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June 2005 Archives

A Melding of the Minds

Eight foundations join forces for brain tumor research

African Sand Dunes Are Hot to Trot

Global warming will alter land Africans rely on for ranching and farming

Blocking Every Bug

Researchers develop a vaccine that protects against a variety of Strep B bacteria

Fire Ants Start a Sexual Revolution

Insects are the first known animals to have separate male and female gene pools

Miracle Grow Mountains

A pair of Norwegian rocks suggests the Caledonian range popped up in a record 13 million years

Catching a Female's Eye

A male butterfly impresses its mate with a bit of sparkle

Too Hot to Handle

NAS panel finds radiation dangerous even at lowest doses

ITER Finds a Home

World's most expensive science experiment will be based in Cadarache, France

PNAS Publishes Botulinum Paper

Federal officials had asked that the paper be pulled last month

Monkey See, Monkey Abuse

Study of macaques indicates environment plays a larger role than genetics in the mistreatment of others

Unblocking the Mind

Hypnosis can override automatic processes in the brain

House "Peer Review" Kills Two NIH Grants

Representative says he is correcting skewed funding priorities

Deep Earth Diamonds Saw the Light

Precious stones get their carbon from life at the surface

Senate Squeezes NSF Budget

Brookhaven Lab's RSVP project dealt heavy blow

Explaining the Motion of Lotion in the Ocean

Why does trash stick together in the sea?

"Dee" Is for Danger

Chickadee alarm calls help size up predators

A Hydrogen Economy Saves Lives

New report calculates health benefits of giving up fossil fuels

AIAA Suspends Ban on Embargoed Nations

Society will greenlight pending papers from Iran, Cuba, North Korea, and Sudan

Hidden Worlds May Lurk in Stellar Dust

Photos uncover striking geometry of a belt of particles circling a nearby star

Ultracold Atoms Turn a Cool Trick

Tiny whirlpools prove atoms can flow like electrons in a superconductor

Cosmos 1 Appears Lost

Solar sail spacecraft hasn't been heard from since its launch

Forecasting a Tsunami Years Before it Hits

Tiny sea creatures help tie movement of tectonic plates to mega-quakes

Gene Knockout Leaves Mice Speechless

Findings may shed light on language development in humans

Deep-Sea Bacterium Breaks All the Rules

Microbe is a photosynthesizer but doesn't need the sun

Fat Under Attack

Researchers engineer mice that kill their own fat cells

Maldives Experience That Sinking Feeling

Indian island chain could be underwater within 100 years, but skeptics aren't convinced

Nepalese Porters Are World's Most Effective Carriers

Group can lift their weight in cargo using their heads

Getting to the Good Stuff

Region in brain motivates monkeys to accept smaller rewards before the big ones arrive

Genetic Mixer in the Developing Brain

Jumpy bits of DNA may help ensure that no two brains are built the same

A Nano-sized Trojan Horse

Researchers use tiny polymers to get cancer cells to eat poison

Society Cuts Off Iranians from Journals and Meetings

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics says ban protects national security

Fertilizer's Legacy of Slime

Some lakes may suffer for millennia from excess nutrients in soil

IVF Restrictions Upheld in Italy

Referendum would have made human embryonic stem cells more available to scientists

The Most Earthlike Exoplanet Yet

Astronomers find what could be a rocky world 15 light-years away

Supreme Court Rules on Patent Suits

Decision seen as boost for drug researchers

Bird Flu Tracked in Western China

H5N1 virus is same as that found on southeast coast

Tiny Antennas are a Bright Idea

Nanorods pick up light like aerials receive radio waves

House Approves 0.5% Raise for NIH

Members ask for compromise on chemicals database

There's Life in That Oil!

Ancient crude indicates young Earth teemed with organisms

Extra DNA Dole Makes for Faithful Vole

Prairie voles with longer stretches of repetitive genomic sequence are more attentive to mates and offspring
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