Global warming's silver lining: Northern countries will thrive, grow

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(University of California - Los Angeles) As world-wide population increases by 40 percent over the next 40 years, sparsely populated Canada, Scandinavia, Russia, and the northern US will become formidable economic powers and migration magnets, writes UCLA geographer Laurence C....

SDSC's CAIDA Internet research group part of new NSF awards

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(University of California - San Diego) A research project involving the Cooperative Association for Internet Data Analysis (CAIDA), based at the San Diego Supercomputer Center at UC San Diego, has been selected by the National Science Foundation (NSF) as part of a series of awards...

Popping Bubbles Hold Promise in Cellular Drug Injection

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A new technique that harnesses the power of mighty microscopic bubbles, developed by Duke engineers, can open for a blink of the eye nanometer-sized entries into individual cells.

Title VI Success

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Record number of international grants affirms Duke's global strategy

Stretched Molecule Ends Up Shorter Than It Started

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Polymer May Help Chemists Watch Reactions As They Happen

Moonstruck primates: Owl monkeys need moonlight as much as a biological clock for nocturnal activity

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An international collaboration led by a University of Pennsylvania anthropologist has shown that environmental factors, like temperature and light, play as much of a role in the activity of traditionally nocturnal monkeys as the circadian rhythm that regulates periods of sleep and wakefulness.

Death of the "doughnut"

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In 1998, Charlie Kerfoot discovered a "doughnut" of phytoplankton circulating in Lake Michigan, helping to feed the lake's famous fishery. Just 12 later, the doughnut is disappearing, and Kerfoot fears that the lake's ecosystem will crash, taking with it much of the fish biomass.

Transition metal catalysts could be key to origin of life, scientists report

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Scientists propose that an overlooked type of biological catalyst -- metal-ligand complexes -- could have jump-started metabolism and life itself, deep in hydrothermal ocean vents.

Biophysical Society names 2011 award recipients

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(Biophysical Society) The Biophysical Society is pleased to announce the recipients of its 2011 Society awards. The eight recipients will receive their awards at the Society's 55th Annual Meeting on Monday, March 7, 2011, at the Baltimore Convention Center in Baltimore, Md.

NASA satellite and International Space Station catch Earl weakening

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NASA satellites and the International Space Station are keeping eyes on Hurricane Earl as it heads for New England. Watches and Warnings are posted in the US northeast.

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The irresistability of the end

Aug 26

What is it about doomsday scenarios? Every once in a while, it seems, the general public can’t get enough of predictions about impending disaster. And the most recent spate of disaster ruminations seems more pervasive than ever.

Premature death notice

Aug 19

Earlier this week, Wired editor Chris Anderson declared the death of the Web and the rise of everything else (on the Internet). It was a bit like twittering the death of your favorite celebrity on Twitter, except in this case it’s the one loved by billions.

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CC Radio - Episode 46

Sep 1

Post-Doctoral Fellow at CC Department of Bioethics Part of Academy Award-Nominated Documentary. For transcripts of this and other NIH Clinical Center podcasts, visit http://www.cc.nih.gov/podcast/

CC Radio - Episode 45

Aug 27

Clinical Center Studies Noninvasive Imaging of Heart Failure. For transcripts of this and other NIH Clinical Center podcasts, visit http://www.cc.nih.gov/podcast/