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Single-stranded DNA-binding Protein Is Dynamic, Critical To DNA Repair
Researchers report that a single-stranded DNA-binding protein, once thought to be a static player among the many molecules that interact with DNA, actually moves back and forth along single-stranded DNA, gradually allowing other proteins to repair, recombine or replicate the strands. Manhattan Projects
As urban populations grow, skylines are rapidly getting taller. Cities like London and Dubai will be scraping more of the sky by 2012. By Patrick Di Justo from Wired magazine. Kids Eat More Fruits, Vegetables When Schools Offer Salad Bar
A new study has found that elementary schools can significantly increase the frequency of fruit and vegetable consumption among low-income students by providing a lunch salad bar. Animal Sounds
This table lists animal sounds represented in more than a dozen languages. Some of the sounds include bee droning, cat purring, chicken clucking, mouse squeaking, lion roaring, and owl hooting. Also features animal commands and typical pet names in different languages. From a professor of biomedical engineering at the University of Adelaide, whose interests include device physics and noise. Math Model Accurately Mimics Cell Division In Carbon-cycling Bacterium
Scientists have developed a quantitative, mathematical model of DNA replication and cell division for the bacterium Caulobacter crescentus. Does Diabetes Speed Up Memory Loss In Alzheimer's Disease?
Research has shown that diabetes increases the risk of Alzheimer's disease and the risk of memory loss in people who don't have Alzheimer's disease. But it hasn't been clear whether people with Alzheimer's disease and diabetes have more rapid memory loss than those who have Alzheimer's disease but no diabetes. Now We'll Find the WMD
Robert Gates, the president's choice for a new defense secretary, thinks computer viruses are weapons of mass destruction, and could be worse than nuclear and biological weapons. Who do we invade over this? In 27B Stroke 6. Pope John Paul II: His Life Remembered
Special report on Catholic leader Pope John Paul II, who died in April 2005. Features a timeline, photos, audio clips of speeches, news stories, and articles about the papal transition and potential successors. From National Public Radio (NPR). Doubling Doses Of Vitamin A Does Not Help Mothers And Children
Giving mothers and children in developing countries twice the WHO recommended doses of vitamin A, as suggested by an international vitamin group, does not have a beneficial effect. The findings are reported in a recent article. Extremely Preterm Infants Receive More Treatments, But Are No More Lik
When compared with infants born between 1993 and 1995, more infants born at 22 to 24 weeks' gestation at one academic medical center in 2001 to 2003 received life-sustaining interventions but were no more likely to survive, according to a new report.
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