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First Skull of Earliest Giant Pandas Found |
The dwarf ancestors of today’s giant pandas were already big-time bamboo munchers more than 2 million years ago, a new fossil skull reveals.
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[ Tuesday 19th June 2007 ] [ Biology ]
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US astronauts set for return to Earth |
US astronauts were back on board the shuttle Atlantis preparing to undock Tuesday for the long flight back to Earth, after wrapping up their mission at the International Space Station, NASA said.
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[ Tuesday 19th June 2007 ] [ Engineering and Math ]
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Shuttle prepares to depart space station |
After a nearly 10-day stay at the international space station that included construction work and a computer meltdown, space shuttle Atlantis was cleared to begin its return trip to Earth.
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[ Tuesday 19th June 2007 ] [ Engineering and Math ]
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Biologists unravel the genetic secrets of black widow spider silk |
Biologists at the University of California, Riverside have identified the genes, and determined the DNA sequences, for two key proteins in the “dragline silk” of the black widow spider – an advance that may lead to a variety of new materials for industrial, medical and military uses.
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[ Wednesday 13th June 2007 ] [ Biology ]
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Mathematical model improves reactor efficiency |
During his PhD project at Eindhoven University of Technology, Dutch researcher Vinit Chilekar developed a mathematical model for the design of a so-called slurry bubble column. That is a reactor for large-scale chemical processes, in which a gas, a liquid or a solid are brought into contact with each other.
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[ Wednesday 13th June 2007 ] [ Engineering and Math ]
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Potatoes Could Be Used for Bioplastics |
The usual choices for potatoes include baked, mashed or french fried, but a new study suggests another option: plastic.
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[ Wednesday 13th June 2007 ] [ Chemistry ]
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Neural stem cells reduce Parkinson's symptoms in monkeys |
New Haven, Conn.—Primates with severe Parkinson’s disease were able to walk, move, and eat better, and had diminished tremors after being injected with human neural stem cells, a research team from Yale, Harvard, the University of Colorado, and the Burnham Institute report today in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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[ Wednesday 13th June 2007 ] [ Biology ]
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Scientists decode RNA mystery, will help aim drug therapies |
A team of University of Maryland scientists have made a discovery that will help better direct drug therapies to their molecular targets.
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[ Wednesday 13th June 2007 ] [ Biology ]
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