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X-ray gun helping to identify defective drywall
CAPE CORAL : Though it is smelly, corrosive and toxic, you can't always see or smell defective drywall.

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:42:03 GMT

Fed. appeals court upholds 'under God' in pledge
A federal appeals court upheld the use of the words "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance and "In God We Trust" on U.S. currency, rejecting arguments Thursday that the phrases violate the separation of church and state.

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:41:26 GMT

Analysis of Genetic Inheritance in a Family Quartet by Whole-Genome Sequencing
Published Online March 10, 2010 Science DOI: 10.1126/science.1186802 Reports Analysis of Genetic Inheritance in a Family Quartet by Whole-Genome Sequencing Jared C. Roach,1 ,* Gustavo Glusman,1 ,* Arian F. A. Smit,1 ,* Chad D. Huff,1,2 ,* Robert Hubley,1 Paul T. Shannon,1 Lee Rowen,1 Krishna P. Pant,3 Nathan Goodman,1 Michael Bamshad,4 Jay ...

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:39:58 GMT

Detection of a Large-Scale Structure of Intracluster Globular Clusters in the Virgo Cluster
Published Online March 11, 2010 Science DOI: 10.1126/science.1186496 Reports Detection of a Large-Scale Structure of Intracluster Globular Clusters in the Virgo Cluster Myung Gyoon Lee,1,* Hong Soo Park,1 Ho Seong Hwang1,2 Globular clusters are usually found in galaxies, and they are an excellent tracer of dark matter.

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:39:51 GMT

Caspase-Dependent Conversion of Dicer Ribonuclease into a Death-Promoting Deoxyribonuclease
Published Online March 11, 2010 Science DOI: 10.1126/science.1182374 Research Articles Caspase-Dependent Conversion of Dicer Ribonuclease into a Death-Promoting Deoxyribonuclease Akihisa Nakagawa,1 ,* Yong Shi,1 ,* Eriko Kage-Nakadai,2 Shohei Mitani,2 Ding Xue1, Chromosome fragmentation is a hallmark of apoptosis, conserved in diverse organisms.

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:39:34 GMT