Evoscience

A New Wild Ginger Discovered from the Evergreen Forest of Western Ghats of South India

admin — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 11:42:03 +0000

Intensive botanical explorations for taxonomic studies on the members of the ginger family (Zingiberaceae) in India by V.P. Thomas and M. Sabu of the University of Calicut, have resulted in the...

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How a class of proteins from plant pathogenic bacteria find and bind specific sequences in plant genomes

admin — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 11:38:55 +0000

In the two and a half years since Adam Bogdanove, professor at Iowa State University in the Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, along with Matthew Moscou, a former graduate student in...

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Testing the effectiveness of new pharmaceuticals may get faster

admin — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 11:34:16 +0000

Testing the effectiveness of new pharmaceuticals may get faster thanks to a new technique incorporating quantum dots developed at the University of Central Florida. Some drug testing can take a...

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System that cleanly and efficiently removes trace heavy metals from water

admin — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 08:26:06 +0000

Engineers at Brown University have developed a system that cleanly and efficiently removes trace heavy metals from water. In experiments, the researchers showed the system reduced cadmium, copper,...

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There are threshold values for wildfires just like there are for epidemics

admin — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 08:22:22 +0000

Large forest regions in Canada are apparently about to experience rapid change. Based on models, scientists can now show that there are threshold values for wildfires just like there are for...

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Short spiral-shaped proteins can efficiently deliver DNA segments to cells

admin — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 08:16:28 +0000

Clinical gene therapy may be one step closer, thanks to a new twist on an old class of molecules. A group of University of Illinois researchers, led by professors Jianjun Cheng and Fei Wang,...

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Moon Express Inc.. wants to extract natural resources on the Moon

admin — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 10:51:01 +0000

Moon Express Inc.. is one of the companies listed in the Google Lunar X Prize competition, which aims to exploit the resources of the moon. Company aims at exploiting the so-called rare earth...

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Gene therapy as an alternative to conventional treatment of haemophilia

admin — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 10:42:38 +0000

A recent experiment showed that a single gene therapy session stimulates the secretion of vital role coagulation factor, offering hope of finding a permanent cure for hemophilia. Haemophilia is a...

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Wasps can memorize and remember figures of other wasps

admin — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 06:56:49 +0000

Wasps have amazing ability to memorize and later recall the figures of other wasps, from native cluster. Findings add to other remarkable capacity of these social insects, providing new information...

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Chimpanzees treat themselves with medicinal plants

admin — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 06:48:16 +0000

Extensive research revealed that these monkeys know many plants with therapeutic properties, seek and use them with great precision and even transmit this knowledge to the group. A study conducted by...

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Extreme method against global warming: painting mountains in white!

admin — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 10:43:05 +0000

In the Andes Mountains, a team of ecologists fight climate change with a innovative method to preserve glaciers and water, on which depends a community of shepherds in Peru. Community includes 900...

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The history of mysterious monument of Stonehenge

admin — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 11:01:23 +0000

New discoveries made at Stonehenge by a team of researchers from Birmingham, Bradford and Vienna reveals unknown aspects about this mysterious place. Scientists have made new discoveries at the...

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The secret of organ regeneration?

admin — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 08:13:17 +0000

German scientists have discovered the mechanism by which zebra fish manage to regenerate lost body parts. They knew that some species use a special acid to regenerate amputated member or to repair...

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Simulation of human neuronal function with a chip

admin — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 08:01:12 +0000

The human brain has about 100 billion neurons that communicate with each other by releasing neurotransmitters. The link between transmitter and receiver neuron is made through a synapse. Ion...

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Censorship Phenomenon and Freedom of Expression over centuries

admin — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 17:12:30 +0000

Censorship is really old as the world itself. In fact, censorship has emerged with articulated language, when people first realized the power and, especially, the danger of words in certain...

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Pentagon tests a weapon 5 times faster than sound!

admin — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 14:53:56 +0000

The U.S. military is currently testing a new hypersonic weapons with long-range, whose launch has already exceeded five times the speed of sound. An experimental rocket launched from a military base...

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The concept of women beauty over the centuries

admin — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 09:11:12 +0000

Looking at the portraits of some of the most beautiful women in history and reading about how impressed were men and how popular were, we came pretty hard sometimes to understand why. Perhaps these...

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E.coli bacteria can be the key to the production of cheaper biodiesel

admin — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 13:40:06 +0000

Biodiesel currently seems the easiest solution to mankind’s dependence on fossil fuels – is very similar in terms of chemical composition it is very easy to adapt to current engines....

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Researchers have transformed hydrogen gas in metal

admin — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 13:28:18 +0000

Eremets Mikhail and Ivan Troyan, two researchers from the Max-Planck Institute, describes the work that recently published in “Nature Materials” as submitted, a sample of hydrogen at high...

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Combine work with pleasure – washing machine – Arcade game

admin — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 07:02:58 +0000

A student of Taiwanese origin, from Kingston University, London, United Kingdom, has invented an appliance designed to do one of domestic work a pleasure – his invention combines automatic...

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