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  • By Sci/Tech News Staff
  • June 20th, 2006
Sticky Surfaces Turn Slippery with the Flip of a Molecular Light Switch

Sticky Surfaces Turn Slippery with the Flip of a Molecular Light Switch

A discovery that could greatly improve the membranes used in a wide array of applications

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  • By Sci/Tech News Staff
  • June 20th, 2006
Focusing on the Tiniest of the Very Small

Focusing on the Tiniest of the Very Small

A new microscope technique called annular dark field imaging

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  • By Alexandra Lupu
  • June 19th, 2006
Sugar - Delicious Food for Thought

Sugar - Delicious Food for Thought

Carbohydrates have beneficial effects on our brain's activity

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  • By Sci/Tech News Staff
  • June 19th, 2006
New Stem-Cell Findings Can Help the Body to Cure Itself

New Stem-Cell Findings Can Help the Body to Cure Itself

Scientists discovered what guides the production of new cells from the intestinal stem cells

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  • By Sci/Tech News Staff
  • June 19th, 2006
The Melting of Permafrost: a Carbon Menace

The Melting of Permafrost: a Carbon Menace

Scientists discovered that permafrost contains unexpectedly large amounts of carbon

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  • By Alexandra Lupu
  • June 19th, 2006
Black People Hear Better than Other Races

Black People Hear Better than Other Races

The melanin in the epidermis protects them against noise-inducing factors

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  • By Sci/Tech News Staff
  • June 19th, 2006
A New Form of Biological Protection for Copper and Other Metallic Surfaces

A New Form of Biological Protection for Copper and Other Metallic Surfaces

Bacterium takes a shine to metals

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  • By Sci/Tech News Staff
  • June 19th, 2006
How Axons Sniff Their Way Toward Proper Destinations

How Axons Sniff Their Way Toward Proper Destinations

New Roles for Growth Factors: Enticing Nerve cells to Muscles

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  • By Sci/Tech News Staff
  • June 19th, 2006
Global Warming May Warrant New Approaches to Ecosystem Restoration

Global Warming May Warrant New Approaches to Ecosystem Restoration

How to deal with ecosystems' unpredictability

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  • By Sci/Tech News Staff
  • June 19th, 2006
Clues about the Formation of Leaf Patterns

Clues about the Formation of Leaf Patterns

The same mechanism that regulates vein formation in the leaf also regulates branch formation on the main trunk and on the main root

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  • By Sci/Tech News Staff
  • June 19th, 2006
Why Does Red Wine Make You Sleep?

Why Does Red Wine Make You Sleep?

A sleep hormone may have been discovered in grapes used to make red wines

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  • By Sci/Tech News Staff
  • June 19th, 2006
How Bacteria Make their Ribosomes

How Bacteria Make their Ribosomes

Basic work on E. coli identifies a crucial aspect of how ribosome genes are expressed

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  • By Sci/Tech News Staff
  • June 19th, 2006
How Brain Decodes Complex Smells

How Brain Decodes Complex Smells

Duke University Medical Center researchers have discovered how the brain creates a scent symphony from signals sent by the nose

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  • By Sci/Tech News Staff
  • June 19th, 2006
Vampire Bats Recognise Their Prey's Breathing

Vampire Bats Recognise Their Prey's Breathing

Vampire bats use breathing sounds to identify their prey in the same way as humans use voice to recognize each other

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  • By Alexandra Lupu
  • June 19th, 2006
First Full Face Transplant to Be Approved in UK

First Full Face Transplant to Be Approved in UK

Disfigured individuals could have their face back if the ethics experts give the procedure the green light

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  • By Alexandra Lupu
  • June 17th, 2006
Become Anxiety-free!

Become Anxiety-free!

In the maximum speed century, allow natural treatments to make you feel calm and relaxed again

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  • By Alexandra Lupu
  • June 17th, 2006
Junk Food Ads to Be Banned Before 9 P.M.

Junk Food Ads to Be Banned Before 9 P.M.

Important regulations upon unhealthy foods and drinks TV commercials are under discussion in UK