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New research confirms that alpha particles from decaying radon atoms can damage neighboring cells they don't directly hit and suggests a mechanism for this so-called bystander effect. (p. 356)Published: December 8th, 2001; Vol.160 #23Found in: Biomedicine -
Many coastal fisheries are in trouble, yet according to figures reported to the United Nations, the annual global yield has appeared to be stable or even growing. (p. 343)Published: December 1st, 2001; Vol.160 #22Found in: Environment
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A costly accident has indefinitely disabled Super-Kamiokande, a cutting-edge neutrino detector in Japan. (p. 327)Published: November 24th, 2001; Vol.160 #21Found in: Physics -
The army of pathogens responsible for black band disease, which kills corals, contains some human bacteria that polluted waters carry out to sea. (p. 332)Published: November 24th, 2001; Vol.160 #21Found in: Earth Science
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A combination of sedimentary analysis and careful reading of classical literature helps pinpoint where the Greek fleet that attacked Troy came ashore. (p. 332)Published: November 24th, 2001; Vol.160 #21Found in: Earth Science
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A rapid warming period that began the Eocene epoch dramatically reshaped North America's animal community but not the continent's plants. (p. 332)Published: November 24th, 2001; Vol.160 #21Found in: Earth Science
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Recent discoveries of long-dead marine invertebrates call into question the occurrence of a catastrophic global extinction during the Late Devonian period, between 385 and 375 million years ago. (p. 311)Published: November 17th, 2001; Vol.160 #20Found in: Paleontology
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Blood pressure at the high end of what is defined as the normal range is closer to "high" than to "normal" in terms of risk of associated heart disease. (p. 277)Published: November 3rd, 2001; Vol.160 #18Found in: Biomedicine
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A medication that reduces the risk of heart attack also can diminish a muscle-wasting metabolic response common among victims of severe trauma or illness. (p. 263)Published: October 27th, 2001; Vol.160 #17Found in: Biomedicine
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A hormone known for its involvement in the brain's response to stress also plays a key role in shielding the developing embryo from its mother's immune system. (p. 247)Published: October 20th, 2001; Vol.160 #16Found in: Biomedicine
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The newly operating Gemini Multi-Object Spectrograph instrument on the Gemini North Telescope on Mauna Kea, Hawaii, took a high-resolution composite photograph of a galaxy 30 million light-years away. (p. 228)Published: October 13th, 2001; Vol.160 #15Found in: Astronomy -
A pair of studies suggests a link, at least in some women, between elevated residential exposure to electromagnetic fields and reduced production of the hormone melatonin. (p. 215)Published: October 6th, 2001; Vol.160 #14Found in: Biomedicine
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A crippled NASA probe successfully navigated close enough to Comet Borrelly to capture and beam home black-and-white and infared images of its nucleus and new data about ions and other particles that radiate from it. (p. 196)Published: September 29th, 2001; Vol.160 #13Found in: Astronomy -
The first discovery of early whale fossils with key ankle bones intact provides compelling paleontological evidence that whales are closely related to many living ungulates, a relationship already supported by molecular data. (p. 180)Published: September 22nd, 2001; Vol.160 #12Found in: Paleontology -
The round goby, a Eurasian fish that has invaded the Great Lakes, is causing the decline of the mottled sculpin by displacing the native from its spawning sites. (p. 166)Published: September 15th, 2001; Vol.160 #11Found in: Ecology
