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Great tits: Birds with character
Published February 9, 2010, 11:23 am, Science Daily
Gene variation is the reason that some great tit populations are more curious than others. In humans and animals alike, individuals differ in sets of traits that we usually refer to as personality. An important part of the individual difference in personality is due to variation in the underlying genes. One gene, the dopamine receptor D4 gene, however, is known to influence novelty seeking and ...
The future of European research
Published February 9, 2010, 10:55 am, Nature
With a new research commissioner arriving in Brussels, and big policy changes on the cards, explains how scientists could be affected.
Great tits: birds with character
Published February 9, 2010, 7:25 am, uniprotokolle
In humans and animals alike, individuals differ in sets of traits that we usually refer to as personality. An important part of the individual difference in personality is due to variation in the underlying genes.
Twitter #scientistlyrics #boffinsongs
Published February 9, 2010, 12:48 am, SciScoop
Well, that was a meme and a half – #scientistlyrics and #boffinsongs, thanks everyone for joining in and making it so much fun. There were some brilliant efforts and in the end it was, as is inevitable on the net, “Rickrolled” by @bmljenny at which point I felt obliged to stop, although a few more [...]
Ancient helium shows up in Big Bang's echo
Published February 8, 2010, 11:52 pm, New Kerala
London, Feb 9 : Reports indicate that the subtle signal of ancient helium has shown up for the first time in light left over from the big bang, a discovery that will help astronomers work out how much of the stuff was made during the big bang and how much was made later by stars.
Village seeks land-use grant to create new subdivision law
Published February 8, 2010, 11:22 pm, The Daily Mail
HUNTER — The Village of Hunter has no subdivision law, and would like the financial assistance of the Catskill Watershed Corporation (CWC) in having one.
Probing exoplanets from the ground: A little telescope goes a long way
Published February 8, 2010, 8:32 pm, Science Daily
NASA astronomers have successfully demonstrated that a David of a telescope can tackle Goliath-size questions in the quest to study Earth-like planets around other stars. Their work provides a new tool for ground-based observatories, promising to accelerate by years the search for prebiotic, or life-related, molecules on planets orbiting stars beyond our solar system.
Wellington Firm to build Blue Heron, Congress
Published February 8, 2010, 8:17 am, Boca Raton News
Palm Beach County Commissioners have approved a $360,562 contract with H & J Contracting from Wellington for the construction of Blue Heron Boulevard and Congress Avenue.
Alnylam Receives Notice of Allowance from United States Patent and Trademark Office for New Patent Broadly Covering ...
Published February 8, 2010, 5:00 am, Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.----Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. , a leading RNAi therapeutics company, announced today that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has awarded a Notice of Allowance for the “Soutschek and Manoharan” patent , which covers certain chemically modified siRNAs of any length directed to any target, including siRNAs with sterol conjugates for in vivo delivery.
Helium clue found in echo of the big bang
Published February 8, 2010, 3:44 am, New Scientist
Light left over from the birth of the universe has revealed another secret: a subtle hint of ancient helium
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