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New data from an international, multicenter Phase III clinical trial has found that the experimental targeted therapy everolimus (RAD001) significantly delays cancer progression in patients with metastatic kidney cancer whose disease …

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Molecular and statistical genetic studies in 15 Finnish families have shown that there is a substantial genetic component in musical aptitude. read more.

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The collapse of so many schools was one of the tragedies in the Sichuan 7…

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Steve Daley writes “Prism window glass like Luxfer was big back in the 19th century, but now it seems to be making a high-tech comeback in Japan, where several companies are commercializing similar technology that gets enough natural …

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• Buzz Lightyear, toilet and Japanese lab lifted to space

In case you somehow were not aware, we are in the midst of the (I think first ever?) World Science Festival. Yes - somewhere in New York City, people are discussing Einstein’s dreams, morality, and bioterrorism (not at the same…

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• What Does it Mean to Be Human?
• SciFri Radio:World Science Festival / Kavli Awards
• World Science Festival Starts Tomorrow

Rnafold. This week, I noticed that a collection of servers, which can predict the shapes of RNA molecules, have been upgraded, and their new website looks great. Paste any RNA sequence into the University of Vienna RNA Fold form and it …

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Fermilab. In the race to find the Higgs-Boson particle, the last particle in the Standard Model of particle physics scientists are still looking for, the American horse is ailing. The Fermilab, the only particle physics lab in the …

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Just as recent metagenomic studies have demonstrated vast information about the bacteria that teem in and around us, there is a deep, mysterious well of ancient infections within our genomes Alexei Evsikov from Jackson Labs spoke this …

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coondoggie brings us a Networkworld report detailing NASA’s selection of six mission proposals for further study by the Small Explorer (SMEX) Program. The goal of the program is to develop cheap, tightly focused science missions (PDF). …

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• Shuttle Launch Pad Damaged During Discovery's Launch
• Iowa State Establishes Asteroid Deflection Research Center
• Ghostly Ring Found Circling Dead Star

This weekly Nautilus column highlights some of the online discussion at Nature Network in the preceding week that is of relevance to scientists as authors. The Nature Network week column is archived here. The citation in science group’s …

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