The selective gene-silencing technique called RNA interference holds promise for medicine if it can be…
Month: July 2008
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Spitzer Reveals ‘No Organics’ Zone Around Pinwheel Galaxy
The Pinwheel galaxy is gussied up in infrared light in a new picture from NASA’s…
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Plants Make Vaccine For Treating Type Of Cancer In Phase-1 Study
Plants could act as safe, speedy factories for growing antibodies for personalized treatments against a…
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90 Billion Tons Of Microbial Organisms Live In Deep Marine Subsurface: More Archaea Than Bacteria
Biogeoscientists show evidence of 90 billion tons of microbial organisms — expressed in terms of…
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Sony Aims To Step Up Sales and Dethrone Nintendo
Nintendo’s Wii may be in the lead, but Sony is looking to reach the 150…
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MySpace Will Support OpenID Log-Ins Between Sites
MySpace announced this week it will support the OpenID initiative, which allows users to move…
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Apple Stock Drops Despite Jump in 3Q Profit
Shares of Apple Inc. fell sharply as investors focused more on the company’s cautious guidance…
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Comcast Pushed To Block Child-Porn Access
New York’s attorney general notified Comcast Corp. on Monday that the state will take legal…
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Common Wisdom About Troubled Youth Falls Apart When Race Considered
One of the most widely accepted beliefs about the differences between troubled boys and girls…
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Exotic Materials Using Neptunium, Plutonium Provide Insight Into Superconductivity
Physicists have gained new insight into the origins of superconductivity — a property of metals…