 New evidence from earliest known human settlement in the Americas 20 hours ago | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 28 vote(s)
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New evidence from the Monte Verde archaeological site in southern Chile confirms its status as the earliest known human settlement in the Americas and provides additional support for the theory that one early ... | |
 Spain claims $500 million in sunken treasure 5 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- Spain formally laid claim Thursday to a shipwreck that yielded a $500 million treasure, saying it has proof the vessel was Spanish. | |
 Oldest gorilla in captivity turns 55 at Dallas Zoo 5 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
(AP) -- A gorilla recognized as the world's oldest in captivity celebrated her 55th birthday by munching down a four-layer frozen fruit cake and banana leaf wrapped treats. | |
 New idea in mortuary science: Dissolving bodies with lye 17 hours ago | User rating: 3.1 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Since they first walked the planet, humans have either buried or burned their dead. Now a new option is generating interest - dissolving bodies in lye and flushing the brownish, syrupy residue down ... | |
 Scientists identify key roadblock to gene expression 17 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A team of scientists has provided, for the first time, a detailed map of how the building blocks of chromosomes, the cellular structures that contain genes, are organized in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster. ... | |
 Warming up for Magnetic Resonance Imaging 18 hours ago | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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Standard magnetic resonance imaging, MRI, is a superb diagnostic tool but one that suffers from low sensitivity, requiring patients to remain motionless for long periods of time inside noisy, claustrophobic ... | |
 Researchers identify photosynthetic dimmer switch 19 hours ago | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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In a study of the molecular mechanisms by which plants protect themselves from oxidation damage should they absorb too much sunlight during photosynthesis, a team of researchers has discovered a molecular ... | |
Canadian teen makes sticky molecule in bid to diagnose, prevent flu 19 hours ago | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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A Canadian high school student has won a national science competition for her new molecule that binds to flu viruses, which may eventually be used to diagnose or prevent flu infections. | |
Surprising discovery: Multicellular response is 'all for one' 20 hours ago | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Real or perceived threats can trigger the well-known “fight or flight response” in humans and other animals. Adrenaline flows, and the stressed individual’s heart pumps faster, the muscles work harder, the brain sharpens ... | |
What's bugging locusts? 20 hours ago | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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Since ancient times, locust plagues have been viewed as one of the most spectacular events in nature. In seemingly spontaneous fashion, as many as 10 billion critters can suddenly swarm the air and carpet the ground, blazing ... | |
Mimicking nature could help business survive the credit crunch 23 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
As credits crunch, recession bites, and business struggle to stay primed, researchers in Spain suggest that a more surgical approach to management and business practice is needed if a company is to survive. Writing in the ... | |
Productivity rises when companies are facing closure 0 minute ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
In companies that are slated to be shut down, productivity increases during the phase-out period itself. When management is busy dealing with matters other than daily operations, employees shoulder a greater responsibility ... | |
Federal judge in Montana rejects bid to delay wolf lawsuit 5 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- A federal judge in Montana has rejected a request by the government to delay a lawsuit seeking to place the gray wolf back on the endangered species list, saying he's "unwilling to risk more deaths." | |
New cost-effective means to reconstruct virus populations 5 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Researchers from the United States and Switzerland have developed mathematical and statistical tools for reconstructing viral populations using pyrosequencing, a novel and effective technique for sequencing DNA. They describe ... | |
Tomato stands firm in face of fungus 5 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Scientists at the University of Amsterdam have discovered how to keep one’s tomatoes from wilting – the answer lies at the molecular level. The story of how the plant beat the pathogen, and what it means for combating other ... | |
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