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  • n  an honorary American society of scientists created by President Lincoln during the American Civil War
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  • New Findings Regarding DNA Damage Checkpoint Mechanism in Oxidative Stress
    In an article published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) a research team from University of North Carolina at Charlotte announced that they had uncovered a previously unknown surveillance mechanism, known as a DNA damage checkpoint, used by cells to monitor oxidatively damaged DNA. The finding, first-authored by UNC Charlotte biology graduate student Jeremy Willis ...
    June 14, 2013 - Newswise
  • Research shows shift in Hawaiian petrel foraging
    Researchers say they've documented changes in the foraging habits of Hawaiian petrels.      A study recently published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences examined the bone chemistry of modern Hawaiian petrels and sub fossils as old as 4,000 years.      The bones indicated older birds ate a diet of relatively large prey high on the food chain. Birds less than a century old ate ...
    June 14, 2013 - KITV Honolulu
  • National Academy of Sciences Announcement of Opportunity to Submit Input to Study on Human Spaceflight
    National Academy of Sciences Announcement of Opportunity to Submit Input to Study on Human Spaceflight
    June 13, 2013 - SpaceRef

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