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3 Americans Share Nobel for Medicine
Three scientists solved a longstanding puzzle of cell biology with deep relevance to cancer and aging.
Study: Komodo dragon native of Australia
BRISBANE, Australia, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Australian, Malaysian and Indonesian scientists say they've determined the world's largest living lizard species, the Komodo Dragon, is an Australian native.
Why Do Our Muscles Age? Muscle Regeneration Gets A Boost
Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley say they have identified critical biochemical pathways linked to the aging of human muscle and, by manipulating these pathways, they were able to...
New Chemical Method For Distinguishing Between Farmed And Wild Salmon
Wild salmon and farmed salmon can now be distinguished from each other by a technique that examines the chemistry of their scales.
Putting The Squeeze On Sperm DNA: Streamlined Sperm Offer New Way To Read Histone Code
In the quest for speed, olympic swimmers shave themselves or squeeze into high-tech super-suits. In the body, sperm are the only cells that swim and, as speed is crucial to...
Fungi-Infested Violin Beats Strad
Scientist and violin maker create instruments made from wood treated with fungi.
Getting plants to rid themselves of pesticide residues
Scientists in China have discovered that a natural plant hormone, applied to crops, can help plants eliminate residues of certain pesticides. The study is in the current issue of ACS'...
Planet's nitrogen cycle overturned by 'tiny ammonia eater of the seas'
It's not every day you find clues to the planet's inner workings in aquarium scum. But that's what happened a few years ago when University of Washington researchers cultured a...
Scientists fight back on giant Asian carp
MILWAUKEE, Sept. 30 (UPI) -- Lake Michigan's food chain is under threat from an invasive fish and biologists are working on ways to keep it out of the lake,...
Study provides new insights into marine ecosystems and fisheries production
NOAA and Norwegian researchers recently completed a comparative analysis of marine ecosystems in the North Atlantic and North Pacific to see what factors support fisheries production, leading to new insights...
The Age Of Telekinetic Cyborg Monkeys Is Upon Us
Last year, a monkey managed to move a robot arm using nothing but its mind. The arm was wired to the monkey's brain, and the simian test subject maneuvered the arm as...
A Twist in the Genome Thwarts Hepatitis C
(PhysOrg.com) -- Viruses like Hepatitis C proliferate by tricking cellular machinery into manufacturing the parts for duplicate viral particles.
India drought 'worst since 1972'
India suffered its weakest monsoon for nearly 40 years, the country's meteorological department says.
NXP Introduces Intelligent Switches Supporting HDMI 1.4
NXP Semiconductors today unveiled intelligent switches supporting the new HDMI 1.4 specification released in June 2009.
Springtime Sheep Grazing Helps Control Leafy Spurge
(PhysOrg.com) -- Using sheep to control leafy spurge works best if it's done in the spring every year, according to an Agricultural Research Service (ARS) study.
Monkeys' grooming habits provide clues to how we socialise
(PhysOrg.com) -- A study of female monkeys' grooming habits provides new clues about the way humans socialise. New research reveals a link between the size of the neocortex in the...
Research puts a 'Fas' to the cause of programmed cell death
Walter and Eliza Hall Institute researchers have put an end to a 10-year debate over which form of a molecular messenger called Fas ligand is responsible for killing cells during...
Government to remap manatee habitat
It has been more than 30 years since federal wildlife managers formally mapped the places where endangered manatee live in Florida. On Tuesday, they acknowledged it's probably time for an...
Cause of Florida shark deaths unknown
MARCO ISLAND, Fla., Sept. 30 (UPI) -- The official cause of death of nine bonnethead sharks and two black tip sharks found dead in Marco Island, Fla., remains unknown,...
Thirsty eucalyptus trees get the chop in Kenya
Farmers in drought-stricken Kenya are uprooting imported eucalyptus species that were planted near water sources.
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Weightless cells waste away
To find out why low gravity causes muscle wasting, researchers have grown stem cells in weightless conditions.
'Vegetarian' monkeys develop a taste for eggs
Howlers monkeys are caught on film eating bird's eggs, the first time they have been observed rejecting a vegetarian diet.
This could be an awesome year for fall foliage, expert says
(PhysOrg.com) -- For more than 20 years, Marc Abrams has studied how precipitation and temperature influence the timing and intensity of fall foliage colors in Pennsylvania. Every year during that...
Survey - Which Countries Come Down In Favor Of GMO For Pharmaceuticals?
Like Spain, Israel, the USA and some other countries, a survey of Danish citizens support using GM plants for production of pharmaceuticals - science Austria, Germany and Japan and some others...
Study finds weed killer hurts fish, frogs
TAMPA, Fla., Sept. 29 (UPI) -- Two University of South Florida biologists say the popular weed killer atrazine interferes with the growth of fish and amphibians.
New Chemically-activated Antigen Could Expedite Development Of HIV Vaccine
Scientists working to develop a vaccine for the human immunodeficiency virus report they have created the first antigen that induces protective antibodies capable of blocking infection of human cells by...
Nanoresearchers Challenge Dogma In Protein Transportation In Cells
New data on signaling proteins, called G proteins, may prove important in fighting diseases such as cardiovascular, neurodegenerative disorders, and cancer. For many decades scientists have wondered how signaling proteins...