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Fri, 9 May 2008 14:27:00 GMT

Google's Lunar X Prize: The contenders

So far, 10 teams have completed registration for the Google Lunar X Prize The first team to enter was Bob Richards' Odyssey Moon Ltd. Entrants are American, Romanian, multi-national First to reach the moon, send back footage will receive a $20 million
Fri, 9 May 2008 14:27:00 GMT

Germany Hosts Global Conference on Biological Diversity - Promoting a Global Response for Addressing the Unprecedented Loss of Biodiversity

- 'Renewing agricultural diversity of crops and livestock backed by a functional natural support system is the international community's best long-term solution to meet the global food challenge,'said Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention
Fri, 9 May 2008 14:07:00 GMT

Platypus' wacky genome a window to evolution

When British naturalist George Shaw received a weird specimen from Australia in 1799 - one with a mole's fur, a duck's bill and spurs on its rear legs - he did what any skeptical scientist would do: He looked for the stitching and glue that would reveal
Fri, 9 May 2008 14:00:00 GMT

Scientists identify key roadblock to gene expression

A team of scientists has provided, for the first time, a detailed map of how the building blocks of chromosomes, the cellular structures that contain genes, are organized in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster. The work identifies a critical stop sign
Fri, 9 May 2008 13:19:00 GMT

ACP says Medicare cuts will hurt physicians in small practices

(Washington) - Noting that many physicians across the country who lead small practices are at a business breaking point, David M. Dale, MD, FACP, president of the (ACP) testified today before the House Small Business Committee. Dr. Dale emphasized that
Fri, 9 May 2008 12:59:00 GMT

Invitrogen Scientists Link microRNA Sequences to Cancer Using RNA Samples from BioServe

In research demonstrating that RNA previously thought to have no biological relevance may be of use for therapeutic and diagnostic targets, Invitrogen Corporation and BioServe announced that their technologies identified noncoding RNAs that were
Fri, 9 May 2008 12:42:00 GMT

New idea in mortuary science: Dissolving bodies with lye

» 17 hrs ago: « (AP Photo Michael Conroy) Brad Crain, president of BioSafe Engineering, stands by one of the company's steel cylinders in Brownsburg, Ind. Monday April 7, 2008. Since they first walked the planet, humans have either buried or burned
Fri, 9 May 2008 12:22:00 GMT

NASA's New Science Chief Settles in for Long Haul

WASHINGTON - Ed Weiler, the 30-year NASA veteran who agreed in March to lead the agency's Science Mission Directorate temporarily, will fill that position permanently, NASA announced Wednesday. Weiler returned to the position he had held from 1998-2004
Fri, 9 May 2008 11:57:00 GMT

Discovery Of New Cancer Gene

Researchers at the OU Cancer Institute have identified a new gene that causes cancer. The ground-breaking research appears Monday in Nature's cancer journal Oncogene. The gene and its protein, both called RBM3, are vital for cell division in normal
Fri, 9 May 2008 11:49:00 GMT

More than 100 scientists take part in mapping genetic makeup of the platypus

SYDNEY, Australia, With a bill like a duck, a tail like a beaver and snake-like venom hidden in heel spurs, the platypus could be the result of some strange genetic experiment. And it is, scientists say: evolution. A scientific team published the genetic
Fri, 9 May 2008 11:03:00 GMT

The Role of Healthcare Work Environments in Shaping a Safety Culture

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Fri, 9 May 2008 10:49:00 GMT

Firstscience Science Fact of the Day - 9 May 2008

A wedding ring is generally exempt by law from inclusion among the assets in a bankruptcy estate. That means that a wedding ring can't be seized by creditors, no matter how much the bankrupt person owes.
Fri, 9 May 2008 10:45:00 GMT

[REPORTS] DNA from Pre-Clovis Human Coprolites in Oregon, North America

Pre-Clovis Human Coprolites in Oregon, North America Gilbert et al.Science 9 May 2008: 786-789DOI: 10.1126/science.1154116 Need ? How Do I Get Access? Sign In Registered Users and Subscribers User Name: Password: Auto Sign-In: Save my user name &
Fri, 9 May 2008 10:38:00 GMT

[REPORTS] Conditional Dynamics of Interacting Quantum Dots

Conditional Dynamics of Interacting Quantum Dots Robledo et al.Science 9 May 2008: 772-775DOI: 10.1126/science.1155374 Need ? How Do I Get Access? Sign In Registered Users and Subscribers User Name: Password: Auto Sign-In: Save my user name & password
Fri, 9 May 2008 10:37:00 GMT

[REPORTS] Controlled Phase Shifts with a Single Quantum Dot

Controlled Phase Shifts with a Single Quantum Dot Fushman et al.Science 9 May 2008: 769-772DOI: 10.1126/science.1154643 Need ? How Do I Get Access? Sign In Registered Users and Subscribers User Name: Password: Auto Sign-In: Save my user name &
Fri, 9 May 2008 10:37:00 GMT

