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July 2001 Archives

Report on Clinical Trial Volunteer's Death

Johns Hopkins explores what went wrong

NSF Names New Education Head

Biologist Judith Ramaley Fills Long-Vacant Slot

Two Viral Killers, One Accomplice

Receptor found on many cell types helps Ebola and Marburg viruses enter cells

French Find More Cave Art

More than 150 etched images are discovered in Dordogne Valley, along with burial sites

Beating the Atomic Clock

New timepiece could be the most accurate ever made

Pulsar Precision Shows Space's Curves

Gravity exerts subtle pull on radio signals

Lost City of Ocean Vents Found

Water spit out by limestone structures may maintain ocean chemistry

Egg Fertilized Without Sperm

First demonstration that embryos can develop from egg plus somatic cell

NSF Gets 9.5% Boost From House Panel

Spending bill tops president's request, also lifts NASA

Fossils From the Dawn of Humanity

New find may represent the earliest known human ancestors

Wet Solar System Found

Astronomers have discovered a stellar system that is water-rich like ours

Spain Ends Funding of Foreign Ph.D. Students

Students protest decision, which could end their education

Water Bugs Flee the Flood

Insects give an old behavior a new twist

Developmental Biologists Say No to Cloning

International congress calls for worldwide moratorium on reproductive cloning

Journals Offered Free to Poorest Nations

Internet plan will help equalize access to cutting-edge research

Stress Hormone Addles Memory

Young rats given stress hormone have smaller brain regions as adults

Violated Particles Reveal Quirks of Antimatter

New B meson results show asymmetries between matter and antimatter

Memories in the Mind's Eye

Brain's vision center buzzes while maintaining a memory

Snail Sex Improved by Love Dart

Dart inhibits partner's ability to destroy sperm

Atoms Island-Hop

Two quantum tunneling teams observe atoms reverse their motions

Music for Relactation?

Cows produce more milk when listening to soothing music

Dinner for One in Andromeda Galaxy

Trail of star crumbs suggests Andromeda gobbled other galaxies

By a Whisker, Seals Catch Prey

Harbor seals find fishlike submarines with the help of their whiskers

Kennewick Man's Thighbone Reappears

Latest twist in tug-of-war over disputed skeleton

The Invasion of the Giant Clams

Fossil record shows size matters when clams colonize

Resetting the Biological Clock

Unexpected protein helps the brain communicate with the body

Whooping Cranes Get Directions

Reintroduction project begins last leg of journey, teaching birds to follow planes

Humans to Blame for Coral Decline

New study finds that reefs remained the same for eons--until recently

Nicotine Grows New Blood Vessels

Tobacco's addictive compound may spur cancer growth by promoting angiogenesis

Shortened By the Light

New substance shrinks in UV light, expands in the dark
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