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For super-tough spider silk, just add titanium
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-5-2 4:22)
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Spider silk is already one of the toughest fibres known, and now it can be made even more resilient with an injection of metalimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/40c957a/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=For super-tough spider silk, just add titaniumlink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227066.200-for-supertough-spider-silk-just-add-titanium.html?DCMP=OTC-rssnsref=online-news" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=For super-tough spider silk, just add titaniumlink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227066.200-for-supertough-spider-silk-just-add-titanium.html?DCMP=OTC-rssnsref=online-news" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a hre ...
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First genetic analysis of swine flu reveals potency
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-5-2 2:36)
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Mutation rates show the H1N1 flu virus may have jumped from pigs to humans as long ago as Januaryndash; but also hint that it may be easy to snuff outimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/40c70bc/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=First genetic analysis of swine flu reveals potencylink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17072-first-genetic-analysis-of-swine-flu-reveals-potency.html?DCMP=OTC-rssnsref=online-news" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=First genetic analysis of swine flu reveals potencylink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17072-first-genetic-analysis-of-swine-flu-reveals-potency.html?DCMP=OTC-rssnsref=online-news" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border= ...
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Why more fertiliser harms plant diversity
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-5-2 0:55)
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For 35 years, ecologists have been trying to work out why fertilisers decrease biodiversityndash; now an artificial ecosystem may have solved the mysteryimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/40c4801/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Why more fertiliser harms plant diversitylink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17068" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Why more fertiliser harms plant diversitylink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17068" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/38124357643/u/0/f/10897/c/749/s/67913729/a2.htm"img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/38124357643/u/0/f/10897/c/749/s/67913729/ ...
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Multi-drug strategy could slow pandemic spread
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-5-2 0:48)
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How we deploy the two effective flu treatments may be vital in determining the size of any pandemic that might emerge from the current H1N1 outbreak, researchers sayimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/40c4804/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Multi-drug strategy could slow pandemic spreadlink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17069-multidrug-strategy-could-slow-pandemic-spread.html?DCMP=OTC-rssnsref=online-news" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Multi-drug strategy could slow pandemic spreadlink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17069-multidrug-strategy-could-slow-pandemic-spread.html?DCMP=OTC-rssnsref=online-news" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a ...
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Unknown internet 3: How big is the net?
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-5-2 0:24)
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In 2008, Google announced that its systems had registered a trillion unique pages? but even this might represent only a fraction of what is out thereimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/40c3139/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Unknown internet 3: How big is the net?link=http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227062.200-unknown-internet-3-how-big-is-the-net.html?DCMP=OTC-rssnsref=online-news" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Unknown internet 3: How big is the net?link=http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227062.200-unknown-internet-3-how-big-is-the-net.html?DCMP=OTC-rssnsref=online-news" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="ht ...
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Warning over DNA damage from forest fires
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-5-1 23:09)
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Smoke from burning trees may contain potent compounds that can damage human DNA and potentially cause cancer, according to a controversial studyimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/40c1109/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Warning over DNA damage from forest fireslink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17067-warning-over-dna-damage-from-forest-fires.html?DCMP=OTC-rssnsref=online-news" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Warning over DNA damage from forest fireslink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17067-warning-over-dna-damage-from-forest-fires.html?DCMP=OTC-rssnsref=online-news" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da ...
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Plastic cups could boost auto performance
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-5-1 23:05)
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The dream of being able to fuel a car on waste comes a step closer with the discovery that dissolving polystyrene cups in biodiesel increases power outputimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/40c06c8/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Plastic cups could boost auto performancelink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17066-plastic-cups-could-boost-auto-performance.html?DCMP=OTC-rssnsref=online-news" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Plastic cups could boost auto performancelink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17066-plastic-cups-could-boost-auto-performance.html?DCMP=OTC-rssnsref=online-news" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href= ...
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Dancing parrots could help explain evolution of rhythm
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-5-1 22:37)
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Parrots reveal that humans aren't the only animals that can groove to different beatsndash; the key might be mimicry, say researchersimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/40bfb66/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Dancing parrots could help explain evolution of rhythmlink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17065-dancing-parrots-could-help-explain-evolution-of-rhythm.html?DCMP=OTC-rssnsref=online-news" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Dancing parrots could help explain evolution of rhythmlink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17065-dancing-parrots-could-help-explain-evolution-of-rhythm.html?DCMP=OTC-rssnsref=online-news" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" / ...
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This week's top stories [01 May 2009]
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-5-1 22:00)
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pOur top articles ranked by reader popularity./pullia href='http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/40ab178/l/0L0Snewscientist0N0Carticle0Cdn170A630Emysterious0Espokes0Efound0Ein0Ecrater0Eon0Emercury0Bhtml0DDCMP0FOTC0Erss0Gnsref0Fonline0Enews/story02.htm'Mysterious spokes found in crater on Mercury/a/lilia href='http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/40adc22/l/0L0Snewscientist0N0Carticle0Cdn170A590Ebrainjuggling0Elets0Edolphins0Eavoid0Esleep0Edeprivation0Bhtml0DDCMP0FOTC0Erss0Gnsref0Fonline0Enews/story02.htm''Brain-juggling' lets dolphins avoid sleep deprivation/a/lilia href='http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/40a888f/l/0L0Snewscientist0N0Carticle0Cdn170A620Esun0Edamage0Econceals0Easteroids0Etrue0Eages0Bhtml0DDCMP0FOTC0Erss0Gnsref0Fonline0Enews/story02.htm'Sun damage conceals asteroids' true ages/a/lilia href='http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/40a6251/l/0L0Snewscientist0N0Carticle0Cdn170A57/story02.htm'Huge gene study shines new light on African ...
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Quack remedies spread by virtue of being useless
from New Scientist - Online News
(2009-5-1 20:32)
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Bogus medical treatments spread in society precisely because theyidon't/iwork, a mathematical model suggestsimg width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/40bbc35/mf.gif' border='0'/div class='mf-viral'table border='0'trtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Quack remedies spread by virtue of being uselesslink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17064-quack-remedies-spread-by-virtue-of-being-useless.html?DCMP=OTC-rssnsref=online-news" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" //a/tdtd valign='middle'a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Quack remedies spread by virtue of being uselesslink=http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17064-quack-remedies-spread-by-virtue-of-being-useless.html?DCMP=OTC-rssnsref=online-news" target="_blank"img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" //a/td/tr/table/divbr/br/a href="http://da.feedspo ...
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