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New research into gigantic flying reptiles has found that they weren’t all gull-like predators grabbing fish from the water but that some were strongly adapted for life on the ground.
Pterosaurs lived during the age of dinosaurs 230 to 65 million years ago. A new study, published in PLoS ONE this week, by researchers at the […]

Shocking pink millipede, 75-million-year-old dinosaur and ‘Michelin Man’ plant make the list
TEMPE, Ariz. – The International Institute for Species Exploration at Arizona State University and an international committee of taxonomists – scientists responsible for species exploration and classification – today announce the top 10 new species described in 2007.
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ARGONNE, Ill. (June 5, 2008) – A glass of milk, a gallon of paint, and a bottle of salad dressing all look to the naked eye like liquids. But when viewed under a microscope these everyday liquids, called “colloids,” actually contain small globules or particles that stay suspended in solution.
Colloids require a delicate balance of […]

A higher-protein diet that emphasizes lean meats and low-fat dairy foods as sources of protein and calcium can mean weight loss without bone loss–and the evidence is in bone scans taken throughout a new University of Illinois study.
The research, which compared the results of a high-protein, dairy-intensive diet with a conventional weight-loss diet based on […]

Brandeis University revamping science education to attract more diverse studentsWaltham, MA—What do glowing veggies have to do with a career in science” It just so happens that electrified pickles swimming in metal ions are one example of the type of undergraduate chemistry class demonstration that helps make a future in science a bright possibility, rather […]

New structuresA research team composed of electrochemists and materials scientists from two continents has produced a new form of the industrially-important metal platinum: 24-facet nanocrystals whose catalytic activity per unit area can be as much as four times higher than existing commercial platinum catalysts.
The new platinum nanocrystals, whose “tetrahexahedral” structure had not previously been reported […]

Have you ever wondered what happens in the rainforest when no one is looking?
Research in the University of Alberta’s Faculty of Science may soon be able to answer that question. The departments of computing science and earth and atmospheric science have been working together to create a Wireless Sensor Network that allows for the clandestine […]

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Scientists may have found a new way to combat the most dangerous form of computer virus.
The method automatically detects within minutes when an Internet worm has infected a computer network.
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Personal genomes may lead to personalized vitamin supplements
Berkeley — As the cost of sequencing a single human genome drops rapidly, with one company predicting a price of $100 per person in five years, soon the only reason not to look at your “personal genome” will be fear of what bad news lies in your genes.
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Genome may yield clues about evolution and disease prevention
The curious discovery of the duck-billed, egg-laying, otter-footed, beaver-tailed, venomous platypus in Australia in 1798 convinced British scientists that it must be a hoax. Sketches of its appearance were thought to be impossible.
But new research proves that the oddness of the platypus’ looks isn’t just skin-deep. Platypus […]

Weizmann Institute physicists have demonstrated, for the first time, the existence of ‘quasiparticles’ with one quarter the charge of an electron. This finding could be a first step toward creating exotic types of quantum computers that might be powerful, yet highly stable.
Fractional electron charges were first predicted over 20 years ago under conditions existing in […]

NEWPORT NEWS, VA – Research performed at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility has found that protons are about 20 times more likely to pair up with neutrons than with other protons in the nucleus. The result will be published online by the journal Science, at the Science Express website.
The result, […]