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4 hrs ago | NASA

a Nasa-supported sky survey set to begin in 2008 could dramatically increase the number of known pla

“Once we find a big planet around a star, we know that smaller planets could be there, too.”

May 8, 2008: You know the planets of our solar system, each a unique world with its own distinctive appearance, size, and chemistry. via NASA

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9 hrs ago | Science Daily

Photosynthetic Dimmer Switch For Plants

“If this were the murder mystery board game Clue, you could say that we had found the weapon (zeaxanthin) but didn't know how and precisely where the crime took place”

This discovery holds important implications for the future design of artificial photosynthesis systems that could provide the world with a sustainable and secure source of energy. via Science Daily

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13 hrs ago | MediLexicon

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Warms Up

“About 60 percent of the biosensor cages are filled with xenon”

Main Category: Medical Devices Also Included In: MRI / PET / Ultrasound Article Date: 09 May 2008 Standard magnetic resonance imaging, MRI, is a superb diagnostic tool but one that suffers from low sensitivity, ... via MediLexicon

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21 hrs ago | Press & Sun-Bulletin

Toxic chemicals unwise

Maybe chemicals do cause brain damage. It's insanity time of the year again. NYSEG dropped off a bunch of leaflets about the toxic chemicals they are going to spray on power lines on and adjacent to our ... via Press & Sun-Bulletin

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Thursday | Business Wire

Sacramento Workshop May 20 Will Focus on Mode of Action Science in Health Risk Assessment

California risk assessors will have an opportunity to attend a workshop on the use of mode of action data in hazard identification and dose-response evaluations. via Business Wire

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Thursday | Med Ad News

Spectral and Toray expand collaboration to include new geographic territories

“Through our existing agreements, we have been establishing the value of our EAA(TM) diagnostic in combination with Toray's blood purification device in Japan and Europe”

Spectral Diagnostics Inc. today announced that it has expanded its relationship with Toray Medical Co. via Med Ad News

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Wednesday | Biology News Net

Molecular espionage shows a single HIV enzyme's many tasks

“We found that RT binds RNA and DNA primers with opposite orientations and that RT's function is dictated by this binding orientation.”

Using ingenious molecular espionage, scientists have found how a single key enzyme, seemingly the Swiss army knife in HIV's toolbox, differentiates and dynamically binds both DNA and RNA as part of the virus' ... via Biology News Net

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Wednesday May 7 | Science Daily

Spiraling Nanotrees Offer New Twist On Growth Of Nanowires

“These are beautiful, truly intriguing structures, but behind them is also a really beautiful, interesting science”

But when University of Wisconsin-Madison chemistry professor Song Jin and graduate student Matthew Bierman accidentally made some pine tree shapes one day -- complete with tall trunks and branches that tapered ... via Science Daily

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Wednesday May 7 | Science Daily

Researchers Target Tumors With Tiny 'Nanoworms'

“And this cooperative effect significantly improves the ability of the nanoworm to attach to a tumor.”

Their discovery, detailed in this week's issue of the journal Advanced Materials, is reminiscent of the 1966 science fiction movie, the Fantastic Voyage, in which a submarine is shrunken to microscopic ... via Science Daily

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Wednesday May 7 | Med Ad News

Dalton Pharma Services Licenses Thermo Fisher Scientific Technology...

“We are delighted to have this opportunity to work with Thermo Fisher Scientific in order to commercialize their novel biopolymers”

Dalton Pharma Services, a privately owned Canadian pharmaceutical services provider, and Thermo Fisher Scientific have entered into an agreement under which Dalton will use a proprietary Thermo Fisher ... via Med Ad News

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