http://www.ccnmag.com Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:34:38 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/_catastrophic_event_behind_halt_of_star_birth Scientists have found evidence of a catastrophic event they believe was responsible for halting the birth of stars in a galaxy in the early Universe CalTechNews Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:04:02 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/snake_venom_charms_science_world The King Cobra continues to weave its charm with researchers identifying a protein in its venom with the potential for new drug discovery and to advance understanding of disease mechanisms CalTechNews Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:08:15 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/trove_of_shipwrecks_found_in_baltic_sea A dozen previously unknown shipwrecks have been found on the bed of the Baltic Sea; some of them are thought to up to 1,000 years old, the Swedish National Heritage Board said on Monday CalTechNews Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:20:56 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/science_news_share_blog_cite_print_email_bookmark_globetrotting_new_worms_dis Between the grains of sand on the sea floor there is an unknown and unexplored world. Pierre De Wit at Gothenburg University knows this well, and has found new animal species on the Great Barrier Reef CalTechNews Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:57:13 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/drastic_musk_ox_population_decline_12,000_years_ago_due_to_climate A team of scientists has discovered that the drastic decline in Arctic musk ox populations that began roughly 12,000 years ago was due to a warming climate rather than to human hunting CalTechNews Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:06:47 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/chile_quake_moved_entire_city_10_feet_west The massive magnitude 8.8 earthquake that struck the west coast of Chile last month moved the entire city of Concepcion at least 10 feet to the west, and shifted other parts of South America as far apart as the Falkland Islands and Fortaleza, Brazil CalTechNews Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:58:43 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/solar_energy_device_from_pea_protein_structure New research suggests that minute crystals from peas can be illuminated and used as small battery chargers or form the core of more efficient artificial solar cells CalTechNews Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:04:27 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/3-d_hand_movement_reconstructed_using_brain_signals Researchers have successfully reconstructed 3-D hand motions from brain signals recorded in a non-invasive way CalTechNews Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:21:29 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/snowball_earth_new_evidence_hints_at_global_glaciation_716_5_million_years_ago Geologists have found evidence that sea ice extended to the equator 716.5 million years ago, bringing new precision to a "snowball Earth" event long suspected to have taken place around that time CalTechNews Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:04:09 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/natural_inhibitor_of_aging_in_fruit_flies Scientists at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, have identified a protein called Sestrin that serves as a natural inhibitor of aging and age-related pathologies in fruit flies CalTechNews Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:26:28 +0100