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News | Archive (4 August 2008) [Page 4]

Archived news stories published on 4 August 2008 [chronologically, reverse order]
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New technique used to profile anthrax genome
New technique used to profile anthrax genome — Scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology have used a new approach, known as RNA-Seq, to profile the gene expression…
Mini dinosaurs prowled North America
Mini dinosaurs prowled North America — Massive predators like Albertosaurus and Tyrannosaurus rex may have been at the top of the food chain, but they were not…
NASA's Fermi mission, Namibia's HESS telescopes explore a blazar
NASA's Fermi mission, Namibia's HESS telescopes explore a blazar — An international team of astrophysicists using telescopes on the ground and in space have uncovered surprising changes in…
Quadruple Saturn moon transit snapped by Hubble
Quadruple Saturn moon transit snapped by Hubble — On 24 February 2009 the Hubble Space Telescope took a photo of four moons of Saturn passing in front of their parent planet.…

Great white's mighty bite revealed

— 12:14 GMT | Geology and palaeontology

Using sophisticated computer modelling techniques they have also calculated that the bite force of the great white's extinct relative, the gigantic fossil species Carcharodon megalodon (also known as Big Tooth) is the highest of all time, making it arguably the most formidable carnivore ever to have existed…

Who needs Jilly Goolden?

— 12:10 GMT | Chemistry

You don't need a wine expert to identify a '74 Pinot Noir from Burgundy - a handheld 'electronic tongue' devised by European scientists will tell you the grape variety and vintage at the press of a button…

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