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June 2002 Archives

Heavy Bottoms Keep Old Mountains Down

Roots of eroding mountains grow denser, less mobile with age

A Little Pollen Goes a Long Way

But not much canola DNA ends up moving between fields

Gene Therapy Puts Skids on SCID

Second inherited disease cured by genetic engineering

Nanoparticles Cut Tumors' Supply Lines

A new method of attacking tumor blood vessels shows promise in mice

Magnetic Family Ties

Anomalous x-ray pulsars join the clan of ultramagnetic neutron stars

How Immune Cells Take Aim

Deadly pulses of toxins keep attack focused on invading cells

'Natural Telescopes' Might Magnify Distant Quasars

Gravitational distortion might artificially brighten the farthest visible objects

Bad Clocks Keep Good Time

A nearly perfect timepiece can be made from faulty clocks, physicists find

Battle of Sexes Laid Bare

Mutation allows first real test of theory about imprinted genes

Art-loving Bacteria

Nibbling bacteria may outwit current art-preservation techniques

China Regains Fossils Seized in California Last Year

Fourteen tons of 220-year-old-fossils returned

Girl-Fight in the Serengeti

Sexual rivalry between female antelopes is more aggressive than expected

How Scientists Can Help Prevent Terror

Academies weigh in on homeland security

Colombian Rebels Release Biologist

Parrot researcher freed after 8 months of captivity

Questions About Noah's Flood Theory

The sudden deluge into the Black Sea may have been gradual

Early Life Gets More Complicated

New theory suggests that dozens of protocells, not single ancestral type, led to today's life forms

Reef Killer Unmasked

Coral scourge is caused by bacteria found in sewage, study finds

Ex-Harvard Postdocs Jailed for Alleged Theft

Pair accused of conspiring to steal trade secrets

Exposing Corn's Latent Nutrition

New GM technique enables a now-thwarted gene to produce a useful protein

Toilet-Trained Aphids

Wax keeps bugs from drowning in their own waste

Marine Food Web Has Unexpected Base

Abundant seaweed in Gulf of Mexico ignored in favor of more scarce victuals

Stem Cells Show Versatility, Power

Cells from embryos treat Parkinson's in rats; cells from adults can transmogrify

Political Education for Indian Engineer and President-to-Be

At his first press conference, journalists won't take 'no comment' for an answer

Whales Sing for Their Women

Biologists find that among fin whales, males are the singers

Publish That Failure!

New journal promises to get null results into print

Bouncing Drops With No Splash

On the right surface, water drops leave no trace behind

Hot, Deep Vents Without Fireworks

Math model suggests that ocean vents can be powered by a chemical reaction

Canada Takes First Step to Protect Species

Incentives to help endangered species and their habitats

Bioweapons Test Fingered in Smallpox Outbreak

Study suggests that a 1971 Soviet outbreak was caused by highly virulent strain

Faulty Gene Enables Breast Cancer

Researchers nail a regulatory protein that controls a tumor-suppressing gene

Sex Doesn't Sell

Titillating TV makes viewers forget the commercials

Nerves Tell Arteries to Make Like a Tree

Embryonic arteries follow the trail of branching nerves

Jupiter's Brother Joins the Family

Near twin found in planetary system like Earth's

Cancer Gene Plot Thickens

Well-known breast cancer gene linked to a rare leukemia

Hybrid Corals Befuddle Experts

Genetic studies of corals reveal unexpected complexity

New Max Planck Head Reveals Ambitions

Peter Gruss urges 'funding and freedom' to keep institutes' research at the top

Magnetic ‘Gate’ Opens New Path to Computing

Chips using magnetism instead of electricity could be useful in extreme conditions

Some Stroke Therapies Misguided?

A controversial study suggests current rehab strategies encourage the wrong kind of activity

The Genetics of Style

Is it dangling left or right? In flowers, it's determined by a single gene
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