Dinosaur whodunit: Solving a 77-million-year-old mystery November 13, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 15 vote(s)
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It has all the hallmarks of a Cretaceous melodrama. A dinosaur sits on her nest of a dozen eggs on a sandy river beach. Water levels rise, and the mother is faced with a dilemma: Stay or abandon her unhatched offspring to ... | |
 Food crunch opens doors to bioengineered crops November 30, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 15 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Zeng Yawen's outdoor laboratory in the terraced hills of southern China is a trove of genetic potential - rice that thrives in unusually cool temperatures, high altitudes or in dry soil; rice rich ... | |
 Scientists Turn Tequila into Diamonds November 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 221 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Whoever thought that science was a dry subject might change their mind after learning about a new discovery in which tequila is turned into diamonds. A team of Mexican scientists found that ... | |
 Newborn Neurons in the Adult Brain Can Settle in the Wrong Neighborhood November 11, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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In a study that could have significant consequences for neural tissue transplantation strategies, researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies report that inactivating a specific gene in adult ... | |
Study finds that corporate culture is most important factor in driving innovation November 18, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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Innovation is integral to the growth, success and wealth of firms and nations. What predicts the increase of radical innovation, and the profits that often ensue, is a mystery most firms are trying to solve. The answer that ... | |
 Watching microorganisms at work: Minorities accomplish most November 04, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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A novel nanoSIMS-based technology provides unprecedented insights into the activity of single cells with surprising results. | |
Sci-fi author Michael Crichton dies at age 66: family November 05, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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Michael Crichton, author of best-selling science fiction adventures including "Jurassic Park" and "The Andromeda Strain," died of cancer in Los Angeles, aged 66, his family said Wednesday. | |
 Dry spells spelled trouble in ancient China: Weakening of summer monsoons to blame November 06, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Chinese history is replete with the rise and fall of dynasties, but researchers now have identified a natural phenomenon that may have been the last straw for some of them: a weakening of ... | |
How evolution learns from past environments to adapt to new environments November 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 18 vote(s)
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The evolution of novel characteristics within organisms can be enhanced when environments change in a systematic manner, according to a new study by Weizmann Institute researchers. Merav Parter, Nadav Kashtan and Uri Alon ... | |
How household bleach works to kill bacteria November 13, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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Despite the fact that household bleach is commonly used as a disinfectant, exactly how it works to fight bacteria remained an open question. Now, a report in the November 14th issue of the journal Cell, a Cell Press publication, ... | |
 Marine plankton found in amber November 13, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 35 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Marine microorganisms have been found in amber dating from the middle of the Cretaceous period. The fossils were collected in Charente, in France. This completely unexpected discovery will ... | |
 Scientists Present 'Moving' Theory Behind Bacterial Decision-Making November 21, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Biochemists at North Carolina State University have answered a fundamental question of how important bacterial proteins make life-and-death decisions that allow them to function, a finding ... | |
Without enzyme, biological reaction essential to life takes 2.3 billion years November 11, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 44 vote(s)
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All biological reactions within human cells depend on enzymes. Their power as catalysts enables biological reactions to occur usually in milliseconds. But how slowly would these reactions proceed spontaneously, in the absence ... | |
Quantum computers could excel in modeling chemical reactions November 20, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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Quantum computers would likely outperform conventional computers in simulating chemical reactions involving more than four atoms, according to scientists at Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and ... | |
Scientists discover new species of Ebola virus November 21, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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Scientists report the discovery of a new species of Ebola virus, provisionally named Bundibugyo ebolavirus, November 21 in the open-access journal PLoS Pathogens. The virus, which was responsible for a hemorrhagic ... | |
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