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03.29.2010 19:31
World’s Smallest Superconductor Discovered - Study paves way for development of nanocircuits for energy, electronics applicationsScientists have discovered the world’s smallest superco
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New ancestor? Scientists ponder DNA from Siberia - By MALCOLM RITTER NEW YORK (AP) -- In the latest use of DNA to investigate the story of humankind, scientists have decoded genetic material
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How dinosaurs rose to prominence - ScienceDaily (Mar. 23, 2010) A shade more than 200 million years ago, the Earth looked far different than it does today. Most land on the p
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How to Improve Monitoring of Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions - In order to be sure that agreed emissions reductions are taking place, the U.S. must deploy new monitoring technologies, according to a new report<..[MORE] 03.22.2010 16:07
Evolution of fairness and punishment - Study co-author Richard McElreath says the cooperative nature of each society is at least partly dependent upon historical forces. (Credit: Karin H..[MORE] 03.22.2010 16:07
Einstein Is Still Right - Analysis by Jennifer OuellettePhysicists have grown accustomed to receiving the occasional crackpot letter or email from armchair theorists
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Methane-making Microbes Thrive Under The IceAntarctica's ice sheets could hide vast quantities of the greenhouse gasBALTIMORE — Microbes living under ice sheets in Antarctica and Gree
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Atom smasher produces record burst of energyAn initial failure behind it, the Large Hadron Collider prepares to unravel the mysteries of matterOperators of the world's largest atom sm
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Songbirds yield insight into speech productionScienceDaily (Mar. 19, 2010)Dezhe Jin, assistant professor of physics, is looking at how songbirds transmit impulses through nerve cells in
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Scientists' report only intensifies delta debateThe panel's finding that federal protections of smelt and salmon are scientifically justified, but that factors other than pumping could also contr..[MORE] 03.19.2010 23:23
Scientists Discover Velociraptor's Cousin Complete Skeleton of Linheraptor Exquisitus Found in Gobi Desert; Agile Predator Lived 75 Million Years Ago The Velociraptor's family tree
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First 3D Invisibility Cloak CreatedThe device has been in the works for some timeNot two years ago, researchers managed to create the first 2D “invisibility cloak,” a materia
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What Makes You Unique? What Surrounds GenesWhat Makes You Unique? Not Genes So Much as Surrounding Sequences, Study FindsThe key to human individuality may lie not in our genes, but
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Light Can Twist NanoparticlesIt took experts three years to believe their resultsAny first-grader will tell you that matter can bend and twist light. This is obvious in
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Dogs Likely Originated in Middle EastDogs likely originated in the Middle East, not Asia or Europe, according to a new genetic analysis by an international team of scientists led by UC..[MORE] 03.16.2010 14:05
Fossil of ancient amphibian named after FedEx A new species of early terrestrial amphibian whose fossilized skull was found in 2004 near Pittsburgh International Airport has been named after th..[MORE] 03.16.2010 11:05
Wasabi protein responsibleby Ed YongTake a whiff of mustard or wasabi and you'll be hit with a familiar burning sensation. That's the result of chemicals in these pu
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3-D cell culture: Making cells feel right at homeThis is a 3-D cell culture grown with magnetic levitation. Credit: G. Souza/N3D BiosciencesThe film Avatar isn't the only 3-D blockbuster m
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Scientists say Einstein's theory applies beyond the solar systemScientists' analysis of more than 70,000 galaxies demonstrates that the universe plays by the rules set out by Einstein in his famous theory...[MORE] 03.15.2010 23:02
All That Remains: Fossil FindsFossilized remains are all that's left of the once mighty dinosaurs that dominated our planet. Here, the neatest recent finds. The exquisit
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Tasmanian DevilSource: AP Photo/Mark BakerTex, a Tasmanian Devil, sits in his enclosure at Sydney's Taronga Zoo. Australian scientists say Wednesday, Marc
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Silk Structure Analysis Explains Paradox of Super-StrengthSilk Structure Analysis Explains Paradox of Super-Strength; Could Lead to Even Stronger Synthetic MaterialsSpiders and silkworms are master
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Pi Days -- Albert Einstein's BirthdayFort Worth Museum of Science and HistoryFort Worth Museum of Science and History will celebrate Pi Days beginning Friday, March 12 through
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Nature's Top 6 Killers A random selectionAs life on Earth evolved, Mother Nature really went out of her way to make some species stand out from the crowd. Undoubt
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Ancient DNA from Fossil Bird EggshellIn a world first an international team of researchers, led by Dr Michael Bunce of Murdoch University, have successfully isolated ancient DNA from f..[MORE] 03.11.2010 14:08
Asexual plant reproduction may seed new approach for agricultureScienceDailyFarmers throughout the world spend an estimated $36 billion a year to buy seeds for crops, especially those with sought after t
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Cooperation Spreads Through Social NetworksMany other unexpected things do tooRecent investigations into the role that social networks play in our everyday lives show that a lot more
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Carbon nanotubes can produce powerful waves that could be harnessed for new energy systemsBig Power from Tiny Wires: Carbon Nanotubes Can Produce Powerful Waves That Could Be Harnessed for New Energy SystemsA team of scientists a
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New Massive Crater Possibly DiscoveredIn the Democratic Republic of the CongoScientists announce the possible discovery of a new gigantic impact crater in the central parts of A
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