[PERSPECTIVES] MATERIALS SCIENCEL: High-Frequency Chip Connections

MATERIALS SCIENCE: High-Frequency Chip Connections Spencer et al.Science 9 May 2008: 756-757DOI: 10.1126/science.1157129 Need ? How Do I Get Access? Sign In Registered Users and Subscribers User Name: Password: Auto Sign-In: Save my user name &
Fri, 9 May 2008 10:37:00 GMT

[PERSPECTIVES] PHYSICS: Designer Atomic Nuclei

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Fri, 9 May 2008 10:36:00 GMT

[BOOKS ET AL.] HISTORY OF SCIENCE: Protesting Scientists

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Fri, 9 May 2008 10:36:00 GMT

[LETTERS] Data Discrepancies in Solar-Climate Link

Discrepancies in Solar-Climate Link PierrehumbertScience 9 May 2008: 746aDOI: 10.1126/science.320.5877.746a Need ? How Do I Get Access? Sign In Registered Users and Subscribers User Name: Password: Auto Sign-In: Save my user name & password on this
Fri, 9 May 2008 10:34:00 GMT

[LETTERS] Evolution and Faith: Empathy Is Crucial

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Fri, 9 May 2008 10:34:00 GMT

[LETTERS] Evolution and Faith: Empathy Is Misplaced

Evolution and Faith: Empathy Is Misplaced StevensScience 9 May 2008: 745bDOI: 10.1126/science.320.5877.745b Need ? How Do I Get Access? Sign In Registered Users and Subscribers User Name: Password: Auto Sign-In: Save my user name & password on this
Fri, 9 May 2008 10:33:00 GMT

[NEWS FOCUS] CONSERVATION BIOLOGY: Into the Wild: Reintroduced Animals Face Daunting Odds

CONSERVATION BIOLOGY: Into the Wild: Reintroduced Animals Face Daunting Odds MorellScience 9 May 2008: 742-743DOI: 10.1126/science.320.5877.742 Need ? How Do I Get Access? Sign In Registered Users and Subscribers User Name: Password: Auto Sign-In:
Fri, 9 May 2008 10:33:00 GMT

[NEWS FOCUS] SCIENCE AND SOCIETY: Talk Nerdy to Me

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Fri, 9 May 2008 10:33:00 GMT

[NEWS FOCUS] PLANETARY SCIENCE: To Touch the Water of Mars and Search for Life's Abode

PLANETARY SCIENCE: To Touch the Water of Mars and Search for Life's Abode KerrScience 9 May 2008: 738-739DOI: 10.1126/science.320.5877.738 Need ? How Do I Get Access? Sign In Registered Users and Subscribers User Name: Password: Auto Sign-In: Save my
Fri, 9 May 2008 10:32:00 GMT

[NEWS] EVOLUTION IN THE SCHOOLS: States Push Academic Freedom Bills

EVOLUTION IN THE SCHOOLS: States Push Academic Freedom Bills BhattacharjeeScience 9 May 2008: 731aDOI: 10.1126/science.320.5877.731a Need ? How Do I Get Access? Sign In Registered Users and Subscribers User Name: Password: Auto Sign-In: Save my user
Fri, 9 May 2008 10:32:00 GMT

[NEWS] GENOMICS: Genome Speaks to Transitional Nature of Monotremes

GENOMICS: Genome Speaks to Transitional Nature of Monotremes FinkelScience 9 May 2008: 730DOI: 10.1126/science.320.5877.730 Need ? How Do I Get Access? Sign In Registered Users and Subscribers User Name: Password: Auto Sign-In: Save my user name &
Fri, 9 May 2008 10:32:00 GMT

[NEWS] U.S. SCIENCE POLICY: Going From RAGS to Riches Is Proving to Be Very Difficult

SCIENCE POLICY: Going From RAGS to Riches Is Proving to Be Very Difficu... MervisScience 9 May 2008: 728-729DOI: 10.1126/science.320.5877.728 Need ? How Do I Get Access? Sign In Registered Users and Subscribers User Name: Password: Auto Sign-In: Save
Fri, 9 May 2008 10:32:00 GMT

The Particle Whisperers: Mathematics Explains Why A Gentle Touch Works

What's more, they speculate that many microscopic systems, macroscopic ecosystems, and human social systems may respond to a gentle touch for the very same mathematical reasons. In order to test their hypothesis that heavy handedness can lead to loss of
Fri, 9 May 2008 10:31:00 GMT

Quantum Mechanical Con Game: Winning Every Time

A pair of physicists at Tel-Aviv University in Israel came up with the quantum cheat by imagining two people betting on the location of a particle hidden among a set of boxes. In the game, a quantum mechanical con artist named Alice turns away as her
Fri, 9 May 2008 10:30:00 GMT

'Crispy Noodle' Chemistry Could Reduce Carbon Emissions

Dr Peter Budd, a materials chemist working in the Organic Materials Innovation Centre (OMIC) at The , has won 150,000 worth of new funding to explore the use of a special polymer to effectively remove CO2 as its belched from fossil fuel power stations
Fri, 9 May 2008 10:29:00 GMT