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- May the force be with them: Deep sea acorn worms named after Yoda
- Oil palm plantations are clearing carbon-rich tropical forests in Borneo, researchers show
- Smallest and fastest-known RNA switches provide new drug targets
| May the force be with them: Deep sea acorn worms named after Yoda Posted: 07 Oct 2012 11:07 AM PDT They may not be green but they do live in an ocean far, far away, and now they share the same moniker as the diminutive Jedi master in the Star Wars blockbusters. Yoda purpurata -- to be exact -- is the name now given to one of three new species of deep sea acorn worms or Enteropneusts discovered 2,500m or around 1.5 miles below the surface of the Atlantic Ocean. |
| Oil palm plantations are clearing carbon-rich tropical forests in Borneo, researchers show Posted: 07 Oct 2012 10:48 AM PDT Demand for palm oil is driving deforestation in Borneo, as trees are cleared to make way for the planting of oil farm plantations, which will send carbon dioxide, a global-warming gas, into the atmosphere, new research shows. |
| Smallest and fastest-known RNA switches provide new drug targets Posted: 07 Oct 2012 10:47 AM PDT Researchers have discovered the smallest and fastest-known molecular switches made of RNA, the chemical cousin of DNA. The researchers say these rare, fleeting structures are prime targets for the development of new antiviral and antibiotic drugs. |
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