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Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2010 10:40:24 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Second Plant Pathway Could Improve Nutrition, Biofuel Production
Second Plant Pathway Could Improve Nutrition, Biofuel Production
Thu, 08 Apr 2010 09:24:00 -0500
Purdue University scientists have defined a hidden
second option plants have for making an essential amino acid that could be the first step in boosting plants' nutritional value and improving biofuel production potential.
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Purdue University
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Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2010 10:40:24 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Not So Fast! Andes Rise Was Gradual, Not Abrupt
Not So Fast! Andes Rise Was Gradual, Not Abrupt
Thu, 08 Apr 2010 09:33:00 -0500
Trailing like a serpent's spine along the western coast of South America, the
Andes Mountains are the world's longest continental mountain range and the highest range outside Asia, with an average elevation of 13,000 feet.
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University of Michigan
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Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2010 10:04:51 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Geologists Uncover Major Ancient Human Ancestor in South Africa
Geologists Uncover Major Ancient Human Ancestor in South Africa
Thu, 08 Apr 2010 09:00:00 -0500
Researchers working in South Africa have discovered two remarkably well-preserved fossil skeletons of an ancient human ancestor dating to almost two million years ago.
The discovery is described in two papers published in this week's issue of the journal Science. The international research team was led by Lee Berger of the University of Witwatersrand, South Africa.
The first paper describes the fossils as representing a new species of hominid, called ...
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