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Universities to the Economic Rescue

By | June 27, 2011

President Barack Obama turns to US academic institutions for innovation and job creation.

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Warm-Blooded Dinos?

By | June 24, 2011

Evidence that large dinosaurs had body temperatures similar to modern-day mammals suggests they were either endothermic or extremely good at conserving body heat.

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Escape Predators, Get Parasites

By | June 24, 2011

A particular predator defense used by water fleas makes them more susceptible to parasite infections, new research shows.

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Criminal genes

By | June 22, 2011

Experts come together to revisit the controversial field of genetics and criminology

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Open and growing

By | June 22, 2011

Almost two decades since open access began, the upward trend in free journal publishing continues

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Chimp panel biased towards research?

By | June 21, 2011

Humane Society accuses a panel tasked with deciding the fate of retired chimpanzees of monkey business

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DOE science funding at risk

By | June 20, 2011

The US government's energy research efforts may be hobbled by budget cuts

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Bigger spores = badder infection

By | June 17, 2011

Larger spores of a deadly fungal pathogen cause more virulent infections in mice

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Gould's bias

By | June 16, 2011

A new study finds that Stephen J. Gould's criticisms of another scientist's data were misplaced, and the eminent biologist and historian succumbed to data bias himself

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Regulating nanotechnology

By | June 15, 2011

The FDA proposes the first set of regulations for nanotechnology and asks for feedback from the scientific community

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