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From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2010 06:21:00 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: New Gene Sequencing Method Could Reduce Cost, Increase Speed
New Gene Sequencing Method Could Reduce Cost, Increase Speed
Researchers are developing a new kind of DNA sequencer that will make the dream of "reading" a person’s genetic code for less than $1,000 a reality
More at http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=117318&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1
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From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2010 06:27:59 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Black Holes: Peering Into the Heart of Darkness
Black Holes: Peering Into the Heart of Darkness
Sun, 18 Jul 2010 23:00:00 -0500
Astronomers use infrared "eyes" to shed light on these enigmatic cosmic structures
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Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2010 14:45:59 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Frog Killer Caught in the Act
Frog Killer Caught in the Act
Mon, 19 Jul 2010 14:00:00 -0500
A killer has been caught in the act: the first before-and-after view of an infectious disease that led to an amphibian die-off has been released by the scientists who tracked it.
The results are published this week in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).
Like a wave, incidence of the fungal disease that wipes out Central American frogs--chytridiomycosis--advances through the region's highlands at a rate of about 30 kilometers ...
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