Mercury's 'tail' is longer than thought
U.S. scientists have used sodium atoms to determine Mercury's comet-like tail is much longer than had been thought.
Earth Sciences
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Jump into the screen with 360-degree immersive video
As you watch a video, have you ever wondered what's happening beyond the camera frame? If you could jump inside the video and look around, you would have a 360-degree view of the world in your TV screen or computer monitor.
Researchers catch rats' twitchy whiskers in action
Rats use their whiskers in a way that is closely related to the human sense of touch: Just as humans move their fingertips across a surface to perceive shapes and textures, rats twitch their whiskers to achieve the same goal. ...
Feb 27, 2008
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Scientists pour cold water on EU bird policy
New research from the University of Exeter in collaboration with the University of Texas at Austin published in the journal Science (22 February 2008) questions claims that EU conservation policy has been successful in protecting ...
Feb 27, 2008
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Researchers offer new theory for dogfish and skate population outburst on George's Bank
New research by scientists at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science Chesapeake Biological Laboratory questions the long-held belief that a lack of predators and competitors was the primary cause for ...
Environment
Feb 27, 2008
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Destruction of Sumatra forests driving global climate change and species extinction
Turning just one Sumatran province's forests and peat swamps into pulpwood and palm oil plantations is generating more annual greenhouse gas emissions than the Netherlands and rapidly driving the province's elephants into ...
Environment
Feb 27, 2008
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New method ranks quality of scientific journals by field
Worldwide, the number of scientists is increasing as is the number of scientific journals and published papers, the latter two thanks in large part to the rise of electronic publishing. Scientists and other researchers are ...
Mathematics
Feb 27, 2008
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Gene that controls ozone resistance of plants could lead to drought-resistant crops
Biologists at the University of California, San Diego, working with collaborators at the University of Helsinki in Finland and two other European institutions, have elucidated the mechanism of a plant gene that controls the ...
Feb 27, 2008
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Bacteria beware: MIT graduate invents knock-out punch for antibiotic resistance
MIT graduate student and synthetic biologist Timothy Lu is passionate about tackling problems that pose threats to human health. His current mission: to destroy antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
Feb 27, 2008
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Scientists look at 'syringe' assembly in plague bacteria
Bacteria that cause the bubonic plague avoid death in our bodies by injecting our cells with immune evasion proteins. Scientists have discovered a new way bacteria build and hold the syringes, according to research published ...
Feb 27, 2008
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