A few minor variations in one gene may make a difference in athletic endurance, according…
Month: February 2010
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Motion picture academy honors nerds of filmmaking (AP)
AP – Forty-five men you’ve probably never heard of were honored with an Academy Awards…
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Buzz’s Latest Tweaks Make for Some Awkward Social Interactions
Last week, Google Gmail customers saw a promised round of software changes whose purpose was…
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Parents still major influence on child’s decision to pursue science careers
Parental influence and access to mathematics courses are likely to guide students to careers in…
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Seeds from the Moringa tree can be used for water purification, study suggests
Pure water is a key requirement for good health and alternative cheap, safe methods are…
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Cell-cell interactions adapt to the stiffness of the environment
The ability of tissue cells to stick to one another is critical for many physiological…
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Discovery of nutrient ‘mining machine’ in plants
Scientists have discovered which genes control the specialized nutrient mining machine that develops on the…
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Critical enzyme in healthy heart function identified
Scientists are reporting the first-ever data to show that the enzyme calcineurin is critical in…
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Warmer planet temperatures could cause longer-lasting weather patterns
Although stagnant weather patterns are often difficult to predict, researchers are now studying whether increasing…
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Schools in China say they weren’t behind hacking (AP)
AP – Two prominent schools in China dispute allegations that hacking attacks on Google and…