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Scientists unraveling the secrets of red tide
08-30-2007 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)In work that could one day help prevent millions of dollars in losses for seaside communities, MIT chemists have demonstrated how tiny organisms likely produce the red tide toxin that periodically shuts down U.S. beaches and shellfish beds.
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- MIT unraveling secrets of red tide
08-30-2007 · EurekAlert!
In work that could one day help prevent millions of dollars in economic losses for seaside communities, MIT chemists have demonstrated how tiny marine organisms likely produce the red tide toxin that periodically shuts down US beaches and shellfish beds.
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- Arizona State University scientist finds Martian ice is patchy and variable
05-02-2007 · EurekAlert!
For the first time, scientists have found that water ice lies at variable depths over small-scale patches on the Red Planet. The discovery draws a much more detailed picture of underground ice on Mars than was previously available. The new results, by a researcher in Arizona State University's School of Earth and Space Exploration, will appear in Nature. The findings come from data sent back to Earth by THEMIS on NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter.
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- Tears reveal some of their deepest secrets to researchers
01-19-2007 · EurekAlert!
It's no secret why we shed tears. But exactly what our tears are made of has remained a mystery to scientists. A new study sheds some light on the complex design of tears. What we think of as tears, scientists call tear film, which is made up of three distinct, microscopic layers.
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- Scientists report study results from 'stealth' tsunami that killed 600 in Java last summer
06-18-2007 · EurekAlert!
Though categorized as magnitude 7.8, the earthquake could scarcely be felt by beachgoers that afternoon. A low tide and wind-driven waves disguised the signs of receding water, so when the tsunami struck, it caught even lifeguards by surprise. That contributed to the death toll of more than 600 persons in Java, Indonesia.
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- New research to decode the genetic secrets of prolific potato pest
11-27-2007 · EurekAlert!
The full weight of a consortium of world-leading scientists -- including those who helped decode the entire human genome -- is being thrown at a parasitic worm less than 1 millimeter long.
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- Undergraduate paves way for NASA Mars mission
04-16-2007 · EurekAlert!
Scientists at Washington University in St. Louis are paving the way for a smooth landing on Mars for the Phoenix Mission scheduled to launch in August this year by making sure the set-down literally is not a rocky one. A team led involving a Washington University undergraduate student has been analyzing NASA images to make sure that the Phoenix spacecraft lands in a spot on the red planet's northern plains that is relatively rock-free.
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- Nano machine of the future captures great scientist’s bold vision
02-01-2007 · EurekAlert!
An idea conceived by one of the world's greatest scientists nearly 150 years ago has finally been realised with a tiny machine that could eventually lead to lasers moving objects remotely.
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- Physicists reveal water's secrets in journal 'Science'
03-02-2007 · EurekAlert!
Equipped with high-speed computers and the laws of physics, scientists from the University of Delaware and Radboud University in the Netherlands have developed a new method to "flush out" the hidden properties of water. The research is reported in Science. Their first-principle simulation of water molecules -- based exclusively on quantum physics laws -- has numerous applications, from biological investigations of protein folding and other life processes, to the design of the next generation of power plants.
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- Einstein researchers use novel approach to uncover genetic components of aging
08-24-2007 · EurekAlert!
People who live to 100 or more are known to have just as many -- and sometimes even more -- harmful gene variants compared with younger people. Now, scientists at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have discovered the secret behind this paradox: favorable "longevity" genes that protect very old people from the bad genes' harmful effects. The novel method used by the researchers could lead to new drugs to protect against age-related diseases.
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- How to structure a complex body plan
07-24-2007 · EurekAlert!
In a study published in the July 25 issue of the online, open-access journal PLoS ONE, a group of scientists led by Dr. Rinkevich from the National Institute of Oceanography, Haifa, and Tel Aviv University, Israel, elucidated fixed and plastic architectural rules for colony formation in a common branching coral (Stylophora pistillata) from Eilat, the Red Sea, which develops spherical colonies.
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