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August 2003 Archives

12 August 2003 | ScienceNOW

NIH to Award People, Not Projects

New grants are intended to spur innovation, risk taking
12 August 2003 | ScienceNOW

Copper Contributes to Alzheimer's?

Combination of environmental copper and cholesterol may hike risk
12 August 2003 | ScienceNOW

New West Nile Vaccine Unveiled

A feeble cousin of West Nile virus protects mice from the real thing
11 August 2003 | ScienceNOW

Take Two Shoots, Twice a Day

The chemical defenses of young plants may yield new medicines
11 August 2003 | ScienceNOW

Rock-Solid Waste Solution?

Burying nuclear waste in granite may be easier than thought
11 August 2003 | ScienceNOW

Don't Eat the Bats

On Guam, tasty fruit bats are found to concentrate a neurotoxin
8 August 2003 | ScienceNOW

Bacterial Family Trees in Focus

Gene-swapping may not obscure evolutionary history
8 August 2003 | ScienceNOW

Fossil Footprints in Peril

Ancient Trackways in Strip Mine Threatened by Reburial
8 August 2003 | ScienceNOW

Fifty Years of Odd Frogs

Parasites have been deforming frogs for decades
8 August 2003 | ScienceNOW

Bush Bashed for Use of Science

Administration charged with manipulating data for political gain
7 August 2003 | ScienceNOW

How to Walk on Water

Tiny whirlpools propel water-walking insects
7 August 2003 | ScienceNOW

Vaccine Paranoia Spurs Measles Outbreaks

Low vaccination rates could help measles reestablish itself in the U.K.
7 August 2003 | ScienceNOW

Antidepressants Need New Neurons to Work

Study bolsters idea that neurogenesis and depression are linked
6 August 2003 | ScienceNOW

Cloning Horseplay

The first cloned horse is her mother's identical twin
6 August 2003 | ScienceNOW

Thriving Lobsters Live Off Bait

Herring used in traps spurs surplus of tasty crustaceans
6 August 2003 | ScienceNOW

Mosquitoes' Unlikely Friend

Buggy outbreaks may be more likely in years following a drought
6 August 2003 | ScienceNOW

Single Shot Stops Ebola

New vaccine protects in just 1 month, could help stem outbreaks
5 August 2003 | ScienceNOW

Sneezing at Global Warming

A warmer climate may spur the growth of allergy-provoking weeds
5 August 2003 | ScienceNOW

Big Blowup Over Radiation Study

New report on Hiroshima radiation exposure roils international collaboration
5 August 2003 | ScienceNOW

Pregnancies at Risk From 9/11 Debris

World Trade Center smoke and dust linked to underweight babies
5 August 2003 | ScienceNOW

Sniffing Out Martian Hospitality

Phoenix mission to hunt for signs of life
4 August 2003 | ScienceNOW

French Research Chief Given the Boot

CNRS says it needs a new director to deal with changing times
4 August 2003 | ScienceNOW

Biological Treasure Under the Sea

Diversity thrives in rich pockets of marine life
4 August 2003 | ScienceNOW

Don't Forget Your Prozac

Antidepressants protect a brain region damaged by depression
1 August 2003 | ScienceNOW

Universities Tackle Drug Development

New California consortium hopes to make pharmaceutical research pay
1 August 2003 | ScienceNOW

The Last Hours of Pompei

New evidence of how some Pompeians initially survived Vesuvius's wrath
1 August 2003 | ScienceNOW

New Neurons on Demand?

A molecular switch regulates neuron production in the adult brain
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