Three first-ever atomic nuclei created at NSCL; new super-heavy aluminum isotopes may exist
Oct 24, 2007 |
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Researchers at Michigan State University’s National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, NSCL, have created three never-before-observed isotopes of magnesium and aluminum. The results not only stake out new ...
Study casts doubt on creationism
Oct 24, 2007 |
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The St Bernard dog – named after the 11th century priest Bernard of Menthon – may have ironically challenged the theory of creationism, say scientists.
Fossil record supports evidence of impending mass extinction
General Science / Archaeology & Fossils
Oct 24, 2007 |
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Global temperatures predicted for the coming centuries may trigger a new ‘mass extinction event’, where over 50 per cent of animal and plant species would be wiped out, warn scientists at the Universities of York and Leeds.
Daylight savings time disrupts humans' natural circadian rhythm
Medicine & Health / Psychology
Oct 24, 2007 |
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When people living in many parts of the world move their clocks forward one hour in the spring in observance of daylight saving time (DST), their bodies’ internal, daily rhythms don’t adjust with them, reports a new study ...
California Wildfires Continue to Grow: NASA Satellite Images Show
Space & Earth science / Environment
Oct 24, 2007 |
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NASA satellites have obtained new images of the California wildfires, illustrating the immense scale of the blazes. The National Interagency Fire Center reports that 12 large, uncontained fires have burned ...
Sony Newly Improved Cyber-Shot 4GB Internal Memory Set for Launch
Electronic Devices / Consumer & Gadgets
Oct 24, 2007 |
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Sony is set to release the latest member of the Cyber-shot family. It has 4GB of internal flash memory and a host of improved features. The release date for Japan is late November and the rest of the world ...
Severely restricted diet linked to physical fitness into old age
Oct 24, 2007 |
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Severely restricting calories leads to a longer life, scientists have proved. New research now has shown for the first time that such a diet also can maintain physical fitness into advanced age, slowing the seemingly inevitable ...
Massive California fires consistent with climate change
Space & Earth science / Environment
Oct 24, 2007 |
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The catastrophic fires that are sweeping Southern California are consistent with what climate change models have been predicting for years, experts say, and they may be just a prelude to many more such events in the future ...
Dwarf galaxies need dark matter too
Space & Earth science / Astronomy
Oct 24, 2007 |
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Stars in dwarf spheroidal galaxies behave in a way that suggests the galaxies are utterly dominated by dark matter, University of Michigan astronomers have found.
Adult stem cells lack key regulator
Oct 24, 2007 |
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The protein Oct4 plays a major role in embryonic stem cells, acting as a master regulator of the genes that keep the cells in an undifferentiated state. Unsurprisingly, researchers studying adult stem cells ...
