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May 2003 Archives

Accounting for HIV Prevention

Report urges immediate boost in funding for big payoff

NIAID Spared for Now

Senators block budget-busting directive

Interference From RNA Stymies Hepatitis B

Study in mice brings medical therapy one step closer

Cro Magnons Are Close Kin

DNA study of fossil bones shows ancestors' traces remain

Blowing Off Self-Esteem

Psychologists debunk the notion that high self-regard leads to high performance

Troubling Trends in Sea Otter Deaths

Infections and heart disease strike California otters in their prime

Truer Ticks and Tocks

Loner atoms keep better time than their sociable cousins

Yeast Yield Secret of Aging

One gene unites multiple pathways to long life

Humans Did in the Mastodons

Megafauna died from big kill, not big chill

Virus Tames Glioma

A modified virus cures a deadly brain cancer in mice

Bugs Take the Stink out of Sewage

With a few engineering tricks, microbes freshen the air on the cheap

A Shrunken Head for Homo erectus

African skull tied to first intercontinental travelers

Bad News for Quantum Clones

Self-replicating quantum devices are impossible, physicists say

Missions Impossible

Budget woes force French space agency to scale back research plans

Kamikaze Gene Flow

Pollen that escapes from GM plants would contain a deadly cargo

NIAID's Nasty Surprise

Forced to cough up $233 million for anthrax vaccine, agency puts some grants on hold

Fish Have Tender Lips

Researchers resolve debate: fish can feel pain

Just Add Water and Unmix

Stir in a little moisture and mixed-up materials sort themselves out

Avoiding Breakdowns in Outbreaks

SARS shows why international reporting regulations need updating

Counting Waves to Sense Quakes

New system could help Southern Californians brace for a temblor

Pseudogenes Prove Useful

Mangled genes may help keep normal copies functioning

Chemical Cues Guide Egalitarian Ants

Signals coordinate division of labor in leaderless society

Scientists Sic Sequencers on SARS

Hungry for details, scientists zoom in on genomes

Old Neurons Revisit Their Youth

The neurotransmitter GABA restores lost powers of discrimination

Oocytes Over Easy

Mouse embryonic stem cells can develop into oocytes
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