April 2008 Archives
30 April 2008 |
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Jupiter's Shadowy Ring Behavior
Sunlight and magnetism deform Jupiter's outer ring
30 April 2008 |
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Bad News in Baby Rice?
Scientists warn that some rice products for infants contain worrisome levels of arsenic
29 April 2008 |
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Fire and Brimstone, Cretaceous Style
An oil inferno may have done in the dinosaurs
29 April 2008 |
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Has U.S. Science Lost Its Competitive Edge?
Symposium finds scant progress in improving country's research since 2005 report
28 April 2008 |
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The Oceans Finally Show Their Stripes
High-res ocean map reveals a worldwide pattern of striated currents
28 April 2008 |
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Gene Therapy Improves Sight of Four Patients
Treatment could potentially be applied to host of blindness disorders
28 April 2008 |
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No Substitute for Real Blood
Analysis links blood-replacement products to higher risk of heart attack, death
25 April 2008 |
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Dirty Rotten Poxviruses
A deadly family of viruses infiltrate cells by camouflaging themselves as garbage
24 April 2008 |
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Research Advocates Sink Tap on Budgets
U.S. House rejects growth in business research program
24 April 2008 |
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Tempest in a Hobbit Tooth
Controversial proposal suggests that diminutive Indonesian hominid visited the dentist
24 April 2008 |
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Ozone: Friend or Foe?
Strategies to curb greenhouse gases could harm Earth's protective layer, but a healthy layer could exacerbate global warming
23 April 2008 |
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A Head for Social Hierarchy
Pecking order appears to be programmed into our brains
23 April 2008 |
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Want a Boy? Eat your Wheaties
Mothers who eat at least one bowl of cereal per day are more likely to bear sons
23 April 2008 |
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Follow That Cosmic Jet
Astronomers get their first glimpse of a blazar in action
23 April 2008 |
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EPA Scientists Unhappy About Political Meddling
Survey reveals hundreds of complaints about changes, omissions, and misrepresentation
22 April 2008 |
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U.S. Colleges Push the Education Envelope
HHMI awards $60 million to bolster undergraduate science
22 April 2008 |
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Death by Smog
National Academies confirms link between ozone and premature demise
21 April 2008 |
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Sleep Deprivation for Germs
Study suggests new way to target persistent bacteria
21 April 2008 |
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Mutation Makes Good Medicine
Gene variant works like heart-sparing drugs in many African Americans
18 April 2008 |
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Gene Studies Tell Placenta's Tale
Mother-fetus lifeline evolved from a combination of ancient and new genes
17 April 2008 |
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Tigers Pass the Purity Test
DNA analysis reveals that captive cats aren't all mongrels, giving hope to conservationists
17 April 2008 |
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Mice Sniff Out Oxygen With Their Skin
Discovery might lead to new ways to boost red blood cells in athletes and patients
17 April 2008 |
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Surviving the Ocean Acid Test
At least one species of plankton doesn't seem to mind CO2 buildup
17 April 2008 |
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Second Family of High-Temperature Superconductors Discovered
Iron-arsenic compounds could clear up--or deepen--the mystery of resistance-free electric currents
16 April 2008 |
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In Tennis Calls, It's Game, Set, and Match for Line Judges
Refs are surprisingly accurate when it comes to calls and disputes
16 April 2008 |
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Just How Dangerous is Bisphenol-A?
New report doesn't hype risks, but environmentalists see cause for concern
16 April 2008 |
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Females That Change Color Don't Always Have Sex on Their Minds
Brightly colored males are looking for a mate, but females are just looking to survive
16 April 2008 |
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Music Builds Bridges in the Brain
Brain scans of young children show diligent practice can bolster neural wiring
15 April 2008 |
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Sperm From Skin Becoming a Reality?
International group says scientists are getting close to converting body cells to sperm and eggs
15 April 2008 |
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Hurricane Watching on the Cheap
Underwater microphones rival aircraft in judging a storm's intensity
14 April 2008 |
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Mutation May Explain Deadly Form of Leukemia
Find may make it easier to treat difficult disease
14 April 2008 |
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Case Closed for Free Will?
The unconscious brain makes choices several seconds before the conscious mind knows about it
14 April 2008 |
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Bad Day for the Dow? Blame Hormones
Market activity is reflected in financial traders' testosterone and cortisol levels
14 April 2008 |
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Living in a World of Unfamiliar Voices
A woman with a lifelong inability to recognize voices is a medical mystery
11 April 2008 |
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Did Dinosaurs Gawk at the Grand Canyon?
New readings push back the gorge's age by tens of millions of years
10 April 2008 |
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The Case of the Half-Blood Bug
Hybridization of two species of bacterium is boost for microbe evolution
10 April 2008 |
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Clearing the Air Over Asbestos
Discovery of how material injures the lungs could lead to lifesaving treatments
9 April 2008 |
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Invaders Betrayed by DNA
How to identify species in the wild without ever seeing them
9 April 2008 |
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A Middle East Peace Accord ... for Artifacts
Archaeologists propose plan for divvying up Israeli and Palestinian antiquities
9 April 2008 |
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A Bang, a Whimper, and Another Bang?
What's going on in the cores of nearby galaxies?
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