Velociraptor: tough peacock, dubious genius
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You remember Velociraptor: it’s the smallish, but deadly meat-eater featured prominently in Jurassic Park and its two sequels. In the movies, this predator is portrayed as fierce, and cunning — a dinosaur as smart as a dolphin or chimpanzee. But according a prominent paleontologist, you really can’t believe everything you see on [...]
Midnight Zoo: Night Safari At Singapore
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It can be an annoying experience going to a zoo and waiting for minutes on end to see an animal that you’re told is just hiding. But maybe it’s hiding for a reason. It hasn’t got anything to do with shyness either. It’s a simple fact that a [...]
Biologists awaken dormant viruses in the heart of our cell
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Viruses sometimes alumni hundreds of millions of years have colonized our DNA. A team of EPFL (Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne) have discovered how our bodies neutralizes these squatters. A breakthrough in understanding the evolution of species, which could also pave the way for new therapies against AIDS.
About half of our DNA does not [...]
ANTS
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Introduction / Purpose: I wanted to see what ants like to eat.
Hypothesis / Question: I thought that the ants would like honey because it’s pure sugar.
Materials: 1 candy bar, a little bit of salt, and some honey.
Procedure: Put the honey on a paper plate with a little candy bar and salt. [...]
The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV): from its discovery to its eradication
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This case is before us by Pierre-Alain Rubbo. It shows the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV): from its discovery to its eradication.
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HIV belongs to the family of retroviruses and is the cause of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). This state is characterized in humans by a deficient immune system, making it vulnerable to certain pathogens [...]
Glaciers are melting in Alaska, but less quickly than expected
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Introduction / Purpose: I am a swimmer and my friend who swims with me has blond hair. Since she did not wash her hair in a long time it turned green and I wanted to know how and why.
Hypothesis / Questions: Will too much chlorine in the pool turn a blond person’s hair green and [...]
The researchers make accessible a new piece of structural genomics
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Researchers Grenoble Directorate of Life Sciences at the CEA, the CNRS and the University Joseph Fourier, just developed an approach finally making available a new part of the human genome for structural studies. Indeed, nearly 40% of proteins are characterized by an intrinsically disordered structure which does not permit their study by classical techniques of [...]
Four doctors winning the “Clinician Scientist Award” CSA
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This prize rewards scientists doing clinical research and translational. It is available to recipients of funds for their research and earnings over a three to five years. Disciplines awarded this year are: cancer, gynecology, obstetrics and ophthalmology. Overall in 2009, ten clinicians were awarded the prize CSA. The December 2009 winners are listed below:
Senior Investigators: [...]
A biological antifreeze discovered a beetle in Alaska
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Scientists at the Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska Fairbanks have studied the rough beetle, a beetle that can withstand extreme temperatures and isolated its natural antifreeze: the xylomannan. This discovery could have applications for the industrial manufacture of antifreeze, or for the preservation of transplant organs.
In insects, the antifreeze molecules act to prevent [...]
Our stomach, his strength, his miseries
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Anatomy and Health Advice for life from the beginning of last century in the news back this Sunday.
Disclaimer: This news reverse transcribed for scientific, technical or other of 1906, and has therefore voluntarily arguments, uncertainties or errors of time.
While hunger is a general feeling of the body, we localize beneath the edge of the ribs, [...]
