Scientists have discovered at least one key reason why blood stem cells are susceptible to…
Month: August 2010
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Geologists revisit Earth’s Great Oxygenation Event: More like the ‘Great Redox Evolution’
Recent work with geochemical proxies for oxygen levels suggests that oxygen levels continued to fluctuate…
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Natural lung material is promising scaffold for engineering lung tissue using embryonic stem cells
Researchers report the first successful use of cell-depleted lung as a natural growth matrix for…
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Galactic ‘super-volcano’ in action
A galactic “super-volcano” in the massive galaxy M87 is erupting and blasting gas outwards. The…
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Why Germans are wary of Google Street View
Germans have long harbored an obsession about protecting privacy, with memories of Nazi-era denouncements of…
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Why Germans are wary of Google Street View
Germans have long harbored an obsession about protecting privacy, with memories of Nazi-era denouncements of…
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Quattro Wireless To Be Closed as Apple Focuses on iAd
Things are heating up in the mobile-ad world. As Research In Motion searches for an…
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Developer Demand Drives Nexus One Shortage
Although Google pulled the plug on consumer sales of its pioneering Nexus One in May,…
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Sen. Al Franken Blasts Move To Weaken Net Neutrality
As a satirical performer on TV’s Saturday Night Live and elsewhere, Al Franken has been…
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Homework wars: How can parents improve the odds of winning?
Children are more likely to do their homework if they see it as an investment,…