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  • By Sci/Tech News Staff
  • May 25th, 2006
Using Nanotechnology to Preserve Wood from Rotting

Using Nanotechnology to Preserve Wood from Rotting

An environmental friendly new technology

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  • By Sci/Tech News Staff
  • May 25th, 2006
Mathematical Patterns in Politics and the Web

Mathematical Patterns in Politics and the Web

Even computers can tell the difference between the left and the right sides of the political spectrum

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  • By Sci/Tech News Staff
  • May 25th, 2006
Neurons that Distinguish Swagger from Sway

Neurons that Distinguish Swagger from Sway

"If you want to appear particularly feminine you should walk behind a very masculine-looking male and vice-versa"

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  • By Sci/Tech News Staff
  • May 25th, 2006
If All Drivers Were Polite, They Would Get Where They're Going Faster

If All Drivers Were Polite, They Would Get Where They're Going Faster

Scientists think about how to improve the traffic

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  • By Sci/Tech News Staff
  • May 25th, 2006
How Did Continents Split?

How Did Continents Split?

Geology study shows new picture

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  • By Sci/Tech News Staff
  • May 25th, 2006
How Neurons Grow and Connect to Each Other

How Neurons Grow and Connect to Each Other

Researchers unravel the mechanisms of axon growth

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  • By Sci/Tech News Staff
  • May 25th, 2006
Selfishness and Cooperation in Microbes' Land

Selfishness and Cooperation in Microbes' Land

Scientists found that selfishness has its costs even in case of microbes

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  • By Sci/Tech News Staff
  • May 25th, 2006
Way Beyond Binge Drinking

Way Beyond Binge Drinking

A minority of students are consuming two to three times beyond the binge-drinking threshold

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  • By Sci/Tech News Staff
  • May 25th, 2006
Microbes Hitchhike across Atlantic on Desert Dust

Microbes Hitchhike across Atlantic on Desert Dust

From Sahara to North America

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  • By Sci/Tech News Staff
  • May 25th, 2006
Life's Harsh Lessons Make You Lose Your Self-Confidence

Life's Harsh Lessons Make You Lose Your Self-Confidence

People who have suffered life's hard knocks while growing up tend to be more gullible than those who have been more sheltered

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  • By Sci/Tech News Staff
  • May 24th, 2006
When It Comes to Privacy, Gender Matters

When It Comes to Privacy, Gender Matters

"You have zero privacy anyway ... Get over it."

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  • By Sci/Tech News Staff
  • May 24th, 2006
Five Surprising Facts about Starvation

Five Surprising Facts about Starvation

That could change the international agenda

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  • By Sci/Tech News Staff
  • May 24th, 2006
There Seems to Be No Link between Marijuana Use and Lung Cancer

There Seems to Be No Link between Marijuana Use and Lung Cancer

Although there is a clear connection between smoking tobacco and cancer

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  • By Sci/Tech News Staff
  • May 24th, 2006
Glowing Carbon-based Quantum Dots

Glowing Carbon-based Quantum Dots

They may offer the solution for a safer technology to be used in medicine and biology

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  • By Sci/Tech News Staff
  • May 24th, 2006
How Dangerous Are Nanoparticles?

How Dangerous Are Nanoparticles?

May edition of Nano Today calculates risks of nanotechnology

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  • By Sci/Tech News Staff
  • May 24th, 2006
How A Martian Volcano Eruption Looks Like

How A Martian Volcano Eruption Looks Like

Images taken by Mars Express

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  • By Sci/Tech News Staff
  • May 24th, 2006
Immune-Activating Cells in Our Intestines

Immune-Activating Cells in Our Intestines

Discovery may suggest future treatments for intestinal disorders