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Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2010 15:40:17 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Alternative Evolution: Why Change Your Own Genes When You Can Borrow Someone Else's?
Alternative Evolution: Why Change Your Own Genes When You Can Borrow Someone Else's?
Tue, 13 Jul 2010 14:04:00 -0500
It has been a
basic principle of evolution for more than a century that plants and animals can adapt genetically in ways that help them better survive and reproduce. Now, in a paper to be published in the journal Science, University of Rochester biologist John Jaenike and colleagues document a clear example of a new mechanism for evolution.
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University of Rochester
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Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2010 15:40:17 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Geoscientists Find Clues to Why First Sumatran Earthquake was Deadlier Than Second
Geoscientists Find Clues to Why First Sumatran Earthquake was Deadlier Than Second
Tue, 13 Jul 2010 14:04:00 -0500
An
international team of geoscientists has uncovered geological differences between two segments of an earthquake fault that may explain why the 2004 Sumatra Boxing Day Tsunami was so much more devastating than a second earthquake-generated tsunami three months later.
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University of Texas at Austin
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Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2010 15:40:18 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Heat Waves Could be Commonplace in the U.S. by 2039, Stanford Study Finds
Heat Waves Could be Commonplace in the U.S. by 2039, Stanford Study Finds
Tue, 13 Jul 2010 14:05:00 -0500
Exceptionally long
heat waves and other hot events could become commonplace in the United States in the next 30 years, according to a new study by Stanford University climate scientists.
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Stanford University
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Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2010 15:40:18 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: The North Pacific, a Global Backup Generator for Past Climate Change
The North Pacific, a Global Backup Generator for Past Climate Change
Tue, 13 Jul 2010 14:04:00 -0500
Toward the end of the last ice age, a major
reorganization took place in the current system of the North Pacific with far-reaching implications for climate. About that time, the North Pacific branch of the conveyor belt changed drastically. The reconstructed changes in the North Pacific current system may have buffered the global impacts of the collapsed circulation in the Atlantic and possibly prevented further cooling of the Northern Hemisphere.
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University of Hawaii at Manoa
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Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2010 15:40:19 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Scientists Describe Two New Species of Fish From Area Engulfed by Oil Spill
Scientists Describe Two New Species of Fish From Area Engulfed by Oil Spill
Tue, 13 Jul 2010 14:05:00 -0500
Two new species of fish from the
Gulf of Mexico that walk on their fins and sit-and-wait for prey are described in a new research paper. This highlights the undescribed biodiversity of the area effected by the Gulf oil spill.
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American Museum of Natural History
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Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2010 15:40:19 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: New Research Can Spot Cloud Computing Problems Before They Start
New Research Can Spot Cloud Computing Problems Before They Start
Tue, 13 Jul 2010 14:06:00 -0500
Large-scale computer hosting
infrastructures offer a variety of services to computer users, including cloud. But when these infrastructures run into problems--like bottlenecks that slow their operating speed--it can be costly for both the infrastructure provider and the user. New research from North Carolina State University will allow these infrastructure providers to more accurately predict such anomalies, and address them before they become a major problem.
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North Carolina State University
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Message: 7
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Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2010 15:40:20 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Engineering Could Give Reconstructive Surgery a Facelift
Engineering Could Give Reconstructive Surgery a Facelift
Tue, 13 Jul 2010 14:07:00 -0500
Facial reconstruction patients may soon have the option of custom-made bone replacements optimized for both form and function, thanks to researchers at the University of Illinois and the Ohio State University Medical Center.
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University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign
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From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2010 15:40:20 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Sea Levels Rising in Parts of Indian Ocean, According to New Study
Sea Levels Rising in Parts of Indian Ocean, According to New Study
Tue, 13 Jul 2010 14:06:00 -0500
Newly detected rising sea levels in parts of the Indian Ocean, including the coastlines of the Bay of Bengal, the Arabian Sea, Sri Lanka, Sumatra and Java, appear to be at least partly a result of human-induced increases of atmospheric greenhouse gases, says a study led by the University of Colorado at Boulder.
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University of Colorado at Boulder
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