Future for clean energy lies in 'big bang' of evolution August 25, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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Amid mounting agreement that future clean, "carbon-neutral", energy will rely on efficient conversion of the sun's light energy into fuels and electric power, attention is focusing on one of the most ancient groups of organism, ... | |
Yale undergrads' Amazon trip yields a treasure trove of diversity August 24, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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A group of Yale undergraduates have discovered dozens of potentially beneficial bioactive microorganisms within plants they collected in the Amazon rain forest, including several so genetically distinct that they may be the ... | |
 Even plants get sunburned August 22, 2008 | User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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It is red, it burns and itches: a sunburn on our skin. However, too much sun is not only bad for humans. Many plants react sensitively to an increased dose of ultraviolet radiation, too. Yet they are dependent ... | |
Relearning process not always a 'free lunch' August 22, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Researchers at Sheffield University and the University of St. Andrews, United Kingdom, have helped determine why relearning a few pieces of information may or may not easily cause a recollection of other associated, previously ... | |
Elephant legs are much bendier than Shakespeare thought August 22, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
Throughout history, elephants have been thought of as 'different'. Shakespeare, and even Aristotle, described them as walking on inflexible column-like legs. And this myth persists even today. Which made John Hutchinson from ... | |
Manes, trains and antlers explained August 21, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 18 vote(s)
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For Charles Darwin, the problem of the peacock's tail, in light of his theory of natural selection, was vexing in the extreme. | |
Study on salmonella self-destruction August 21, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
ETH Zurich biologists, led by Professors Martin Ackermann and Wolf-Dietrich Hardt, in collaboration with Michael Doebeli of the University of British Colombia in Vancouver (CN), have been able to describe how random molecular ... | |
Report says dietary supplements for horses, dogs and cats need better regulation August 21, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
The growing use of animal dietary supplements has raised several concerns, including the safety of specific supplements and the approaches taken to determine their safeness. A new National Research Council report, requested ... | |
Biochemists manipulate fruit flavor enzymes August 20, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Would you like a lemony watermelon? How about a strawberry-flavored banana? Biochemists at The University of Texas Medical School at Houston say the day may be coming when scientists will be able to fine tune enzymes responsible ... | |
 New book further supports controversial theory of 'Man the Hunted' August 20, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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Despite popular theories to the contrary, early humans evolved not as aggressive hunters, but as prey of many predators. "Humans are no more born to be hunters than to be gardeners," argues Robert W. Sussman, ... | |
Genome of saltwater creature could aid understanding of gene grouping August 20, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
The genetic code of a simple saltwater creature could help researchers learn more about how groups of genes function in humans and other species. | |
Bone marrow stem cells may help control inflammatory bowel disease August 20, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators have found that infusions of a particular bone marrow stem cell appeared to protect gastrointestinal tissue from autoimmune attack in a mouse model. In their report published ... | |
New research touches a nerve August 20, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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University of Queensland researchers have traced the origins of one of the most important steps in animal evolution – the development of nerves. | |
 Biologists find diatom to reduce red tide's toxicity August 20, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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It's estimated that the red tide algae, Karenia brevis, costs approximately $20 million per bloom in economic damage off the coast of Florida alone. Scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology have found ... | |
 Researcher develops novel method to grow human embryonic stem cells August 20, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The majority of researchers working with human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) – cells which produce any type of specialized adult cells in the human body – use animal-based materials for culturing ... | |
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