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Research & Innovations";"Understand how advancements in environmental research and innovation are changing the world.

  • Could lab-created chickens wipe out bird flu?

    Fri, Mar 08, 2013 2:00 PM by Russell McLendon

    Researchers are close to creating the world's first flu-proof poultry, a breakthrough in genetic modification that might change the way we fight infectious diseases.

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  • Scientists spell out more details of Brain Activity Map

    Fri, Mar 08, 2013 11:20 AM by Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience

    The project will start with small-brained invertebrates and move up in brain complexity and the amounts of neurons it monitors.

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  • Is it the Higgs? Newfound particle sure looks like it

    Fri, Mar 08, 2013 9:26 AM by Clara Moskowitz, LiveScience

    The mass of the Higgs boson particle, possibly uncovered at the Large Hadron Collider in Geneva, may mean doom for our universe.

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  • New bacteria found in Antarctica's Lake Vostok

    Thu, Mar 07, 2013 7:20 PM by Elizabeth Howell, OurAmazingPlanet

    The findings still need to go through the peer review process for verification.

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  • Mystery of 'cocktail party hearing' solved

    Thu, Mar 07, 2013 4:32 PM by Tanya Lewis, LiveScience

    While at a cocktail party or large function, the brain focuses only on one voice and blots out the others, and new research shows why.

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  • College student invents gel that halts bleeding

    Thu, Mar 07, 2013 3:19 PM by Sean Captain, TechNewsDaily

    Veti-Gel is a gel that, when applied to open wounds, immediately stops the bleeding and starts the healing process.

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  • Stone-age skeletons unearthed in Sahara

    Thu, Mar 07, 2013 12:37 PM by Tia Ghose, LiveScience

    The grave sites suggests a gender-divided society where women played a critical role.

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  • Hits to head may spur brain-damaging immune response

    Wed, Mar 06, 2013 6:00 PM by Rachael Rettner, MyHealthNewsDaily

    After a subconcussive blow to the head, the body's immune response, rather than the blow itself, may be responsible for destroying brain cells.

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  • The bittersweet truth about how taste works

    Wed, Mar 06, 2013 3:20 PM by Tanya Lewis, LiveScience Staff Writer

    Scientists have discovered an ion channel that allows taste buds to communicate with the brain.

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  • 5 reasons women trail men in science

    Wed, Mar 06, 2013 2:50 PM by Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience

    Bias and the academic rat race make it difficult for women to gain more traction in the scientific community.

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  • 'Yeti' the robot finds cracks in Antarctic ice

    Wed, Mar 06, 2013 12:06 PM by Becky Oskin, OurAmazingPlanet

    The robot not only finds potential cracks that could hinder convoys but also helps scientists map glaciers.

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  • Physicists undo century-old Gordian Knot

    Wed, Mar 06, 2013 8:20 AM by Jesse Emspak, LiveScience

    Scientists used a tank of fluid to generate a vortex loop, but a big question was what happens to these loops over time.

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  • Superconductivity could transform medicine, technology and beyond

    Tue, Mar 05, 2013 12:52 PM by Elizabeth Palermo, TechNewsDaily

    New advances in the technology are noted for their improved ability to carry a strong, uninterrupted current over a large area.

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  • Military robot dog learns new trick

    Tue, Mar 05, 2013 11:39 AM by Leslie Meredith, SPACE.com

    Engineers still have a number of kinks to work out before the dog can enter the field, including how loud it is.

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  • DARPA entreats designers to create vertical takeoff jet

    Fri, Mar 01, 2013 5:40 PM by Elizabeth Palermo, TechNewsDaily

    DARPA has issued a call to engineers to conjure up an original design and model for a plane capable of vertical takeoffs and lightning fast speeds.

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