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CJaye

Barack Obama inauguration: artist Willard Wigan creates micros...

" Willard Wigan MBE made the artwork from a slither of cable tie, which sits in the eye of a gold needle. The 51-year-old said that being able to witness the first black presidency was a "dream come true" and...

created by CJaye | 47 wks ago
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talentedchimp

Single-Celled Giant Upends Early Evolution

"Slowly rolling across the ocean floor, a humble single-celled creature is poised to revolutionize our understanding of how complex life evolved on Earth. A distant relative of microscopic amoebas, the grape-sized...

created by talentedchimp | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Exclusive: Mars Lander Succumbs to Winter

jjenet

Mars Lander Succumbs to Winter

"Mission managers said Monday that they had not heard from the NASA spacecraft for a week and that they thought it had probably fallen quiet for good.“At this time, we’re pretty convinced that the vehicle is...

created by jjenet | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Researchers Target Cancer Tumors With Tiny 'Nanoworms'

stvalentine

Researchers Target Cancer Tumors With Tiny 'Nanoworms'

Scientists at UC San Diego, UC Santa Barbara and MIT have developednanometer-sized “nanoworms” that can cruise through the bloodstreamwithout significant interference from the body’s immune defense...

created by stvalentine | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Mars lander aims for touchdown in 'Green Valley'

Life on Mars..."Mars lander aims for touchdown in 'Green Valley' 22:37 11 April 2008 NewScientist.com news service David Shiga Enlarge image ...

created by agdobson | 1 year ago
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Deadly fungus migrates to Vancouver

"VANCOUVER - A microscopic deadly fungus that has made its home on Vancouver Island for almost a decade has now mutated and making its way to the Lower Mainland, according to new research."The symptoms of those exposed to the fungus are listed as follows:"Symptoms can appear...

created by mtippett | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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mpress

Record Sightings Of ‘Gentle Giant’

"Sightings of Britain’s biggest fish, the basking shark, have reached record levels, according to marine biologists. Big mouth, but harmless do you think Rosie would fit in there Last year, 2,222 of the animals...

created by mpress | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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China finds worm-infested US packaging

I deem this to be more of a political issue than anything else. "BEIJING -- China found microscopic worms and other harmful organisms in several batches of wooden packaging imported from the United States, state media said on Friday. The pine wood nematodes were found...

created by jayr_patron | 2 years ago
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10 Tech Concepts You Need to Know for 2007

"Bendable Concrete The nickname for Engineered Cementitious Composites (ECC) is self-explanatory: bendable concrete. Specially coated microscopic polymer fibers slide past each other instead of snapping under stress, so ECC bends without breaking. The material has been used...