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| Distinguishing between 2 birds of a feather |
| Friday, August 08, 2008 - The bird enthusiast who chronicled the adventures of a flock of red-headed conures in his book "The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill" knows most of the parrots by name, yet most of us would be hard pressed to tell one bird from another. While it has been known for a long time that we can become acutely attuned to our day-to-day environment, the underlying neural mechanism has been less clear. |
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| Large area transistors get helping hand from quantum effects |
| Friday, August 08, 2008 - Researchers from the Hitachi Central Research Laboratory, Japan, and the Advanced Technology Institute of the University of Surrey today report that nano-designed transistors for the large area display and sensor application field benefit hugely from quantum size effects. |
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| 2.5 million-year-old mastodon unearthed in Romania |
| Friday, August 08, 2008 - (AP) -- Miners in Romania have unearthed the skeleton of a 2.5 million-year-old mastodon, believed to be one of the best preserved in Europe, a local official said Friday. |
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| Molecular bridge serves as a tether for a cell's nucleus |
| Friday, August 08, 2008 - (PhysOrg.com) -- A cell's nucleus - home of it its most precious contents ? is a delicate envelope that, without support, is barely able to withstand the forces that keep it in place. Now, researchers have discovered a network of molecules in the nuclear membrane that provide the nucleus with rigidity and also facilitate a previously undiscovered form of communication between the cell`s nucleus and its cytoplasm. |
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| Forum features update on next-generation particle accelerator |
| Friday, August 08, 2008 - The particle accelerator known as the Energy Recovery Linac (ERL) -- now in planning stages at Cornell -- would open doors to new research in fields from materials science to biochemistry, said Georg Hoffstaetter in a lecture to faculty and staff in Cornell's Research Division, July 31. But if the ERL's scientific scope is wide, he said, its strength would be in shedding new light on the very, very small. |
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| Unions set Sunday deadline for Verizon talks |
| Friday, August 08, 2008 - (AP) -- Two unions representing 65,000 workers at Verizon Communications Inc. have set a Sunday night deadline for contract talks, saying a strike is possible next week. |
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| Report say flu is bigger risk than terror in UK |
| Friday, August 08, 2008 - (AP) -- Pandemic flu, not terrorism, is the most serious risk to the U.K. public, says Britain's first ever national threat assessment, published on Friday. |
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| Red all over: how the color red affects a referee's judgment |
| Friday, August 08, 2008 - Many sports teams select their uniforms based on the mascot, city or country they are representing, not on a referee's preference or bias. But a new study has found that choosing the color red for a uniform in competitive sports can actually affect the referee's split-second decision-making ability and even promote a scoring bias. |
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| If your first cigarette gave you a buzz and you now smoke, a gene may be to blame |
| Friday, August 08, 2008 - Anyone who has ever tried smoking probably remembers that first cigarette vividly. For some, it brought a wave of nausea or a nasty coughing fit. For others, those first puffs also came with a rush of pleasure or "buzz." |
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| S.African drug company recalls AIDS treatment medicines |
| Friday, August 08, 2008 - A major pharmaceutical company in South Africa, which has the world's highest HIV rate, on Friday issued a recall of generic anti-retroviral drugs due to a packaging error. |
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