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Science & Tech News tagged with research

Scientists Expand Program to 'Bar-Code' DNA of World's Plants, Animals
Science & Tech  (tags: scientists, technology, research, DNA, plants, animals, programmes )

Simone
- 2 hours ago - google.com
It sounds like a futuristic fantasy, but scientists are quietly creating a global databank of DNA bar codes for the world's flora and fauna that could be used to identify illicit goods at borders and track the spread of disease. From tiny micro-
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Male Sabertoothed Cats Were Pussycats Compared to Macho Lions
Science & Tech  (tags: science, research, male sabretooth cats, aggression, studyies, interesting, discovery )

Simone
- 2 hours ago - scienceblog.com
Despite their fearsome fangs, male sabertoothed cats may have been less aggressive than many of their feline cousins, says a new study of male-female size differences in extinct big cats. Commonly called the sabertoothed tiger, Smilodon fatalis was a
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NZ Scientists Seek Blue Sheep as Part of Nepal Leopard Study
Science & Tech  (tags: studies, research, snow leopard, scientists, blue sheep, nepal leopard )

Simone
- 7 hours ago - nznewsuk.co.uk
New Zealand scientists hope to improve the survival odds of the endangered snow leopard by studying its main prey in the Himalayas, the bharal, or blue sheep. A Nepali PhD student at Massey University, Achyut Aryal, and his professor are tramping
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Hidden Territory On Mercury Revealed
Science & Tech  (tags: Mercury, research, study, interesting )

Ingrid
- 2 days ago - spacedaily.com
The MESSENGER spacecraft's third flyby of the planet Mercury has given scientists, for the first time, an almost complete view of the planet's surface and revealed some dramatic changes in Mercury's comet-like tail.
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Tiger Conservation Head to Report on Science Project in Tiger Reserve
Science & Tech  (tags: science, research, tiger reserves, investigation, environment, study )

Simone
- 3 days ago - economictimes.indiatimes.com
Rajesh Gopal, who heads the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA), will soon submit a report on ecological impact of a proposed Rs 900-crore mega science project in a tiger reserve in Tamil Nadu which has drawn flak from the green brigade.
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NASA Probe Sees Changing Seasons on Mercury
Science & Tech  (tags: research, space, scientists, Mars, discovery )

Katie
- 3 days ago - msnbc.msn.com
A NASA spacecraft has spotted what appears to be changing seasons on Mercury and found much more iron on the surface of the small, rocky planet than previously thought.
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Researcher Behind the Drug Gleevec
Science & Tech  (tags: science, research, myeloid leukemia, study, medicine, humans, health, prevention, disease )

Dee
- 4 days ago - nytimes.com
Dr. Brian J. Druker, 54, an oncologist at Oregon Health and Sciences University and a Howard Hughes Medical Investigator, is one of three winners this year of the Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
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Giving Sight By Therapy With Genes
Science & Tech  (tags: science, research, study, humans, health, retinal diseasetreatment, prevention )

Dee
- 4 days ago - nytimes.com
By the time Corey Haas was 7, the retinal disease he was born with had already stolen much of his vision. "He always clung to me or my wife," said Corey's father, Ethan Haas.
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The Environmental Impact of Spam Email
Science & Tech  (tags: computer, humans, interesting, internet, research, study, technology )

Daphna
- 6 days ago - sayiamgreen.com
A recent publication by McAfee suggests that an estimated 62 trillion spam emails were sent worldwide in 2008. The paper argues that this volume of spam requires an energy use of 33 billion kilo-watt hours which is equivalent to:
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Good Dog, Smart Dog
Science & Tech  (tags: scientists, investigation, animals, dogs, canine, intelligence, health, humans, illness, seizure. alert, epilepsy, anxiety, depression, phobias, interesting, research, prevention, protection )

Tom
- 6 days ago - nytimes.com
The ability of dogs to tune in to needs of psychiatric patients, turn on lights for trauma victims afraid of the dark, remind owners to take medication and interrupt suicide attempts and self-mutilation, has lately attracted the attention of researchers.
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First the Moon, Now Antarctica: China Mapping Bottom of the World in Awesome Detail
Science & Tech  (tags: Discovery, science, research, land, Mapping, moon )

Sophie
- 8 days ago - dailygalaxy.com
Chinese scientists have shifted its focus from mapping the moon to completing the world's first land cover map of the Antarctica at the end of this year. The result will be the most accurate map of the continent ever published.
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NASAs Fermi Gamma Ray Space Telescope Mapped a Glimpse of Space-Time
Science & Tech  (tags: space, technology, science, research, nasa, interesting, astronomy )

Sally
- 8 days ago - newsblaze.com
Such a model would violate Einsteins edict that all electromagnetic radiation - radio waves, infrared, visible light, X-rays and gamma rays - travels through a vacuum at the same speed.
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Scientists Recommend Improvements After Reviewing Panther Protection Plan for Eastern Collier
Science & Tech  (tags: scientists, studies, florida panthers, endangered, research, investigation, environment )

Simone
- 9 days ago - naplesnews.com
A team of scientists is calling for improvements to a plan to protect the endangered Florida panther in eastern Collier County. In an 80-page report -- chock full of number-crunching tables, aerial images and detailed maps -- the scientists issue a
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Massive Pool of Magma May Feed Three Washington Volcanoes
Science & Tech  (tags: discovery, science, research, geology, environment, world, interesting, study )

Cal
- 10 days ago - enn.com
A new study suggests there's a vast pool of magma beneath southwestern Washington State that supplies Mount St. Helens, Mount Rainier and Mount Adams
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As Corals Kick the Bucket, It's Time to Freeze Them for Posterity
Science & Tech  (tags: world, technology, scientists, science, research, humans, interesting, environment, climate )

Daphna
- 11 days ago - treehugger.com
Coral reefs are dying, and despite our best efforts at conservation, many scientists think there's no stopping their decline. In a move on par with the creation of seed banks, scientists think it's time to start freezing species specimens in case we need
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