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2003. 9. 30 ´º½º


• New Roadmap for NIH
  Plan aims to speed discoveries to clinics, encourage innovation
• Deconstructing Wound Repair
  A protein found at cell junctions challenges dogma on wound healing
• Clam Attack!
  The live seafood trade may be spreading invasive species

  2003. 9. 29 ´º½º
  

• Europe Goes to the Moon
  Launch of ion-driven craft jump-starts a leisurely lunar odyssey
• Alien Stars Stream Near the Sun
  Remnants of a dwarf galaxy cascade through the Milky Way
• Panel Pushes to Unite European Science
  Experts put some flesh on a bare-bones proposal

  2003. 9. 26 ´º½º
  

• Neandertals Got Game
  Bountiful bones suggest poor hunting skills didn't do them in
• Nanoparticles Flag Scarce Proteins
  Ultrasensitive technique could revolutionize biochemistry
• "Tragedy of the Commons" Author Dies
  Ecologist Garrett Hardin and wife take their own lives

  2003. 9. 25 ´º½º
  

• Lab Rats Cloned--Finally
  New technique will likely lead to transgenic rats
• Who Showed the Incas the Silver?
  A Bolivian silver mine was active centuries before the Incas

  2003. 9. 24 ´º½º
  

• Moonlighting Satellite Vindicates Einstein
  Saturn-bound spacecraft proves gravity theory is right on the money
• Indian Science Minister Resigns
  Pending charges are linked to 1992 religious riots
• Breakdown on the Axon Highway
  Molecular traffic jams inside neurons linked to Huntington's disease

  2003. 9. 23 ´º½º
  

• Big Melt Up North
  Breakup of largest Arctic ice shelf blamed on climate change
• Lab Faulted in SARS Case
  Panel recommends beefing up biosafety procedures at Singapore labs
• Doing Science in Isabel's Wake
  Hurricane causes costly damage, but creates new opportunities
• Mixed News For Iraqi Antiquities
  Prized Warka mask recovered, but perils abound

  2003. 9. 22 ´º½º
  

• $168 Million for Malaria
  Gates Foundation boosts drug, vaccine development
• Finally, An End for Galileo
  Storied spacecraft sends its last message and plunges into Jupiter
• Salmon Bring Pollution Home
  Migrating fish transport toxic PCBs from ocean to lakes

  2003. 9. 19 ´º½º
  

• Black Holes Get Torqued
  Tightly wound spirals of gas show that some black holes spin wildly
• 'Pristine' Forest Teemed With People
  Brazilian earthworks point to a network of pre-Columbian villages

  2003. 9. 17 ´º½º
  

• Planet-Sized Snacks
  Astronomers think they've caught a star eating its planets
• New Home for Biodefense Pioneers
  Smallpox pioneer and 20 others defect to University of Pittsburgh
• Working Monkeys Unite!
  Like humans, monkeys revolt when they're not paid fairly

  2003. 9. 16 ´º½º
  

• Making Sperm From Scratch
  Embryonic stem cells form sperm, with a little help
• Waterfowl Ferry Fauna
  Bird droppings may account for global dispersal of aquatic animals
• Sniffing Out Hedgehog in Tumors
  Pathway controlling embryo development also spurs cancers

  2003. 9. 15 ´º½º
  

• Biochemist Wins Lasker
  Reading genes propels biochemist into scientific stardom
• Weekend Weather
  Shoring up a link between human activity and weekend temperatures
• EPA Research Facing Cuts
  Senate version of 2004 budget would slash agency's R&D

  2003. 9. 12 ´º½º
  

• Toying With Temperature
  Spinning atoms like tops, physicists set an ultracool record
• Orangutan Counts Refined
  Improved census reveals peril, perseverance
• Gamma Ray Needles May Pierce Space
  Controversial model predicts tiny beams of energy from gamma ray bursts
• Indian Farmers Disrupt Monsanto Lab
  Raid is part of continuing protest against GM crops

  2003. 9. 11 ´º½º
  

• Platelets Chilled to Order
• Rabies Spreads Like Fire
• Don't Think, Just Drive

  2003. 9. 10 ´º½º
  

• Asteroids: Small But Deadly
• A Puzzling Case of SARS
• Edward Teller Dies
• Spin, Asteroid, Spin
• Microbes Sweet on Making Power

  2003. 9. 9 ´º½º
  

• Modified Bacteria Take on HIV
• A Long-Lived Ocean on Venus?
• Is Autism Mercury Free?

  2003. 9. 8 ´º½º
  

• Party Drug Paper Pulled
  Vial mix-up leads to retraction of controversial ecstasy paper
• Genes Link Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder
  New evidence that the diseases are two sides of the same coin
• Rosetta's Enticing New Target
  Replacement comet for European mission spews sporadic jets
• Big Bucks for Biodefense
  U.S. government to dole out $350 million for research centers

  2003. 9. 5 ´º½º
  

• The Dark Side of Cooperation
  Plants punish symbiotic bacteria that don't crank out enough nitrogen
• Undoing the Smoke Damage
  Smokers' lung cancer risk linked to DNA repair enzymes
• Polygraph Plans Scaled Down
  DOE says fewer scientists to be given lie detector tests

  2003. 9. 4 ´º½º
  

• Growth Spurts Under the Snow
  Fungi take over and thrive during harsh mountain winters
• Souped-Up SARS Surveillance
  Experts in China urge wider animal testing, international cooperation
• Early Diversity in the Americas
  Skull find suggests that first inhabitants weren't all from the same place

  2003. 9. 3 ´º½º
  

• Warm Salty Ice Blobs on Europa?
  Buoyant ice could raise prominent domes on the moon's surface
• Deer Disease Not Bound by Family Ties
  Chronic wasting disease doesn't just spread from moms to offspring
• High-Altitude Balloon Bursts
  Aborted launch delays upper-atmosphere experiments

  2003. 9. 2 ´º½º
  

• Whence the Comets?
  The Kuiper belt may lack the inventory to be a comet factory
• Two-Pronged Attack May Stall Anthrax
  Vaccine that assails bacterium and its toxin shows promise in mice
• Think Healthy Thoughts
  Negative emotions may weaken immune responses