in a test tube, even though it's missing the genes for reproduction. And it may also do so while infecting us, according to Duke...
P[acman]-generated fruit fly gene 'library': A new research tool
24 May 2009
HOUSTON -- (May 24, 2009) -- Using a specially adapted tool called P[acman], a collaboration of researchers led by Baylor College of Medicine has established a library of clones that cover most of the genome of Drosophila melanogaster (fruit...
24 May 2009
HOUSTON -- (May 24, 2009) -- Using a specially adapted tool called P[acman], a collaboration of researchers led by Baylor College of Medicine has established a library of clones that cover most of the genome of Drosophila melanogaster (fruit...
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