Monday, October 22, 2012

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Poetry In Motion: Image Of Rare Polar Ring Galaxy Captured
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"Antarctica's Environmental State," With NSF-Funded UAB Biologist James McClintock
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Researchers Recover Recorder From Antarctic Waters Containing Critical Baseline On Acidification
Underwater sensor survives harsh polar winter to provide previously unavailable data on the changes in chemistry or acidification in remote Antarctic seas.

Modeling Feat Sheds Light On Protein Channel's Function
Chemists manage, for the first time, to simulate the biological function of a channel called the Sec translocon, which allows specific proteins to pass through membranes.

Giant Impact Scenario May Explain The Unusual Moons Of Saturn
According to a new model for the origin of the Saturn system, the planet's middle-sized moons were spawned during giant impacts in which several major satellites merged to form massive Titan.

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