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The kapok connection -- Study explains rainforest similarities

...reak open to reveal fluffy fibers that are used to stuff pillows and mattresses. The seeds, which are about the size of a sunflower seed, are buoyant and able to float down rivers along which the colossal trees grow. Dick and colleagues investigated which of several possible scenarios could be the reaso...

Polynesia explorers created worldwide web of scientific knowledge

...discovered earlier in the Americas and "became the stuff of European stereotypes," Liebersohn said. What they encountered, however, "defied their expectations": sophisticated societies, physical beauty, sexual freedom, tattoos, and ship and nautical skills that were different from anything they had known. ...

Stanford doctors advance in bid to turn mice stem cells into blood vessels

...'re alive, and you start to believe this stem cell stuff has possibilities." For the study, Abilez received first place in the seventh annual International Society of Endovascular Fellows' research award in laboratory sciences. The findings are published in this month's edition of the Journal of Endovascu...

DNA: Bacteria's survival ration

...ing things die," Finkel said. "Where does all that stuff go? Why aren't we up to our ears in DNA, in ribosomes, in plant protein? "A lot of decay is microbial, and nobody ever thinks about it." Finkel calls this phenomenon "nutritional competence" to distinguish it from natural competence, defined as the...

Contaminants linked to sturgeon decline in Columbia river

... contamination," Schreck said. "The fish move, the stuff they eat moves and the water and sediments bearing the contaminants moves. The Columbia receives input from numerous sources, so any population of fish at any one site can be exposed to a myriad of substances." The OSU researchers say it is difficul...

New battery technology helps stimulate nerves

...ional authority on silicon chemistry. Silicon, the stuff computer chips are made of, is one of the Earth's most abundant elements. Organosilicons are compounds composed of silicon and other natural materials. In the context of the lithium battery, West's group has been making and testing "designer silicon...

Bioartificial kidney under study at MCG

...the fiber, which is pumped back into the body. The stuff that isn't pumped out is just like urine: it goes in the toilet," Dr. Szerlip says. Preliminary findings on 10 patients at the University of Michigan Medical Center and Cleveland Clinic Foundation showed the device was safe and produced desired resu...

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