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Moffitt researchers identify gene variations that may help predict cancer treatment response 9 Aug 2013 | 09:30 am
Researchers at the Moffitt Cancer Center have identified four inherited genetic variants in non-small cell lung cancer patients that can help predict survival and treatment response. Their findings co...
‘Extinction threat’ to hen harriers 9 Aug 2013 | 08:30 am
Hen harriers are close to extinction in England after the country’s only two nesting pairs failed to produce offspring, conservationists say. Read more here
Chernobyl’s legacy recorded in trees 9 Aug 2013 | 06:31 am
Exposure to radiation from the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear accident suppressed tree growth appears to have a lasting negative legacy, a study suggests. Read more here
Emeritus trio scoops the 2013 Dirac Medal 9 Aug 2013 | 06:30 am
Kibble, Peebles and Rees recognized by the ICTP Read more here
Bottlenose dolphin strandings up in US East Coast 9 Aug 2013 | 04:37 am
An unusually high number of bottlenose dolphins are dying off the U.S. East Coast this summer, the deadliest period for the sea mammals since a virus killed off more than 700 in the late 1980s, federa...
Controlling skyrmions for better electronics 9 Aug 2013 | 04:36 am
Physicists at the University of Hamburg managed for the first time to individually write and delete single skyrmions, a knot-like magnetic entity. Such vortex-shaped magnetic structures exhibit unique...
LulzSec hacker sentenced in Sony data breach 9 Aug 2013 | 04:35 am
Federal prosecutors say a hacker has been sentenced in a data breach that exposed personal information for 138,000 people kept in Sony Pictures Entertainment computers. Read more here
Poised for discovery: Gemini’s much-anticipated infrared instrument goes on-sky 9 Aug 2013 | 04:34 am
(Phys.org) —Gemini Observatory’s latest instrument, a powerful infrared camera and spectrograph at Gemini South, reveals its potential in a series of striking on-sky commissioning images released toda...
Faith-based re-entry program for prisoners saves money, reduces recidivism, study finds 9 Aug 2013 | 04:33 am
A faith-based prisoner re-entry program in Minnesota has saved an estimated $3 million by reducing recidivism, according to a Baylor University study published in the International Journal of Criminol...
The Pirate Bay survives to turn 10 9 Aug 2013 | 04:32 am
The legacy of the world’s most notorious file-sharing site Read more here
