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Accidental discovery produces durable new blue pigment...

Rated 05:59am • 2 reviews • chemistry, manganese, pigments • chemistrytimes.com

From the page: "An accidental discovery in a laboratory at Oregon State University has apparently solved a quest that over thousands of years has absorbed the energies of ancient Egyptians, the Han dynasty in China, Mayan cultures and more - the creation of a near-perfect blue pigment."
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Scientists unlock clues for tailoring corn plant for...

Rated Nov 20 • 1 review • agriculture, plants, corn, crops • agrotimes.com

From the page: "Scientists have long known that the offspring of two inbred strains tend to be superior to both their parents. Now, a team of researchers including a University of Florida geneticist has discovered clues to why that might be the case for one of the most important crops in the world: corn."
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Bacterial ropes tie down shifting Southwest (11/20/2009)

Rated Nov 20 • 1 review • microbiology, microbes, soil • geneticarchaeology.com

From the page: "Researchers from Arizona State University have discovered that several species of microbes (cyanobacteria), at least one found prominently in the deserts of the Southwest, have evolved the trait of rope-building to lasso shifting soil substrates."
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Ticking stellar time bomb identified (11/20/2009)

Rated Nov 20 • 1 review • astronomy, stars, dark energy, supernova • astronomyreport.com

From the page: "One of the major problems in modern astrophysics is the fact that we still do not know exactly what kinds of stellar system explode as a Type Ia supernova"
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On the crest of wave energy (11/20/2009)

Rated Nov 20 • 1 review • electronics, physics, electricity • matternews.com

From the page: "The ocean is a potentially vast source of electric power, yet as engineers test new technologies for capturing it, the devices are plagued by battering storms, limited efficiency, and the need to be tethered to the seafloor."
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Technique finds gene regulatory sites without knowledge...

Rated Nov 20 • 1 review • genetics, gene regulation • geneticstimes.com

From the page: "A new statistical technique developed by researchers at the University of Illinois allows scientists to scan a genome for specific gene-regulatory regions without requiring prior knowledge of the relevant transcription factors. The technique has been experimentally validated in both the mouse genome and the fruit fly genome."
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When good companies do bad things (11/20/2009)

Rated Nov 20 • 1 review • business, law, corporations • cowboyeconomics.com

From the page: "The more prominent and financially successful a corporation becomes, the more likely it is to break the law, according to a new study led by a Michigan State University scholar that challenges previous research."
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Monetary gain and high-risk tactics stimulate activity in...

Rated Nov 20 • 1 review • cognitive science, striatum, risks, fmri • brainmysteries.com

From the page: "Monetary gain stimulates activity in the brain. Even the mere possibility of receiving a reward is known to activate an area of the brain called the striatum. A team of Japanese researchers report in the January 2010 issue ofCortex, published by Elsevier, the results of a study in which they measured striatum activation in volunteers performing a monetary task and found high-risk/high-gain options to cause higher levels of activation than more conservative options. They also found levels of activation to increase with the amount of money owned."
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Mysteriously warm times in Antarctica (11/20/2009)

Rated Nov 20 • 1 review • geoscience, climate change, climate, antarctica • geologytimes.com

From the page: "A new study of Antarctica's past climate reveals that temperatures during the warm periods between ice ages (interglacials) may have been higher than previously thought. The latest analysis of ice core records suggests that Antarctic temperatures may have been up to 6°C warmer than the present day."
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Like humans, ants use bacteria to make their gardens grow...

Rated Nov 20 • 1 review • biology, ants, bacteria, insects, animal agriculture • wildbiology.com

From the page: "Leaf-cutter ants, which cultivate fungus for food, have many remarkable qualities."
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