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By Geoff Brumfiel of Nature magazine Bill Murray is a man with secrets.
Read More »Neutrino Experiment Replicates Faster-Than-Light Finding
By Eugenie Samuel Reich of Nature magazine Physicists have replicated the finding that the subatomic particles called neutrinos seem to travel faster than light. [More]
Read More »Frog Jumps Back from Extinction in Israel
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - They thought it had croaked. But missing for a half-century and listed as extinct in 1996, the Hula painted frog has been spotted again in northern Israel, its only known habitat
Read More »Upcoming Climate Summit Urged to Clean Up Farming
LBy Natasha Gilbert of Nature magazine Delegates meeting this month in Durban, South Africa, to assess international progress on tackling climate change need to look beyond smoke stacks and car exhausts to a neglected source of emissions--agriculture. That's the message from an international group of leading agricultural and climate scientists in a report published on November 16. [More]
Read More »Ancient Moth Sported a Green Sheen
By Sid Perkins of Nature magazine The original colours of a fossilized moth have been brought back to life for the first time. [More]
Read More »Depression Drug Targeting New Pathway Fails to Work Well
By Heidi Ledford of Nature magazine It would not be the first psychiatric drug to run aground in a large study after sailing through early trials. [More]
Read More »Pair claim they have turned hydrogen to metal
(PhysOrg.com) -- Many have tried, but none have succeeded. For at least a hundred years, scientists looking at hydrogen have scratched their chins when musing over the fact that it, as an alkali metal, by all rights should exist as a metal under the right circumstances
Read More »Proof Found for Unifying Quantum Principle
By Eugenie Samuel Reich of Nature magazine When John Cardy proposed a far-reaching principle to constrain all possible theories of quantum particles and fields, he expected it to be quickly rebutted. [More]
Read More »Maps Identify Fallout and Radiation Hotspots from Japan Nuclear Disaster
By Edwin Cartlidge of Nature magazine The distribution of fallout from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has now been mapped by two independent teams. [More] Presented By: Grainger has power transmission covered.
Read More »Work Smart: 4 Tips For Startups
Most startups are not well led--that's the nature of most new business ventures, everyone is learning as they go along. But there are some common best practices to keep in mind, which I describe in this week's episode.
Read More »Magnetic Cows Finding Disputed by Researchers
By Daniel Cressey of Nature magazine In 2008, the world's media was captivated by a study apparently showing that cows like to align themselves with magnetic fields. [More]
Read More »Sickle-Cell Anemia Mystery Is Solved
By Meredith Wadman of Nature magazine It has been a medical mystery for 67 years, ever since the British geneticist Anthony Allison established that carriers of one mutated copy of the gene that causes sickle-cell anaemia are protected from malaria. [More]
Read More »5 Steps to Getting Paid on Time
Every business runs into deadbeat customers.
Read More »Computerized Pathologist Grades Breast Tumors and Predicts Outcomes
By Heidi Ledford of Nature magazine A computer program has been trained to grade breast cancer, predicting which tumours are associated with worse outcomes and, therefore, deserve more aggressive treatment.
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