December 2000 Archives
29 December 2000
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Peering Into 2001
Science predicts six hot fields to watch in the coming year
29 December 2000
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Framingham Deal Killed
NIH cancels plan to let a company upgrade valuable heart study data
28 December 2000
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Y2K Climate: Hot, But Not Hottest
Worldwide climate data reinforce global warming pattern during the last decade
28 December 2000
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Subversive Role for Cancer Inhibitor?
Study suggests a "protective" protein exacerbates prostate cancer in African-American men
27 December 2000
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Locking Horns Over Horns
Scientists debate authenticity of extinct Vietnamese mammal
27 December 2000
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Lollipop Molecules Make Better Switches
Improved design transmits 100 times more current
26 December 2000
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A Deep-Sea Solution to Global Warming?
New studies hint at promise and perils of pumping carbon dioxide into the ocean
26 December 2000
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Support for Balkan Science
European Commission plans "reintegration" program for war-torn region
22 December 2000
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Switching Magnetism On and Off
New finding could lead to tougher memory devices
22 December 2000
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Tsunamis Threaten California
Papua New Guinea disaster draws attention to hazardous submarine landslides
22 December 2000
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Houston, We Have a Noise Problem
A deafening racket awaits astronauts in the international space station
22 December 2000
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Walk Like a Penguin
Study shows their waggling gait is quite efficient
21 December 2000
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NSF Hopes to Do Well by Doing Good
National Science Foundation wants more publicity, higher budget
21 December 2000
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And the Runners-Up Are ...
Nine other discoveries that made waves this year
21 December 2000
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The Year of the Genomes
Science calls genomics revolution 'Breakthrough of 2000'
21 December 2000
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Research Chimps Get Retirement
Clinton signs bill into law, but would like to see it amended
20 December 2000
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NASA Eyes Cheap Pluto Flyby
Industry and universities asked to submit proposals
20 December 2000
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Earth's Electrical Circuits Exposed
Telephone satellites yield surprise benefit: maps of electric currents in space
20 December 2000
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The Slightly Twisted World of Protons
Weak interactions between quarks help make protons asymmetric
20 December 2000
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Group Size Is in the Genes
Cliff swallows inherit a preference for small or large colonies
19 December 2000
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Clinton's Science Adviser Heads Home
Neal Lane to become first free-range professor at Rice University
19 December 2000
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Healthy Hope in an Uphill Battle
U.N. report details success stories in fight against infectious diseases
19 December 2000
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Friends to Defend DOE Labs
New committee plans to help restore tarnished reputation
19 December 2000
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Online Puzzle Draws a Crowd
Neural network researchers discover that a black-box contest boosts scientific communication
18 December 2000
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NIH Gets $2.5 Billion Raise
Congress finally wraps up budget for 2001
18 December 2000
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Jupiter's Largest Moon May Have a Buried Ocean
Shifting magnetic fields point to salt water deep within Ganymede
18 December 2000
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Arctic Ozone: A Hole in the Making?
Unsettling trends may put northern countries at higher risk for UV exposure
15 December 2000
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Oceangoing Lewis and Clark Expedition
If approved, project would support global ocean exploration
15 December 2000
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City of Hydrothermal Vents
New find features largest vents yet discovered
15 December 2000
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Japan Prize by Land and by Sea
Two researchers honored for environmental, oceanographic work
14 December 2000
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Strange Kinship Among African Mammals
Protein sequences say elephants, elephant shrews, and aardvarks are related
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14 December 2000
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Dolphins Double-Talk, Manatees Say "Eh?"
New highs and lows of marine mammal communication
14 December 2000
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Pitting Germ Against Germ Prevents Infections
Staph loses out to harmless bacteria added to surgical wounds
14 December 2000
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Old Flies May Hold Secrets of Aging
Mutation appears to interfere with metabolism
13 December 2000
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Pesticides Responsible for Disappearing Frogs?
Frogs in California's parks system have traces of toxins
13 December 2000
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Spy Conviction Strains Science Collaborations
U.S. and Russia both pulling back
13 December 2000
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Some Black Holes Still Hungry
Not all supermassive black holes remain dormant since the early universe
13 December 2000
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First Flowering Plant Genome Sequenced
Mustard's genetic code reveals complexity of plants
12 December 2000
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FDA Moves Against Penn Scientist
Gene therapy researcher could lose ability to run clinical trials
12 December 2000
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Magnetic Microbes From Mars?
New study of magnetic crystals bolsters life-on-Mars theory, some researchers say
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