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1 hr ago | The Miami Herald

ERBA Diagnostics: Rooted in Mumbai, growing in Miami

ERBA products are employed in tests and analyses related to autoimmune and infectious diseases, diabetes and blood chemistry.

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Related Topix: World News, India, Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Science, Biotech, IVAX Diagnostics, Healthcare Industry, Miami Dade County, FL

Sun May 19, 2013

Universe Today

Drill, Baby, Drill! - How Does Curiosity 'Do It'

Video Caption: This JPL video shows the complicated choreography to get drill samples to Curiosity's instruments as she prepares for 2nd drilling at "Cumberland." See where "Cumberland" is located in our panoramic photo mosaic below.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, NASA, Robots, Science, Pasadena, CA

Newswise

In Early Earth, Iron Helped RNA Catalyze Electron Transfer

A new study shows how complex biochemical transformations may have been possible under conditions that existed when life began on the early Earth.

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Related Topix: Biology, Science, Biochemistry, Georgia Tech

MediLexicon

A Vicious Cycle That Helps Obesity Perpetuate Itself

With obesity reaching epidemic levels in some parts of the world, scientists have only begun to understand why it is such a persistent condition.

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Related Topix: Biology, Science, Brown University, Biochemistry, Health

Patch.com

Bolingbrook Job Central: Valley View, Tutors Needed, Meijer, Exelon

Job-searching? Want to see what's out there? Check out these job listings in the Bolingbrook area.

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Related Topix: Bolingbrook, IL, Retail, Apparel, Jos A Bank Clothiers, Naperville, IL, Science, Education Etc., Romeoville, IL

National Geographic

Rosalind Franklin works at a microscope.

In April, National Geographic News published a story about the letter in which scientist Francis Crick described DNA to his 12-year-old son.

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Related Topix: Science, Southern Methodist University, Texas, Pomona College, Astronomy

Anthroblogogy

Oldest water on earth

The finding, announced in the May 16 issue of the journal Nature, raises the tantalizing possibility that ancient life might be found deep underground not only within Earth , but in similar oases that may exist on Mars , the scientists who studied the water said.

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Related Topix: Science

Sat May 18, 2013

LongmontFYI

Longmont's Zometool settling in (hopefully) for growth phase

The roots of Longmont's Zometool date back decades, but the company has undergone a transformation in recent years.

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Related Topix: Longmont, CO, Marketing, Science, Inventions, Science / Technology, Boulder, CO

The Indianapolis Star

Nearly 250 faculty, students, community members provide ideas on how Purdue can save $40M

President Mitch Daniels isn’t the only one at Purdue University on a quest to save money at the West Lafayette campus.

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Related Topix: Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, Science

Live Science

vial of krypton gas

Discovery: The element was discovered by Sir William Ramsay, a Scottish chemist, and Morris M. Travers, an English chemist, in 1898.

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Related Topix: Science

Edmonton Journal

My House Beautiful: Hammers meet high heels in this home

With nary a 90-degree angle anywhere, a stone feature wall and other accessories she built herself, plus ceiling to floor windows overlooking Edmonton's river valley, Maegan Lukian's Edmonton condo is one of a kind.

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Related Topix: Home Listing, Home, North America Travel, Travel, Canada Travel, Edmonton, Canada Travel, Science

Gizmag

NASA's OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return mission goes to development

NASA's first asteroid sample return mission took a step closer to reality on Wednesday, as the OSIRIS-REx project was cleared for development and testing.

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Related Topix: Science, NASA, Gadgets

Sunherald.com

D'Iberville designer drug trial delayed because attorney wants chemistry expert

The trial of a man accused of picking up packages of a designer drug shipped to D'Iberville from China has been delayed while his attorney consults an expert in chemistry.

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Related Topix: Science

Scientific American

An invasive ladybug uses a biological weapon to kill off competitors

When the Europeans discovered the "New World", they infamously brought with them diseases which that world had never before encountered.

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Related Topix: Entomology, Science

Fri May 17, 2013

Time

Forget the IRS - There's an Olive-Oil Scandal Afoot

We have an oil problem on our hands, and it has nothing to do with renewable energy and carbon emissions.

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Related Topix: Science, Davis, CA, US News, United States Department of Agriculture, UC Davis

Mashable

Novel Material May Extract Uranium From Seawater

The world's oceans contain nearly a thousand times as much uranium as conventional reserves, and researchers have spent decades trying to develop an efficient way to extract it.

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Related Topix: University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Science, North Carolina

Chemical & Engineering News

Archaeology's Hidden Secrets

Ancient ivory carvings made by Phoenician artists some 3,000 years ago have long hidden a secret, even while being openly displayed in museums around the world: The sculptures were originally painted with colorful pigments, and some were decorated with gold.

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Related Topix: Archaeology, Anthropology, Science

Spectroscopy

Improving the taste of tomatoes using GC?MS

The preservation of food at home is a major concern for all consumers. A group of researchers from INRA in Avignon, France, have conducted a study into tomato aroma with the aim of finding the optimum conditions for storage.

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Related Topix: France, World News, Science

Nooga.com

How chemistry writes music

When singer/songwriters Josh and Nicole Johnson got married, their married friends in Nashville gave them a piece of advice: One musician should entirely give up his or her career to support his or her partner, or the two should form a duo.

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Related Topix: Science, The Voice, Entertainment, Television, Grandview, OH, Belmont University

WIDN Design Network

Construction underway for $80 million science centre at Coppin State University

Construction work is underway for the new $80 million Science and Technology Center at Coppin State University in Baltimore, Maryland which is designed by the architectural firm Cannon Design to provide access to cutting edge, high performance sciences and technology education.

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Related Topix: Coppin State University, Science