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Science Of Strawberries
Goran Ivanisevic's offer to serve strawberries at this year's Wimbledon may be a more useful job than he imagined. As well as delicious with cream, this symbol of the summer could help fight cancer according to scientists. Research has shown that natural plant chemicals in strawberries can inhibit the growth of cancer cells. And now scientists at... view more... (2003-06-19)
A missing link settles debate over the origin of frogs and salamanders
The description of an ancient amphibian that millions of years ago swam in quiet pools and caught mayflies on the surrounding land in Texas has set to rest one of the greatest current controversies in vertebrate evolution. The discovery was made by a research team led by scientists at the University of Calgary. view more (2008-05-22)
The Secrets of 10th Century Steel Production Unearthed In Desert Remains
Dr Dafydd Griffiths, part of the international research team from University College London, says, "These remains give a fascinating glimpse from over 1,000 years ago of a process for making crucible steel using a sophisticated furnace design. We know of no ancient metallurgical furnaces of similar design." view more (1999-07-29)
2000-year-old statue of an athlete sheds light on corrosion and other modern challenges
The restoration of a 2,000-year-old bronze sculpture of the famed ancient Greek athlete Apoxyomenos may help modern scientists understand how to prevent metal corrosion, discover the safest ways to permanently store nuclear waste, and understand other perplexing problems. view more (2009-07-09)
Soft tissue taken from Tyrannosaurus rex fossil yields original protein
What happens when a 68 million-year-old Tyrannosaurus Rex meets 21st century medical science? A North Carolina State University researcher and her colleagues at Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center found out when they confirmed the existence of protein in soft tissue recovered from the bone of a 68 million-year-old T.... view more... (2007-04-13)
Scientists scuttle claims that 'Hobbit' fossil from Flores, Indonesia, is a new hominid
When scientists found 18,000-year-old bones of a small, humanlike creature on the Indonesian island of Flores in 2003, they concluded that the bones represented a new species in the human family tree that they named Homo floresiensis. view more (2006-05-19)
Disease-causing Escherichia coli: 'I will survive'
Strains of Escherichia coli bacteria that cause food poisoning have been shown to have marked differences in the numbers of genes they carry compared to laboratory strains of E. coli. view more (2009-09-09)
DOE JGI sequences DNA from extinct cave bear
The genomic DNA sequencing of an extinct Pleistocene cave bear species-the kind of stuff once reserved for science fiction-has been logged into scientific literature thanks to investigators from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI). view more (2005-06-03)
Evidence from ancient European graves raises questions about ritual human sacrifice
A fascinating new paper from the June issue of Current Anthropology explores ancient multiple graves and raises the possibility that hunter gatherers in what is now Europe may have practiced ritual human sacrifice. view more (2007-05-30)
Species Diversity Less Dramatic Than Believed
A study published in the current issue of Science challenges the long-held belief that diversity of marine species has been increasing continuously since the origin of animals. Dr. Thomas D. Olszewski, a geology and geophysics professor at Texas A&M University, has been a part of the international team that carried out this decade-long study,... view more... (2008-07-08)
Milk goes 'green': Today's dairy farms use less land, feed and water
Dairy genetics, nutrition, herd management and improved animal welfare over the past 60 years have resulted in a modern milk production system that has a smaller carbon footprint than mid-20th century farming practices. view more (2009-06-11)
UC Davis study finds distinct genetic profiles
An international team of scientists lead by researchers at UC Davis Health System has found that, with respect to genetics, modern Europeans fall into two groups: a Northern group and a Southern, or Mediterranean one. view more (2006-09-18)
Scientists discover 'light echoes' of ancient supernovae
Astronomers have found "light echoes" from three ancient supernovae by detecting their faint, centuries-old light reflected in the clouds of interstellar dust. view more (2005-12-23)
New piece in the jigsaw puzzle of human origins
In an article in today's Nature, Uppsala researcher Martin Brazeau describes the skull and jaws of a fish that lived about 410 million years ago. The study may give important clues to the origin of jawed vertebrates, and thus ultimately our own evolution. view more (2009-01-16)
Why can't chimps speak?
If humans are genetically related to chimps, why did our brains develop the innate ability for language and speech while theirs did not? view more (2009-11-12)
DNA replication behavior in complex organisms may foreshadow leaps in genomic discoveries
For the first time, findings by scientists at the Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) may be paving the way for more efficient analyses and tests related to the replication of cells, and ultimately, to the better understanding of human biology, such as in stem cell research. view more (2007-08-16)
Sudden collapse in ancient biodiversity: Was global warming the culprit?
Scientists have unearthed striking evidence for a sudden ancient collapse in plant biodiversity. A trove of 200 million-year-old fossil leaves collected in East Greenland tells the story, carrying its message across time to us today. view more (2009-06-19)
Mothers transmit DNA through daughters only
Scientists have argued whether or not the often-studied mitochondrial DNA molecule is clonally inherited. It is with assuming clonal inheritance this type of DNA has been used to track the origin of modern human as well as to draw pictures of genetic relationships among other animals and plants. The conflict has now been solved by two evolutionary... view more... (2001-09-06)
Draft version of the Neanderthal genome completed
The Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, in Leipzig, Germany, and the 454 Life Sciences Corporation, in Branford, Connecticut, will announce on 12 February during the 2009 Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and at a simultaneous European press briefing that they have completed a first... view more... (2009-02-12)
Which university course is healthiest?
The subject you study at university determines how healthy you will be in the future, suggests new research published in the August Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine. Dr Peter McCarron and colleagues in Glasgow and Belfast followed up health records collected from male students at Glasgow University between 1948 and 1968. They discovered... view more... (2003-07-28)
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