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Tasmanian Tiger No Match For Dingo
The wily dingo out competed the much larger marsupial Tasmanian tiger (thylacine) by being better built anatomically to resist the "mechanical stresses"associated with killing large prey, say Australian scientists. 'A Sense Of Where You Are' Gives Clues To How We Think As Well As What
Bowling Green State University researchers measured the electrical firing of 51 individual cells in the medial mammillary nucleus of five rats' brains -- "to our knowledge…the first recordings from medial mammillary body cells in awake animals,"according to their research paper. Salmonella Uses Hydrogen As An Energy Source, New Study Shows
New research, headed by microbiologists from the University of Georgia, show for the first time that Salmonella -- a widespread and often deadly bacterial pathogen -- use molecular hydrogen to grow and become virulent. The discovery represents a way that diseases caused by Salmonella and other enteric infections could be lessened or even eliminated. NMR hands it to agrichemicals, pharmaceuticals
Determining the absolute configuration of small molecules is critical to the drug and agrichemicals industry where one chiral form of a compound may be active and the other not, or one safe and the other potentially hazardous. Now, Japanese agricultural scientists have exploited the power of NMR to reveal the handedness of beta-chiral primary alcohols, an important group of synthetic precursor compounds. With such molecules' chirality in hand, drug and pesticide development might proceed more effectively allowing novel compounds of known chirality to be synthesised. Smoking ban
Asthma sufferers, non-smokers, and those who really just don’t care for passive-smoking-induced lung cancer can breathe a long sigh of relief as England follows other enlightened states and places a ban on smoking in enclosed public places, such as pubs, clubs, and restaurants, from July 1, 2007.There’s sure to be an enormous backlash from [...] University Of Arizona Launches Major Scientific Research Initiative At
The University of Arizona today announces a major new scientific initiative to tackle the grand challenges facing science and society, including global climate change, the fate of water and how energy travels through Earth's ecosystems. The University will lease the 34.5-acre (14 hectare) Biosphere 2 campus in Oracle, Ariz. The UA will develop Biosphere 2 into a center for research, outreach, teaching and life-long learning about Earth, its living systems and its place in the universe. Cholesterol-regulating Protein Maintains Fat-storage, Fat-burning Bala
A protein that regulates cholesterol levels in the body also is responsible for maintaining a healthy balance between fat storage and fat burning, according to a UT Southwestern Medical Center study that may lead to new drug targets in the fight against obesity. Food 'Tricks'That Combat Sneaky, Creepy Halloween Treats
The sneakiest, creepiest surprise this Halloween may actually be in the candy dish. A new study shows we eat about half as many mini-size Halloween candies when the old wrappers are in plain sight, according to researchers. "Having a visual reminder of how much they ate, helped them eat less,"says researchers. "Your stomach can't count, but your eyes can when they seen the empty wrappers." The New "American Girl"
September 2002 article about the representation of history and ethnicity in the American Girl books series and accompanying dolls. The article focuses on the Kaya doll, which was released in 2002 and represents a member of the Nez Perce. From the National Review Online. North American Power Plant Air Emissions
This 2005 report "presents, for the first time, specific air pollutant information from 2002 for individual fossil fuel-fired power plants across North America."It provides data for sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, mercury, and carbon dioxide, a map showing geographic distribution of power plants, emissions for specific facilities, and more. From the Commission for Environmental Cooperation, "an international organization created by Canada, Mexico and the United States under the North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation."
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