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New dinosaur-like species is discovered
SALT LAKE CITY, March 3 (UPI) -- An international team of paleontologists says it has discovered a new species of dinosaur-like animals called Asilisaurus kongwe.
Polar bears found to descend from brown bears
WASHINGTON (AP) -- When it comes to bears, the polar species seems to be the new kid on the block. A rare fossil jaw found in...
Study: Whaling speeds up to climate change
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 26 (UPI) -- Whaling contributes to climate change, U.S. scientists have found.
New cancer-fighting strategy focuses on signaling molecules
Cancer researchers studying the immune system have identified a previously unrecognized set of targets and biomarkers to battle solid tumors.
Stressed nanomaterial: Startling activity
BALTIMORE, Feb. 25 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they've discovered that under certain conditions, newly developed nanocrystalline materials exhibit surprising activity.
The bigger the animal, the stiffer the 'shoes': Carnivores' feet 'tuned' to their body size
If a Tiger's feet were built the same way as a mongoose's feet, they'd have to be about the size of a hippo's feet to support the big cat's weight....
DNA relationships found between plants
GAINESVILLE, Fla., Feb. 25 (UPI) -- University of Florida scientists say a DNA study they conducted has made clearer the origins of flowering plants from peas to oak trees.
Gene mutation is linked to autism-like symptoms in mice, researchers find
When a gene implicated in human autism is disabled in mice, the rodents show learning problems and obsessive, repetitive behaviors, researchers have found.
Sound of melanoma: Ultrasound can help doctors find cancer more accurately
Researchers are studying how photoacoustics, or a laser-induced ultrasound, could help scientists locate the general area of the lymph node where melanoma cells could be residing. This new technology could...
Most Popular Baby Names in History
Parents are less likely to choose common names for their babies today. Here are lists of top baby names by year.
Nanotechnology could help Arab world
SAN DIEGO, Feb. 24 (UPI) -- The president of the African Academy of Sciences says nanotechnology could aid in the development of the world's Arab countries.
Elephant data informs habitat protection
(PhysOrg.com) -- Collaborative Cardiff University research tracking the movements of three Bornean elephants will inform protection of their habitat.
Where droplets gently touch a membrane
(PhysOrg.com) -- Little or nothing happens in cells without the involvement of the minute membrane vesicles: for example, vesicles act as recycling centres for cell waste, as detoxification stations and...
Curiosity to kill Australian cats
Australian scientists are hoping to add some truth to the old adage by using curiosity to kill some of the country's millions of wild cats.
Engineer creates unique software that predicts stem cell fate
A completely novel approach to analyzing time-lapse images of live stem cell behaviors has yielded a tool for successfully predicting outcomes of stem and progenitor cells. It will allow scientists...
Protein study shows evolutionary link between plants, humans
Inserting a human protein important in cancer development was able to revive dying plants, showing an evolutionary link between plants and humans and possibly making it easier to study the...
Fungal fumes clear out crop pests
A cocktail of compounds emitted by the beneficial fungus Muscodor albus may offer a biologically based way to fumigate certain crops and rid them of destructive pests.
Those Naughty Plants!
Many people, including me, are concerned about potential harm to crop biodiversity from gene flow. Most people's concern focuses on transgenics. There is a certain probability, albeit small, that transgenes...
Heated Research On The Origin Of Life In Warm Waters And Ernesto Di Mauro
Who's Ernesto Di Mauro? He is Professor of Molecular Biology at the Department of Genetics and Molecular Biology, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy. I caught his recent research in The...
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Discovery to move to its launch pad … Hearing loss twice as likely with diabetes … NASA Web page explains global warming … Gene variant linked to atrial fibrillation ......
State Wildlife Agencies Need Reform for Effective Stewardship of Public Trust
Commentary in The Journal of Wildlife Management: Many state wildlife agencies are dependent, financially and politically, on a single user group--hunters. Although this group should continue to be an integral...
E. coli Researchers Pinning New Hopes on Old DNA
WSU receives federal grant to target genetics of E. coli in cattle.
The Latest Buzz: Orszag Budgets for Caffeine Genetic Marker
Peter Orszag, the high-energy director of the White House Office of Management and Budget,... [Read more]
New insights to master signalling switch
(PhysOrg.com) -- UCD (University College Dublin) researchers and their collaborators in Sweden and the United States have identified a range of novel protein interactions involved in calcium signalling in brain...
PNAS announces 6 2009 Cozzarelli Prize recipients
WASHINGTON -- The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) Editorial Board has selected six PNAS papers to receive the 2009 Cozzarelli Prize, an award that recognizes outstanding...
Island Hoping: Are Reserves the Answer to Help Wildlife on the World's Sinking Archipelagos?
Dear EarthTalk : Are there any conservation efforts focused on animal species endemic to islands likely to be submerged by rising sea levels? --H. Wyeth, Anahola, Hawaii
Protein-pumps driven by light
Enhanced photoelectric response of bacteriorhodopsin paves way for new bioelectronics claim scientists in Singapore
Cloned sorghum is aluminum tolerant
(PhysOrg.com) -- Leon Kochian and colleagues have cloned a unique sorghum gene that is being used to develop sorghum lines that can withstand toxic levels of aluminum in the soil,...