Tibetan altitude gene came from extinct human species
from New Scientist - Online news
(2014-7-3 2:17)
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The distant ancestors of modern Tibetans interbred with extinct humans called Denisovans, and picked up a gene for living up where the air is thin
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Kill cattle not badgers to halt UK's TB epidemic
from New Scientist - Online news
(2014-7-3 2:00)
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Badger culls don't work. The most effective way to stop the spread of bovine tuberculosis in the UK would be to cull whole herds of cows, infected or not
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Today on New Scientist
from New Scientist - Online news
(2014-7-3 1:30)
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All the latest on newscientist.com: the Victorian Dr Death, stem cell scandal, El Niño, NASA's flying saucer, carbon-sleuthing satellite launches and more
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NASA carbon sleuth will sniff out 'missing' emissions
from New Scientist - Online news
(2014-7-3 1:10)
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Five years after the loss of the first Orbiting Carbon Observatory on launch, the probe's clone is ready to take a detailed look at our global carbon cycle
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Acid-bath stem cell papers are finally retracted
from New Scientist - Online news
(2014-7-3 1:09)
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Two Nature papers describing a startlingly simple way to create embryonic-like stem cells have been officially retracted
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Zoologger: Meet the only animal with five legs
from New Scientist - Online news
(2014-7-3 0:56)
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One of the world's best loved and iconic animals, the kangaroo, has been keeping a secret– it may be the only "pentapedal" animal
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El Niño will make Indonesia's deforestation even worse
from New Scientist - Online news
(2014-7-3 0:52)
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Not only is Indonesia deforesting faster than any other country, the coming El Niño looks set to take forest loss to record levels
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Proterro社、光バイオリアクターの米特許が成立
from 日経バイオテクONLINE
(2014-7-3 0:00)
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米Proterro社は2014年6月25日、Proterro社の特許取得済みのショ糖(sucrose)生産プロセス(米特許8,597,914番)において重要な要素となる独自の光バイオリアクターをカバーする米特許が米特許商標局(USPTO)により承認されたと発表、特許8,728,783番が成立した(関連記事1、関連記事2)。
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北里大学の学長に小林弘祐医学博士が就任
from 日経バイオテクONLINE
(2014-7-3 0:00)
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北里大学の学長に小林弘祐医学博士が、2014年7月1日付けで就任した。「生命科学を学ぶ総合大学」という特長をさらに強化し、理系や文系という枠にとらわれない生命科学の道を究め、各学部・大学院の知識と技術を有機的に統合し、国内外の大学や研究機関との連携を推進する。
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Consciousness on-off switch discovered deep in brain
from New Scientist - Online news
(2014-7-2 23:14)
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Zapping an area deep in our brains turns off consciousness? suggesting this is where perceptions are bound together into a cohesive experience
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