Science News / Nonstick Chemicals Linked To Infertility
A provocative new study finds that women who have trouble getting pregnant are more likely to have high concentrations of certain nonstick-chemical pollutants circulating in their blood than are those who become pregnant within the first month of ... [... more]
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Molecular fossils
The first animals on Earth didn't leave behind rock fossils, but scientists can still find these ancient creatures by finding their invisible molecular fossils Home / News / News item FOR KIDS: Invisible fossils of the first animals The first ... [... more]
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Environmental Science & Technology
Lead concentrations spiked in many children living in the nation's capital after the local water authority altered the treatment used to disinfect drinking water. About seven-and-a-half years ago, the District of Columbia's water authority ... [... more]
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Blood
For more than a decade, study after study has extolled the cancer-fighting virtues of green tea, or at least extracts of its polyphenol antioxidants. But preliminary data now suggest that for some people this herbal remedy may not prove ... [... more]
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New England Journal of Medicine
Last September, Chinese officials acknowledged that months-long illegal use of a fraudulent protein substitute - melamine - had poisoned powdered infant formula that was sold throughout the country. Some 300,000 children are believed to have ... [... more]
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Science News / Whipping Fluids Along In Microlabs
Scientists detail one way for hairlike structures to move liquid in a "lab on a chip" Home / News / News item Whipping fluids along in microlabs Scientists detail one way for hairlike structures to move liquid in a "lab on a chip" By [... more]
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Science News / New Money For Undergraduate Research
Profs who want to push science beyond the classroom have a strong ally: the Tucson, Ariz.-based Research Corporation for Science Advancement. In about a month, it will begin issuing requests for proposals to launch a new type of grants for ... [... more]
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Science News / Half-life (more Or Less)
Physicists are stirred by claims that the sun may change what's unchangeable-the rate of radioactive decay Home / November 22nd, 2008; Vol.174 #11 / Feature Half-life (more or less) Physicists are stirred by claims that the sun may change what's ... [... more]
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Science News / Nicotine's New Appeal
Mimicking the addictive compound's action in the brain could lead to new drugs for Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and schizophrenia First, let's clear the air: Nicotine invites addiction, and it employs a delivery device that's been killing people for ... [... more]
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Science News / Superconductors Escape Flatland
Iron-based materials allow 3-D current flow at high temperatures, open new doors for understanding superconductivity Home / News / News item Superconductors escape Flatland Iron-based materials allow 3-D current flow at high temperatures, open ... [... more]
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Science News / Quantum Information Teleported Between ...
New technique can move fragile quantum data between atoms without destroying it Home / News / News item Quantum information teleported between distant atoms New technique can move fragile quantum data between atoms without destroying it By ... [... more]
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Science News / Going Nano To See Viruses 3-D
Home / News / News item Going nano to see viruses 3-D 'Technical tour de force' is first step to seeing proteins in 3-D By Patrick Barry Web edition : Monday, January 12th, 2009 Text Size Physicists have created an MRI-like machine capable of ... [... more]
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