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  Naked Mole Rat Gives Cancer a Dressing-Down

  By David Bois | Wed Oct 28, 2009 9:00 AM ET

  by PhysOrg.com, an important set of biochemical findings that involves the naked mole rat has recently been published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. This strange and unseemly rodent, it seems, has an evolutionary trick up its hairless sleeve that has left i Read More

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  Culture, Not Genes, Help Us Give Unto Others

  By John Casey | Thu Oct 15, 2009 2:00 PM ET

  behavior among strangers appears to be a product of culture more than genetics, according to an article in the most recent Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences by Adrian V. Bell and colleagues from the University of California, Davis."Altruism has perplexed evolutionary an Read More

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  Science Asks of Champagne: Are the Bubbles Merely Fun? Why, No!

  By David Bois | Tue Sep 29, 2009 8:25 PM ET

  of debate has spilled over. Gerard Liger-Belair of Reims University in France, whose findings are currently published by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), collected bubble samples from champagne and submitted them to chemical analysis by mass spectrometry ( Read More

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  A Discovery to Dye For

  By David Bois | Tue Aug 11, 2009 2:27 PM ET

  in place brings the benefit of maintaining the integrity of the artifact. And, according to the article and as published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, such in-situ testing techniques have improved markedly, broadening our knowledge of our past as a result. The curren Read More

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  Malaria Vaccine Set to Begin Human Trials

  By John Casey | Fri Aug 7, 2009 4:00 PM ET

  and thereby preventing its invasion of red blood cells." An article on the development appears in the current issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA. The new vaccine uses techniques that have been successful in curbing other disease like influenza and polio.Th Read More

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  Lights! Camera! Science!

  By David Bois | Fri Jul 10, 2009 3:50 PM ET

  the need for improved accuracy and clarity of explanation in the latter grows greater.The Science & Entertainment Exchange, a program within the National Academy of Sciences, aims to bring entertainers, broadcasters, and scientists together to meet this need. This collaboration of technica Read More

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