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Archived news stories published in November 2007 [chronologically, reverse order]

In the new Hubble image of the galaxy M74 we can also see a smattering of bright pink regions decorating the spiral arms, (c) NASA, ESA, and The Hubble Heritage (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble CollaborationHoliday wishes from the Hubble Space Telescope

— 30 Nov 2007 | Astronomy

Resembling festive lights on a holiday wreath, this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image of the nearby spiral galaxy M74 is an iconic reminder of the impending season. Bright knots... — full story

Artist concept of lightning on Venus, (c) ESANASA scientist confirms light show on Venus

— 30 Nov 2007 | Astronomy

Venus is a hellish place of high temperatures and crushing air pressure. The European Space Agency's Venus Express mission adds into this mix the first confirmation that the Venusian... — full story

A rare, infrared view of a developing star and its flaring jets taken by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, (c) NASA/JPL-Caltech/UIUCEmbryonic star captured with jets flaring

— 30 Nov 2007 | Astronomy

A developing star wrapped in a black cocoon of dust is seen sprouting giant jets in a new image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. The stellar portrait, captured in infrared light,... — full story

Artist's rendition of a one-million-year-old star system, (c) NASA/JPL-CaltechYouthful star sprouts planets early

— 30 Nov 2007 | Astronomy

A stellar prodigy has been spotted about 450 light-years away in a system called UX Tau A by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. Astronomers suspect this system's central sun-like star,... — full story

Image showing an artistic rendering of the malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, in the early ring stage, in human blood cells, (c) istockphoto.com/kativNovel physiological states identified for malaria parasite

— 28 Nov 2007 | Biology

The malaria parasite has been studied for decades, but surprisingly, little is known about how it behaves in humans to cause disease. In a groundbreaking study published in the advance... — full story

Embryonic cells count to control their development

— 28 Nov 2007 | Biology

Scientists have uncovered embryonic cells' ability to measure and respond to the strength of the molecular signals that guide nerve development in the growing spinal cord. The discovery... — full story

Still image captured from the 3-D movie produced from the TC data, (c) JAXAComposition of 3-D movies with Terrain Camera images onboard KAGUYA

— 28 Nov 2007 | Astronomy

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) successfully demonstrated production of digital elevation models and stereo movies (3 dimensional movies) of the Moon surface by using... — full story

The U-M study analysed genetic data from 29 Native American populations.It suggests a Siberian origin is much more likely than a South Asian or Polynesian origin, (c) University of Michigan Health SystemStudy supports single main migration across Bering Strait

— 28 Nov 2007 | Geology and palaeontology

Did a relatively small number of people from Siberia who trekked across a Bering Strait land bridge some 12,000 years ago give rise to the native peoples of North and South America?... — full story

Some of the logs believed to have been deposited by the last glacier to melt across the Upper Peninsula of Michigan more than 10,000 years ago, (c) Michigan Technological UniversityA prehistoric forest emerges from pond of a farmer

— 28 Nov 2007 | Geology and palaeontology

Dennis Myllyla thought he'd struck a fine bargain with the Michigan Department of Transportation. MDOT would get fill for nearby highway construction by dredging a pond on his farm... — full story

Polarstern, research vessel of the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in the Helmholtz Association, (c) Alfred Wegener InstituteClimate change and life in the Southern Ocean

— 28 Nov 2007 | Environment

A ten-week expedition to the Lazarev Sea and the eastern part of the Weddell Sea opens this year's Antarctic research season of the German research vessel Polarstern. On the evening... — full story

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