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January 2002 Archives

15 January 2002 | ScienceNOW

Stripping Down the Nucleolus

Scientists advance protein map for tiny cell organelle
14 January 2002 | ScienceNOW

Official Theory on Biochemist's Death

A series of accidents killed Wiley, not suicide, medical examiner rules
14 January 2002 | ScienceNOW

There's Life in the Old Bull Yet

The world's first genetically modified bull may retire in a museum
14 January 2002 | ScienceNOW

Star Search for Nearby Neighbors

Astronomer suspects a faint star may be nearer than the current record-holder
14 January 2002 | ScienceNOW

Separating Microbial Wheat From Human Chaff

Simple new method flags genetic interlopers that may lead to cancer
11 January 2002 | ScienceNOW

Crystal Stops Light in Its Tracks

Technique could lead to smaller, chillier memory devices
11 January 2002 | ScienceNOW

Stem Cell Patent Dispute Settled

Agreement will make cells more accessible to researchers
11 January 2002 | ScienceNOW

Rapid Adaptation Yielded Finches New Territory

New colonists choose the sex of their chicks to give them an edge
11 January 2002 | ScienceNOW

Federal Judge: Fingerprinting Is Not Science

100 years of practice aside, it's not been peer reviewed
10 January 2002 | ScienceNOW

California Redwoods in Danger?

Traces of oak disease found in redwoods, but announcement called premature
10 January 2002 | ScienceNOW

X-rays Highlight Galaxy's Center

Collage of Chandra images a colorful portrait of home
10 January 2002 | ScienceNOW

Ancient Art From a Modern Human

77,000-year-old hatched objects may be oldest known art
9 January 2002 | ScienceNOW

Heisenberg's Principles More Certain

Long-secret letter suggests physicist tried to build Nazi nukes
9 January 2002 | ScienceNOW

Transfer of Smithsonian Funds Averted

White House shelves plan to shift research money to National Science Foundation
9 January 2002 | ScienceNOW

Panel: Missouri River Needs to Flow

Scientists say only restoring natural ebb and flow will save river's ecosystem
9 January 2002 | ScienceNOW

Stars Stole the Show in Early Universe

Study pushes back the "baby boom" of furious star formation
8 January 2002 | ScienceNOW

Placebos' Brain Power

Study shows dummy treatment can alter brain activity in depressed patients
8 January 2002 | ScienceNOW

The Supernova Scenario

Cosmic explosion close to Earth may have caused mass extinction at the end of the Pliocene
8 January 2002 | ScienceNOW

Stem Cells' Promise for Parkinson's

Mouse cells help brain-damaged rats, but also cause tumor risk
8 January 2002 | ScienceNOW

Exoplanet Snapshot Within Reach?

Images of brown dwarf, protoplanetary disk prove power of new optical technique
7 January 2002 | ScienceNOW

Navy Admits Sonar Killed Whales

Researchers link sound to strandings for the first time
7 January 2002 | ScienceNOW

Costly Chain Reaction for Physicists

Study shows how one imploding detector could ravage Japanese neutrino detector
7 January 2002 | ScienceNOW

Dolly Has Arthritis

Five-year-old sheep's hip and knee affected; link to cloning process unclear
4 January 2002 | ScienceNOW

Nothing to Bite On

Ancient jawless fish may not have all been ruthlessly evolving
4 January 2002 | ScienceNOW

New Take on Climate Modeling

Top-down approach seeks to reduce uncertainty in climate's crucial properties
4 January 2002 | ScienceNOW

A Fix for Cystic Fibrosis Mutations

New approach to gene therapy corrects errors in messenger RNA
3 January 2002 | ScienceNOW

Extinctions Heal Slowly

Biodiversity can decline fast but is slow to recover, study finds
3 January 2002 | ScienceNOW

A Change of Heart

Transplanted hearts can rejuvenate, apparently with help of stem cells
3 January 2002 | ScienceNOW

Making Pigs More Like People

Cloned piglets lack gene that causes organ rejection
3 January 2002 | ScienceNOW

Live Cancer-Free, Get Old Fast?

New study suggests a trade-off between protection against tumors and aging
2 January 2002 | ScienceNOW

Record Raise for Biomedicine

Many proposed science cuts undone as Congress passes 2002 budget
2 January 2002 | ScienceNOW

Yanomamö Wars Continue

Preliminary report on anthropologist's alleged exploitation fails to quell dispute
2 January 2002 | ScienceNOW

Toward Tailored Cancer Treatments

Genetic profile could predict which tumors will respond best to chemotherapy
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