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Why Juniper Trees Can Live On Less Water

An ability to avoid the plant equivalent of vapor lock and a favorable evolutionary history may explain the unusual drought resistance of junipers, some varieties of which are now spreading rapidly in water-starved regions of the western United States, a Duke University study has found.
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Masters of disguise

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Science news // 25 February, 2008 08:02:19
 A gene which helps a harmless African butterfly ward off predators by giving it wing patterns like those of toxic species, has been identified by scientists who published their findings 20 February 2008.

Research Uncovers the Social Dynamics of Yellow Jackets

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Science news // 17 February, 2008 02:02:31
 Michael Goodisman could be called the Maury Povich of the yellow jacket world. In his laboratory, Goodisman determines the paternity of yellow jackets to study family dynamics within a colony. Even though only one family lives within a colony, each yellow jacket queen mates with several males, creating a complex family tree.

Stanford researchers hear the sound of quantum drums

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Science news // 08 February, 2008 07:02:30
 Forty years ago, mathematician Mark Kac asked the theoretical question, "Can one hear the shape of a drum?"

Avian origins: new analysis confirms ancient beginnings

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Science news // 06 February, 2008 08:02:17
 Did modern birds originate around the time of the dinosaurs' demise, or have they been around far longer?

Racing Ahead at the Speed of Light

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Science news // 05 February, 2008 11:02:26
 Imagine trying to catch up to something moving close to the speed of light - the fastest anything can move - and sending ahead information in time to make mid-path flight corrections. Impossible? Not quite. Physicists at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC), a particle accelerator at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory, have achieved this tricky task - and the results may save the Lab money and time in their quest to understand the inner workings of the early universe.

Lost City pumps life-essential chemicals at rates unseen at typical black smokers

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Science news // 31 January, 2008 08:02:48
 Hydrocarbons -- molecules critical to life -- are being generated by the simple interaction of seawater with the rocks under the Lost City hydrothermal vent field in the mid-Atlantic Ocean.

Engineers Inhibit Fractures in Metals Using an Electric Field

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Science news // 30 January, 2008 09:01:43
 Engineers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have found that a strong electric field can stabilize the surface of metals and other solids that conduct electricity, inhibiting the formation of cracks caused by stress. This innovation could improve the function and reliability of a wide variety of machines including aircraft, electronic devices and medical transplants.

River plants may play major role in health of ocean coastal waters

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Science news // 29 January, 2008 09:01:43
 Recent research at MITs Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering suggests how aquatic plants in rivers and streams may play a major role in the health of large areas of ocean coastal waters.

Helium-8 study gives insight into nuclear theory, neutron stars

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Science news // 27 January, 2008 09:01:10
 The most neutron-rich matter that can be made on Earth—the nucleus of the helium-8 atom—has been created, trapped and characterized by researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory. This new measurement gives rise to several significant consequences in nuclear theory and the study of neutron stars.

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