First Planets Lived Fast and Died Young
Friday, October 31st, 2008Short-lived miniplanets inhabited the solar system in its earliest years
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Original post by Phil Berardelli
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Archive for October, 2008
Illegal Vaccine Triggers Bluetongue Outbreak
Friday, October 31st, 2008Meanwhile, researchers identify yet another strain of the livestock virus
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Original post by Martin Enserink
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Hubble scores a perfect 10
Friday, October 31st, 200812-Year-Old Boy Scouts Volunteer To Give Women Breast Exams
Friday, October 31st, 2008Nature’s Little Shop of Horrors
Friday, October 31st, 2008Double, double, toil and trouble! Fire burn and cauldron bubble! Something wicked this way comes…
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Original post by wilcoxclynn
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Mummy DNA shows surprise
Friday, October 31st, 2008Researchers have revealed the complete mitochondrial genome of one of the world’s most celebrated mummies, known as the Tyrolean Iceman or Ötzi. The sequence represents the oldest complete DNA sequence of modern humans’ mitochondria, according to the report published online on October 30th in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication.
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Original post by BJS
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Q&A: 10 Years of Innovation at Microsoft Research Asia
Thursday, October 30th, 2008With Microsoft Research Asia celebrating a decade of groundbreaking work, Hsiao-Wuen Hon, managing director of the lab, reflects on the past 10 years—and the 10 to come.
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Original post by Microsoft Research News and Headlines
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World’s rarest big cat gets a check-up
Thursday, October 30th, 2008The world’s rarest big cat is alive and well. At least one of them, that is, according to researchers from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) who captured and released a female Far Eastern leopard in Russia last week.
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Original post by BJS
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A Disaster Spelled Out in Sand
Thursday, October 30th, 2008Clues to earlier tsunamis embedded in soil
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Original post by Rachel Zelkowitz
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Study Clears Protein Long a Suspect in Artery Damage
Thursday, October 30th, 2008Molecule blamed for heart disease might be a bystander
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Original post by Jennifer Couzin
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