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Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:38:09 -0600 (CST)
Subject: On the Crest of Wave Energy
The ocean is a potentially vast source of electric power, yet as engineers test new technologies for capturing it, the devices are plagued by battering storms, limited efficiency, and the need to be tethered to the seafloor.
Now, a team of aerospace engineers is applying the principles that keep airplanes aloft to create a new wave-energy system that is durable, extremely efficient, and can be placed anywhere in the ocean, regardless of depth.
While still in early design stages, ...
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Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:04:58 -0600 (CST)
Subject: Ants, Like Humans, Use Bacteria to Make Their Gardens Grow
Ants, Like Humans, Use Bacteria to Make Their Gardens Grow
Leaf-cutter ants, which cultivate fungus for food, have many remarkable qualities.
Now there's a new one to add to the list: these ant farmers, like their human counterparts, depend on nitrogen-fixing bacteria to make their gardens grow.
The findings, reported this week in the journal Science, document a previously unknown symbiosis between ants and bacteria, and provide insights into how leaf-cutter ants have come to dominate the American tropics and ...
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Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:06:33 -0600 (CST)
Subject: Software Development for Cyberinfrastructure (SDCI)
Software Development for Cyberinfrastructure (SDCI)
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Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:07:26 -0600 (CST)
Subject: Kernels of Truth: Researchers Sequence the Maize (Corn) Genome
Kernels of Truth: Researchers Sequence the Maize (Corn) Genome
The completion of a high-quality sequence of the maize (corn) genome is announced in the cover story of the November 20, 2009, issue of Science.
This new genome sequence reports the sequence of genes in maize and provides a detailed physical map of the maize genome. This map identifies the order in which genes are located along each of maize's 10 chromosomes and the physical distances between those genes.
Additional information provided by the new maize genome ...
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Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:08:35 -0600 (CST)
Subject: Awards of U.S. Doctorate Degrees Rise for Sixth Straight Year
Awards of U.S. Doctorate Degrees Rise for Sixth Straight Year
U.S. academic institutions awarded 48,802 research doctorate degrees in 2008, the sixth consecutive annual increase in U.S. doctoral awards and the highest number ever reported by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Survey of Earned Doctorates.
The total number of doctorates increased 1.4 percent over 2007's total of 48,112, which was the smallest annual increase during the last six years. NSF's Science Resources Statistics division compiled the survey results.
The Survey of ...
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