November 2002 Archives
27 November 2002
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Bug Gene Makes Rice Drought-tolerant
Crop could be among the most important for poor farmers
27 November 2002
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Blood Yields Clues to Arteries' Health
New blood test might be a better way to detect coronary artery disease
27 November 2002
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Everything But the Carbon Sink
Ozone and insects conspire to hinder trees from soaking up carbon
27 November 2002
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Major Moment for Measles
Disease appears on the cusp of being eradicated from the Americas
26 November 2002
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Math Boggler Solved
But don’t ask to see the solution to this slippery problem
26 November 2002
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Fiery Computer Crash
Alleged arson caused $50 million in damage to Dutch university
26 November 2002
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How Glia Sustain the Brain
Astrocytes coax capillaries to boost blood flow to busy neurons
26 November 2002
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Life Safe From Supernovas?
Exploding stars close enough to damage Earth's ultraviolet shield are rare
25 November 2002
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Dissecting the Dead for Show
Autopsy before a London audience recalls history of public dissection
25 November 2002
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Hatchery Salmon Beat Up on Wild Cousins
When steelhead releases go up, wild chinook survival takes a hit
25 November 2002
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Tracing the Universal Web
New x-ray observations point to a cosmic cobweb of warm gas
22 November 2002
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A Galaxy With Two Hearts
X-rays reveal a pair of black holes in a galactic center
22 November 2002
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Howard Hughes Feels the Pinch
A declining endowment prompts cuts in research grants
22 November 2002
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First Dogs an Asian Export
New World dogs have roots in the Old World, new research finds
21 November 2002
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How Obesity Becomes Diabetes
JNK protein, not just junk food, leads to disease
21 November 2002
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Empty Calories, Able Mind?
Schools ply students with calories on test days in hopes of boosting scores, a new report suggests
21 November 2002
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Venter Aims to Create Life
New project will attempt to construct the first organism with an artificial genome
21 November 2002
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Bad News for Warts and Sores
Long-awaited vaccines show promise against two sexually transmitted viruses
20 November 2002
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Disentangling a Hairy Infection
New research reveals how bacteria stick to the urinary tract
20 November 2002
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Industry to Tackle Climate Change
Energy companies will funnel $225 million into an ambitious new project
20 November 2002
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Fewer Fires From the Sky
Satellites point to a lower rate of damaging airbursts from asteroids
20 November 2002
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Homeland Security Is Born
New agency is strong on science, but won't control all bioterror research
19 November 2002
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Love Potion on the Prairie
Wasps alter plant chemicals to help find mates
19 November 2002
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Black Hole Caught Speeding
Kick from a supernova might have sent hole rocketing through the Milky Way
19 November 2002
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Sensing Love in the Air
The first pheromone receptor is discovered in mice
18 November 2002
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Io Sets New Volcanic Record
Keck Telescope catches biggest eruption yet on Jupiter's moon
18 November 2002
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Organ Failure Deciphered
Gene variant makes some people dangerously overreact to bacteria
18 November 2002
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Congress OKs NSF Doubling Bill
At long last, NSF gets its wish
15 November 2002
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Dried-Out Rocks Shake It Up
Chemical reactions deep underground turn rocks brittle, contribute to quakes
15 November 2002
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Killer Antibodies' Secret Weapon
Surprising study finds that antibodies can kill invaders with ozone
15 November 2002
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Shipping Samples Gets Easier
New rules will expedite transport of biological specimens from endangered species
14 November 2002
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Ancient Protein Sequenced
A fossilized bison bone yields the sequence of a 55,000-year-old protein
14 November 2002
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Space Station Tries to Find Itself
European Space Agency hires a PR firm to craft a new image
14 November 2002
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Weighing Smallpox Strategies
Mass vaccination might not be necessary, according to a new model
13 November 2002
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Sound-Savvy Seals
Harbor seals know a dangerous killer whale when they hear one
13 November 2002
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Dark Hairs on the Sun
Sharp images reveal narrow threads of cooler gas near sunspots
13 November 2002
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Trawling a Drag for Fish Food
New study sinks idea that sea-floor nets aid fish populations
12 November 2002
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Saying NO to Sickle-Cell Pain
Nitric oxide holds key to sickle cell's destructive effects
12 November 2002
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Memory That Sticks
Epoxies and other common materials show promise for optical data storage
12 November 2002
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Stalking Immune System Traitors
Engineered T cells hunt down their disease-causing cousins
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