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Soybeans in United States is facing another unusual malady view story
2 votes- Submitted by johnadam33
- 7 days ago
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Researchers are hard at work looking for the cause of an odd, late-season development in Arkansas soybean fields. “There are plants in large areas that simply refuse to mature,” says John Rupe, plant pathologist with the University of Arkansas.
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Science Today: One step closer to defending antibiotic resistant superbugs view story
2 votes- Submitted by johnadam33
- 11 days ago
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A discovery from the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation has put scientists are one step closer to finding a defense against dangerous antibiotic-resistant bacteria, sometimes called “superbugs.” In a study that will be published in the Nov. 11 editi
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Science Today: New technology in wine watching view story
1 vote- Submitted by johnadam33
- 11 days ago
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Steeped in tradition, Europe’s vintners have found themselves hard pressed to compete with the modern processes used to produce New World wines. Now European researchers are offering the continent’s winemaking industry the opportunity to improve quali
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Science Today: Its election day in United States of America view video
1 vote- Submitted by johnadam33
- 13 days ago
- (http://aurmoth.blogspot.com/2008/...)
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Science Today: New hopes in controlling pine beetles, genetics unlocked view story
1 vote- Submitted by johnadam33
- 17 days ago
- (http://aurmoth.blogspot.com/2008/...)
University of British Columbia researchers have discovered some of the genetic secrets that enable pine and spruce trees to fight off pests and disease, uncovering critical new information about forests' natural defense systems. Assoc. Prof. Joerg Bohlman
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Science Today: Researchers at UC Davis developing a better bee view story
1 vote- Submitted by johnadam33
- 18 days ago
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An enhanced-line honey bee stock developed by University of California, Davis bee breeder-geneticist Susan Cobey, that crosses her bee line “New World Carnolians” with “Old World” Carnolians from Germany, shows genetic promise.
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Science Today: Don't go to church, but be more spiritual view story
1 vote- Submitted by johnadam33
- 22 days ago
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Those who worship a higher power often do so in different ways. Whether they are active in their religious community, or prefer to simply pray or meditate, new research out of Temple University suggests that a person's religiousness – also called religi
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Science Today: One vaccine to confer protection against multiple strains of bacteria view story
1 vote- Submitted by johnadam33
- 25 days ago
- (http://aurmoth.blogspot.com/2008/...)
Doctors have always hoped that scientists might one day create a vaccination that would treat a broad spectrum of maladies. They could only imagine that there might be one vaccine that would protect against, say, 2,500 strains of Salmonella. And what if
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Science Today: More fatal motor vehicle crashes on US presidential election days view story
1 vote- Submitted by johnadam33
- about 1 month ago
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Sunnybrook researcher Dr. Donald Redelmeier and Stanford University statistician Robert Tibshirani have found an increased risk of fatal motor vehicle crashes on United States (US) presidential election days.
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Science Today: Brain study shows why people spend too much on auctions such as ebay view story
1 vote- Submitted by johnadam33
- about 1 month ago
- (http://aurmoth.blogspot.com/2008/...)
Auctions are an old and widely used method for allocating goods that have become increasingly common with the advent of internet auctions sites such as Ebay. Previous economic research has shown that in an auction people tend to bid "too high," or overbid

