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March 2004 Archives

12 March 2004 | ScienceNOW

Planets' Magnetic Mystery Solved

New model explains the odd magnetic fields of Neptune and Uranus
11 March 2004 | ScienceNOW

Remembrance of Winter Past

Gene discoveries hint at how some plants keep track of the seasons
11 March 2004 | ScienceNOW

Philanthropist Ponies Up for Basic Science

$100 million gift will launch seven basic science research centers
10 March 2004 | ScienceNOW

Southpaw Lens Rules the Waves

Lens can resolve objects smaller than a wavelength
10 March 2004 | ScienceNOW

Less Stressful Smallpox Shots

Vaccine with fewer side effects proves its mettle in monkeys and mice
10 March 2004 | ScienceNOW

Plague Scientist Gets 2 Years

Texas microbiologist sentenced for mishandling samples, fraud
10 March 2004 | ScienceNOW

Adult Mammals May Produce Eggs After All

Work scrambles a doctrine of reproductive biology

French Researchers Resign in Protest

Funding dispute still unresolved

Attention Hubble Huggers

NASA soliciting proposals for extending the telescope's life

Hubble's Ultra Deep Gaze

Space telescope captures its most detailed view of the distant universe

Plucky Scientists Plucked From Jaws of Death

North Pole station crushed by shifting ice

WMDs to Plowshares

New initiatives reach out to Iraq's scientific elite

Slip of the Chameleon's Tongue

High-speed cameras reveal the lizard's ballistic secret

Scientists, Behave Yourselves

New U.S. biosecurity board will issue voluntary guidelines for researchers

Gnawing Away at the Human Family Tree

Ancient teeth suggest that three groups of early humans were actually just one

Mucus Good for the Local Economy

Slime excreted by coral boosts productivity for the whole reef

A Message From Her Majesty’s Eggs

How an ant queen keeps in touch with the far reaches of her colony

Hybrid Mosquitoes Spread West Nile?

Mix of bird-biting, human-biting species may help explain virus’s spread in the United States

Nothing Can Hide From the Sequencers

Genomic science invades ecosystems in the open ocean and deep underground

Common Virus Protects Against HIV

A harmless infection prolongs the lives of some HIV-infected men

MicroRNAs Make Leaves Turn Out Right

Tiny RNA molecules orchestrate early leaf development

Bye, Bye Blackbirds

An African virus may pose a serious threat to European birds

Foreign Grad Student Applications Drop

Threat of visa hassles may put students off U.S. universities

A Galaxy Far, Far, Far Away

Astronomers spy the most distant--and ancient--galaxy yet

Harvard Enters Stem Cell Fray

Private money, multidisciplinary approach for new research institute

Blood Screen Pays Off

West Nile test catches infected blood from more than 1000 donors

Rosetta Blasts Off

Ten-year journey to catch a comet finally under way

Mars Was Wet

Opportunity rover spies evidence of ancient water in salty deposits

New Science Center to Bridge the Rift

Jordan and Israel to break ground for a joint research institute

The Penis Plan

Mammals and reptiles independently hit on the same design

Bioethics Panel Shakeup

Critics allege politics played a role in personnel changes
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