Like a circuit breaker that prevents electrical wiring from overheating and bringing down the house, a tiny family of three molecules stops the immune system from mounting an out-of-control, destructive inflammatory response ...
Dec 13, 2007
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A company called MPK is designing a light source that will glow continuously for more than 12 years without any additional energy.
When humans began to migrate out of Africa about 100,000 years ago, their skin color gradually changed to adapt to their new environments. And when the last Ice Age ended about 10,000 years ago, marine ancestors of ocean-dwelling ...
Dec 13, 2007
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A researcher funded by the Lupus Research Institute (LRI) has discovered an entirely new and powerful molecular switch that controls the inflammatory response of the immune system. The major finding, reported in the December ...
Dec 13, 2007
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Weather broadcasts have long been a staple for people planning their day. Now with the help of NASA satellites, researchers are working to broaden daily forecasts to include predictions of air quality, a feat that is becoming ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 13, 2007
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On the morning of Friday July 20, 1928, the crew of an RAF aircraft took photographs over the site of the Roman town of Venta Icenorum at Caistor St Edmund in Norfolk, a site which now lies in open fields to the south of ...
Archaeology
Dec 13, 2007
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Construction is set to begin on a $6 million face-lift to restore terrain near Pikes Peak Highway in Colorado.
Environment
Dec 13, 2007
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The U.S. space agency has selected The Boeing Co. as the prime contractor to produce, deliver and install avionics systems for the Ares I rocket.
Space Exploration
Dec 13, 2007
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California scientists say a mudslide apparently has wiped out one of Orange County's last clusters of native rainbow trout.
Dec 13, 2007
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More than 10 years after the discovery of the first extrasolar planet, astronomers have now discovered more than 250 of these planets. Until a few years ago, most of the newly discovered exoplanets were Jupiter-mass, probably ...
Astronomy
Dec 13, 2007
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