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Black holes not black after all (5/13/2008): 9:14am 1 review astronomy, black-holes, radiation
http://www.astronomyreport.com/research/Black_holes_not_black_after_all.asp; From the page: "International scientists have used flowing water to simulate a black hole, testing Stephen Hawking's theory that black holes are not black after all."

Ancient protein offers clues to killer condition (5/13/2008): 9:13am 1 review evolution, birds, ancient-history, proteins, scallops
http://www.geneticarchaeology.com/research/Ancient_protein_offers_clues_to_ki...; From the page: "More than 600 million years of evolution has taken two unlikely distant cousins - turkeys and scallops - down very different physical paths from a common ancestor. But University of Leeds researchers have found that a motor protein, myosin 2, remains structurally identical in both creatures."

Development of embryonic stem cells into tissue-specific cells demonstrated (5/1…: 9:13am 1 review medical-science, stem-cells, differentiation, embryonic-stem-cells
http://www.cloningresources.com/research/Development_of_embryonic_stem_cells_...; From the page: "While it has long been known that embryonic stem cells have the ability to develop into any kind of tissue-specific cells, the exact mechanism as to how this occurs has heretofore not been demonstrated. Now, researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and elsewhere have succeeded in graphically revealing this process, resolving a long-standing question as to whether the stem cells achieve their development through selective activation or selective repression of genes."

Scientists Identify Key Roadblock to Gene Expression (5/13/2008): 9:13am 1 review genetics, chromosomes, gene-expression, rna-polymerase
http://www.geneticstimes.com/research/Scientists_Identify_Key_Roadblock_to_Ge...; From the page: "A team of scientists has provided, for the first time, a detailed map of how the building blocks of chromosomes, the cellular structures that contain genes, are organized in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster. The work identifies a critical stop sign for transcription, the first step in gene expression, and has implications for understanding how the AIDS virus regulates its genes."

New Clues to How Proteins Dissolve and Crystallize (5/13/2008): 9:12am 1 review chemistry, proteins, ions
http://www.chemistrytimes.com/research/New_Clues_to_How_Proteins_Dissolve_and...; From the page: "Fresh evidence for the "Law of Matching Water Affinities""

Hot climate could shut down plate tectonics (5/13/2008): 9:11am 1 review geoscience, climate-change, plate-tectonics, crust, mantle
http://www.geologytimes.com/research/Hot_climate_could_shut_down_plate_tecton...; With locked crust, Earth could become another Venus

Consumer specialist offers tips for dealing with economic hardship (5/13/2008): 9:08am 1 review financial-planning, personal-finance
http://www.cowboyeconomics.com/research/Consumer_specialist_offers_tips_for_d...; From the page: "With incomes dropping, lay-offs rising and home foreclosures everywhere signaling a struggling economy, an extension consumer finance specialist in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences offers tips for dealing with financial difficulty."

Federal Government Taps NC State Experts To Explain Nanotech Risks (5/13/2008): 9:08am 1 review nanotech, safety
http://www.nanitenews.com/research/Federal_Government_Taps_NC_State_Experts_T...; From the page: "The arm of the federal government responsible for coordinating nanotechnology research and regulations across the country has called on experts from North Carolina State University to craft a white paper that will lay out how government and industry officials should communicate potential risks associated with nanotechnology to the media and the public. NC State communication expert Dr. David Berube has been negotiating this project for nearly 18 months."