Controlling embryonic fate by association May 04, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Association determines fate in embryonic stem cells, said Baylor College of Medicine researchers in a report that appears in the current issue of the journal Nature Cell Biology. | |
 Idaho team readies artificial beak for wounded bald eagle May 05, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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(AP) -- She has been named Beauty, though this eagle is anything but. Part of Beauty's beak was shot off several years ago, leaving her with a stump that is useless for hunting food. A team of volunteers ... | |
Prions show their good side May 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Prions, the infamous agents behind mad cow disease and its human variation, Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, also have a helpful side. According to new findings from Gerald Zamponi and colleagues, normally functioning prions prevent ... | |
Seed dispersal in mauritius -- dead as a dodo? May 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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Walking through the last rainforests on the volcanic island of Mauritius, located some 800 km east of Madagascar, one is surrounded by ghosts. Since human colonisation in the 17th century, the island has lost most of its ... | |
 Diatoms discovered to remove phosphorus from oceans May 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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Scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology have discovered a new way that phosphorus is naturally removed from the oceans – its stored in diatoms. The discovery opens up a new realm of research into ... | |
Bees disease -- 1 step closer to finding a cure May 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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Scientists in Germany have discovered a new mechanism of infection for the most fatal bee disease. American Foulbrood (AFB) is the only infectious disease which can kill entire colonies of bees. Every year, this notifiable ... | |
 Dwarf cloud rat rediscovered after 112 years May 01, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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A team of Filipino and American scientists have rediscovered a highly distinctive mammal -- a greater dwarf cloud rat -- that was last seen 112 years ago. Furthermore, it has never before been discovered in ... | |
 New source for biofuels discovered April 23, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 62 vote(s)
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A newly created microbe produces cellulose that can be turned into ethanol and other biofuels, report scientists from The University of Texas at Austin who say the microbe could provide a significant portion ... | |
 Fishermen suspected after 6 sea lions are killed in Oregon May 06, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
(AP) -- There's "protected" on paper and there's "protected" on the river. Under a 1972 federal law, certain species of sea lion cannot be harmed. But the Columbia River region is big enough, and parts of ... | |
Gut hormone makes food look even yummier May 06, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A gut hormone that causes people to eat more does so by making food appear more desirable, suggests a new report in the May issue of Cell Metabolism, a publication of Cell Press. In a brain imaging study of individuals, ... | |
 Scientist rediscovers rare plant unseen since 1985 May 01, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 21 vote(s)
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(AP) -- A scientist with the Missouri Botanical Garden has rediscovered and identified a rare parasitic plant that hasn't been seen by botanists in more than 20 years. | |
 One-third of ivory items in US may be illegal: study May 05, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Nearly one-third of ivory items for sale in the United States may have been illegally imported after a US moratorium on the trade imposed in 1989, conservation groups said in a report Monday. | |
 Global warming affects world's largest freshwater lake May 01, 2008 | User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 31 vote(s)
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Russian and American scientists have discovered that the rising temperature of the world's largest lake, located in frigid Siberia, shows that this region is responding strongly to global warming. | |
 You are what your mother eats: First evidence that mother's diet influences infant sex April 23, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 38 vote(s)
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New research by the Universities of Exeter and Oxford provides the first evidence that a child’s sex is associated with the mother’s diet. Published today, in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society ... | |
 Investigators: Sea lion killers were familiar with traps May 06, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- Investigators think the killers navigated tricky waters in a restricted area, dropped the doors of two metal cages and then began firing a high-powered rifle at six trapped sea lions. | |
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