Waters around 11 Pacific islands will be off-limits to commercial fishing
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Simulations show tornadoes must have large water droplets to form
Waters around 11 Pacific islands will be off-limits to commercial fishing
Continue reading about Bush Creates World’s Largest Set of Marine Sanctuaries
Simulations show tornadoes must have large water droplets to form
Astronomers are set to expand our knowledge of the history of our universe with a new project to map the inception and formation of galaxies.
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A tumor-suppressing gene is a key to understanding, and perhaps killing, dormant ovarian cancer cells that persist after initial treatment only to reawaken later, researchers report. They found that expression of ARHI turns on autophagy, or self-eating, in ovarian cancer cells, which promotes their survival in a dormant state.
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When neurons started dying in Clive Svendsen’s lab dishes, he couldn’t have been more pleased. The dying cells — the same type lost in patients with the devastating neurological disease spinal muscular atrophy — confirmed that the stem cell biologist had recreated the hallmarks of a genetic disorder in the lab, using stem cells derived [...]
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Scientists have identified a gene which enables them to predict for the first time with high probability if colon cancer is going to metastasize. They were able to demonstrate that the gene MACC1 not only promotes tumor growth but also the development of metastasis. When MACC1 gene activity is low, the life expectancy of patients [...]
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Physicists have worked on the quantum physics description of the tunneling effect for 60 years. The group has now for the first time succeeded in measuring time intervals that enable the direct measurement of the tunneling time of electrons in laser-induced ionization. No corresponding delay was measured in the experiment: something that astonished many physicists. [...]
Critically ill patients frequently have uncertain prognoses, but their families overwhelmingly wish that physicians would address prognostic uncertainty candidly, according to a new study.