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Roche buys Canadian biotechnology firm Arius for $190M

Pharmaceutical giant Roche Holding on Wednesday announced plans to buy Arius Research Inc. of Canada for C$191 million (US$190.4) as the latest in a series of purchases of North American biotechnology companies.
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Arstechnica

Science magazine names top 10 breakthroughs of 2008

The news writers at Science magazine describe what they believe were the 10 biggest scientific breakthroughs this year. From changing cells to modeling protons, and seeing planets outside our solar system, the discoveries cover a wide swath of natural science and represent some astonishing finds.Read More...
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Forbes Can Math Cure Cancer?

Radical researchers aim to customize cancer treatment with computers.
10/14/08
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Forbes Nobel's Glowing Prize

Three researchers win for their work turning a protein found in jellyfish into a ubiquitous biotech tool.
10/08/08
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Forbes Biotech's Glowing Breakthrough Wins...

Three researchers won for their work turning a protein found in jellyfish into a ubiquitous biotech tool.
10/08/08
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THE WHITE HOUSE - Establishment of the Marianas Trench...

Over approximately 480 nautical miles, the Mariana Archipelago encompasses the 14 islands of the United States Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and the United States...
01/06/09
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The Independent Ocean quest: The race to save the...

Coral reefs are often described as the tropical rainforests of the oceans. But marine biologists sometimes use another analogy: that of the canary in the coalmine. These birds...
07/17/08
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Los Angeles Times Presenting science questions to John...

A project called Science Debate 2008 asked the major party presidential nominees about the state of American science. Here are some of the candidates' answers. ...
09/20/08
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WRAL.com

US controls bird flu vaccines over bioweapon fears

JAKARTA, Indonesia - When Indonesia's health minister stopped sending bird flu viruses to a research laboratory in the U.S. for fear Washington could use them to make biological weapons, Defense Secretary Robert Gates laughed and called it "the nuttiest thing" he'd ever heard.
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Los Angeles Times

1 Japanese, 2 Americans win Nobel chemistry prize

Two Americans and a U.S.-based Japanese scientist won the Nobel Prize in chemistry on Wednesday for discovering and developing a glowing jellyfish protein that revolutionized the ability to study disease and normal development in living organisms.
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Los Angeles Times Presenting science questions to John...

A project called Science Debate 2008 asked the major party presidential nominees about the state of American science. Here are some of the candidates' answers. ...
09/19/08
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Newsweek Do Our Political Beliefs Have a...

A small but intriguing study finds that liberals and conservatives react differently when shown threatening images.
09/18/08
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Times Online Leading scientist urges teaching of...

Creationism should be taught in schools as a legitimate point of view to stop religious children losing interest in science lessons, a leading Royal Society scientist has urged.
09/11/08
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B.B.C. NEWS Male biological clock 'ticks too'

Scientists say they have found more evidence that men as well as women have biological clocks.
07/06/08
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Times Online What do our dreams mean?

What did you dream about last night? Were you chased by some unseen phantom through dark woods; did you get intimate with a Hollywood film star; or were you simply doing some...
08/30/08
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Arstechnica Journal week in review: science from...

Physics on all size scales: from supermassive blackholes to lenses made of materials that bend light backwards, to collections of atoms in Bose-Einstein condensates; also...
08/23/08
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WRAL.com

Scientists win Nobel for green jellyfish protein

Three U.S.-based scientists won a Nobel Prize on Wednesday for turning a glowing green protein from jellyfish into a revolutionary way to watch the tiniest details of life within cells and living creatures.
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Los Angeles Times

Three U.S.-based scientists share Nobel chemistry prize

Roger Y. Tsien of UC San Diego, Martin Chalfie of Columbia University and researcher Osamu Shimomura developed a fluorescent jellyfish protein that allows researchers to trace cell molecules. Three U.S.-based scientists will share the 2008 Nobel Prize in chemistry for their development of a green fluorescent protein from jellyfish that has provided researchers their first new window into the workings of the cell since the development of the microscope.
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Times Online Can illegal drugs help depression?

Many people will enjoy some yoga or meditation this weekend. Both practices have proven health benefits, but for some people knowing that it works is never enough. They have...
08/23/08
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Times Online Fruit juice, dirty bombs and the...

When Sir Keith O’Nions was chief scientist at the Ministry of Defence, shortly after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, British Intelligence picked up what he describes as “a...
08/23/08
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Yahoo! News Will NASA Ever Find Life on Mars? ...

SPACE.com - The discovery last week of water ice just under the surface of Mars has researchers buzzing, given that water is a key ingredient for life. The finding, by the...
06/27/08
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Yahoo! News Wide-Faced Men More Aggressive ...

LiveScience.com - Men with big mugs are more aggressive, a new study of hockey players suggests.
08/20/08
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Yahoo! News Microbes found living at record 1.6km...

Reuters - Microbes have been found living at a record depth of 1.6 km (a mile) beneath the Atlantic seabed in a hint that life might also evolve underground on other planets,...
05/22/08
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Arstechnica Engineering better biofuels through...

Efficient biofuels production may require more than scaling up the use of organisms we understand. A new paper examines how genomic research can help us optimize biofuels...
08/13/08
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msnbc Can Martian arctic support extreme life?

Bizarre microbes flourish in the most punishing environments on Earth from the bone-dry Atacama Desert in Chile to the boiling hot springs of Yellowstone National Park to the...
06/22/08
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Yahoo! News Can the Martian arctic support...

AP - Bizarre microbes flourish in the most punishing environments on Earth from the bone-dry Atacama Desert in Chile to the boiling hot springs of Yellowstone National Park to...
06/22/08
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