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Catastrophic flood of the Mediterranean after the Messinian salinity crisis : NatureThe Mediterranean Sea became disconnected from the world’s oceans and mostly desiccated by evaporation about 5.6 million years ago during the Messinian salinity crisis1, 2, 3. The Atlantic waters found a way through the present Gibraltar Strait and rapidly refilled the Mediterranean 5.33 million ...
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Planetary BoundariesTo avoid catastrophic environmental change humanity must stay within defined 'planetary boundaries' for a range of essential Earth-system processes, argue Johan Rockström and his co-authors in a Nature Feature. If one boundary is transgressed, then safe levels for other processes could also be ...
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LHC sees particles circulate once more : Nature NewsLHC sees particles circulate once more Proton beams are zipping around the world's largest particle collider after more than a year of repairs. The world's largest particle accelerator is officially back in business, scientists in charge of it announced today. Over the weekend, physicists ...
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Gene-makers form security coalition : Nature NewsGene-makers form security coalition Latest salvo in the gene-synthesis 'standards war' sees firms set up a competing code. A new coalition of synthetic-biology companies, named the International Gene Synthesis Consortium (IGSC), has created its own set of guidelines that are intended to ...
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Oldest American artefact unearthed : Nature NewsOldest American artefact unearthed Oregon caves yield evidence of continent's first inhabitants. Archaeologists claim to have found the oldest known artefact in the Americas, a scraper-like tool in an Oregon cave that dates back 14,230 years. The tool shows that people were living in ...
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New targets for old drugs : Nature NewsNew targets for old drugs A computer program predicts thousands of previously unknown drug-target associations. Researchers have identified thousands of new targets for existing drugs using a computer program that compares the molecular structures of drug compounds and chemicals that occur ...Guy G added 2 months ago
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Access : Dark-energy particle spotted? : Nature NewsAccess This article is part of Nature's premium content. Published online 29 May 2009 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news.2009.531 News Dark-energy particle spotted? Reported 'chameleon' particle would change its mass to match its environs. Zeeya Merali Cosmologists don't usually take ...
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Nature journal full article: safe operating space for humanityA safe operating space for humanity Johan Rockström , Will Steffen , Kevin Noone , Åsa Persson , F. Stuart Chapin, III , Eric F. Lambin , Timothy M. Lenton , Marten Scheffer , Carl Folke , Hans Joachim Schellnhuber , Björn Nykvist , Cynthia A. de Wit , Terry Hughes , Sander van der Leeuw , ...Devamrita Swami added 3 months ago
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First swine flu death on the Galapagos : Nature NewsFirst swine flu death on the Galapagos Spread of virus shows islands no longer in evolutionary isolation. Swine flu has reached the Galapagos Islands, and the first human fatality there has caused widespread alarm, threatening to undermine a booming tourist industry — mixed news for ...
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Biologists napping while work is militarizedCurrent biochemical threats range from lethal chemical agents to traditional and genetically modified biological agents. In general, biological agents such as anthrax cause governments the most concern. Only a few pathogens are suitable for military use, however. For example, smallpox could ...
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