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Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2010 11:40:29 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Pinpoint Precision: Delivering a Biochemical Payload to One Cell
Pinpoint Precision: Delivering a Biochemical Payload to One Cell
Thu, 15 Jul 2010 10:07:00 -0500
Researchers use precise electrical
"tweezers" to place nanowires on predetermined spots on single cells. The technique eventually could produce new ways to deliver medication.
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Johns Hopkins University
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Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2010 11:40:29 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: First Research Trip Across Western Amazon Yields Surprising Results
First Research Trip Across Western Amazon Yields Surprising Results
Thu, 15 Jul 2010 10:08:00 -0500
During his unprecedented
expedition into the heart of the Amazon, Michigan State University geographer Bob Walker discovered surprising evidence that many of the Brazilian government's efforts to protect the environment are working.
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Michigan State University
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Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2010 11:40:32 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Fouls Go Left: Soccer Referees May Be Biased Based on Play's Direction of Motion
Fouls Go Left: Soccer Referees May Be Biased Based on Play's Direction of Motion
Thu, 15 Jul 2010 10:08:00 -0500
Soccer referees
may have an unconscious bias towards calling fouls based on a play's direction of motion, according to a new study from the of University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Researchers found that soccer experts made more foul calls when action moved right-to-left, or leftward, compared to left-to-right or rightward action, suggesting that two referees watching the same play from different vantage points may be inclined to make a different call.
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University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
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Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2010 06:24:27 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: New Primate Fossil Found in Saudi Arabia
New Primate Fossil Found in Saudi Arabia
Wed, 14 Jul 2010 13:56:00 -0500
A new Catarrhine primate fossil discovered in Saudi Arabia suggests the evolutionary spilt between Old World monkeys and humans occurred older than previously thought, around 29 million years ago. The discovery challenges the theory that the groups diverged around 5 million years earlier than the date of the recent fossil find.
Geologist and paleontologist Iyad Zalmout and his colleagues from the University of Michigan and the Saudi Geological Survey reported the finding this week in ...
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