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Wednesday, August 25, 2010
In a study that promises to fill in the fine details of the plant world’s blueprint for surviving drought, a team of Wisconsin researchers has identified in living plants the set of proteins that help them withstand water stress.
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Craig Jones on 08/25 at 01:23 PM
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Wednesday, August 25, 2010
An innovative new venture has set out to basically turn urine into electricity.
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Thom Canalichio on 08/25 at 12:33 PM
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Wednesday, August 25, 2010
The average man with a genital piercing is 31, white, heterosexual, college-educated and earns more than $36,000 a year.
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Thom Canalichio on 08/25 at 12:07 PM
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Friday, August 20, 2010
Astronomers use Einstein’s gravitational lensing to learn more about the greatest puzzle of our universe - dark energy.
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Craig Jones on 08/20 at 08:40 AM
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Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Malignant gliomas are the most common subtype of primary brain tumor – and one of the deadliest. But researchers have discovered a certain mutation that may expose a weakness to target for treatment.
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Thom Canalichio on 08/17 at 02:43 PM
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Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a method for predicting the ways nanoparticles will interact with biological systems – including the human body.
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Craig Jones on 08/17 at 08:51 AM
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Monday, August 16, 2010
A reporter with “Good Morning America” and researchers at Texas Tech University found no evidence of petroleum hydrocarbons on a sample of seafood from areas of the Gulf of Mexico affected by the BP oil spill. More science needed, say researchers, after testing for oil in seafood from Bastian Bay, La.
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Thom Canalichio on 08/16 at 03:59 PM
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Monday, August 16, 2010
Using social media tools to connect with friends and family is part of many students’ daily routine. But blogs and tweets can also be used as a way to enhance students’ university experience as well. Ryerson University experts serve up these social media tips for tech-savvy students:
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Thom Canalichio on 08/16 at 08:58 AM
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Thursday, August 05, 2010
Newswise has a feature channel on same-sex marriage with experts and sources on the issue, including the recent development of the judicial ruling against proposition 8 in California. See the full post for links and summaries of these resources.
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Thom Canalichio on 08/05 at 01:31 PM
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Thursday, August 05, 2010
In trying to predict how species will respond to climate change caused by global warming, researchers and scientists are turning to comparative physiology, a sub-discipline of physiology that studies how different organisms function and adapt to diverse and changing environments. By comparing different species to each other, as well as to members within a species that live in different environments, researchers are learning which physiologic features establish environmental optima and tolerance limits. This approach gives the scientific community a “crystal ball” for predicting the effects of global warming, according to George N. Somero, Associate Director of Stanford University’s Hopkins Marine Station.
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Craig Jones on 08/05 at 12:02 PM
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