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News | Archive (29 August 2010)

Archived news stories published on 29 August 2010 [chronologically, reverse order]
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Roadkill study could speed detection of kidney cancer
Roadkill study could speed detection of kidney cancer — Large-scale data mining of gene networks in fruit flies has led researchers to a sensitive and specific diagnostic biomarker…
Dinosaur fossils fit perfectly into the evolutionary tree of life
Dinosaur fossils fit perfectly into the evolutionary tree of life — A recent study by researchers at the University of Bath and London's Natural History Museum has found that scientists' knowledge…
New stretchable electrodes created to study stresses on cardiac cells
New stretchable electrodes created to study stresses on cardiac cells — Engineers at Purdue and Stanford universities have created stretchable electrodes to study how cardiac muscle cells, neurones…
Gene's past could improve the future of rice
Gene's past could improve the future of rice — In an effort to improve rice varieties, a Purdue University researcher was part of a team that traced the evolutionary history…

China, Russia provinces agree to first transboundary protected area to conserve Amur tigers

— 17:29 GMT | Environment

Jilin province of China and neighbouring Primorsky province in Russia agreed today to collaborate formally in working towards the first transboundary Amur tiger protected area amidst celebrations for the second annual Amur Tiger Cultural Festival in the northeastern Chinese city of Hunchun…

McMaster study contradicts reports of problems with blood-thinner

— 17:29 GMT | Health

New findings by McMaster University researchers contradict earlier reports that people with a certain genetic make-up don't benefit from the blood-thinner clopidogrel, also known as Plavix…

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