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Global Warming

January 29, 2006 | Leave a Comment

GLOBAL WARMING: Early Warning Signs. ‘An increasing body of observations gives a collective picture of a warming world and other changes in the climate system.’ Curriculum Guide for the Climate Impacts Map.

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The Silent Partner

January 29, 2006 | Leave a Comment

Silent Scientist Under Fire: the American Collaborator of a Disgraced South Korean Is Keeping Mum. ‘Just a few months ago, a collaboration between two prominent scientists from opposite sides of the world promised to change the future of medicine: A Korean and an American together claimed to have cloned human embryos from which they had [...]

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Signs of Fraud?

January 29, 2006 | Leave a Comment

Japanese University to Discipline Chemist. ‘Japan’s most prestigious university will discipline a chemistry professor after finding that 12 of his experiments could not be reproduced, raising questions about their veracity.’ Fraud Investigation. ‘University of Tokyo biochemist is under suspicion concerning his RNA research.’

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Aromatic Oxidation

January 29, 2006 | Leave a Comment

The sweet smell of nano-success. ‘ Materials scientists at Lehigh University and catalyst chemists at Cardiff University have uncovered secrets of the "nanoworld" that promise to lead to cleaner methods of producing, among other things, spices and perfumes.’

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Day of Remembrance

January 28, 2006 | Leave a Comment

A 28 January 1986 file photo shows the explosion of the US space shuttle Challenger over Kennedy Space Center. The US space agency will mark the 20th anniversary of the Challenger shuttle disaster in a solemn ceremony with the fallen astronauts’ families at the scene of the tragedy. From: Yahoo Science Photos (AFP/File/Bob Pearson) NASA: [...]

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