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  • December 21: An asteroid, designated 2007 WD5, is discovered to have a 1-in-75 chance to impact the planet Mars. Future updates to the observed orbit are expected to change these odds over the next weeks. [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/science/article3082960.ece (Times)]
  • December 11: The protein-protein interaction between mutated Ras and Raf has been shown to prevent a cell from turning one switch off, leading to the uncontrolled cell growth of cancer. [http://physorg.com/news116612970.html (PhysOrg)]
  • December 11: Researchers found that computer programs commonly used to scan DNA missed 29 to 61 percent of regulatory DNA. [http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/12/071211232720.htm (ScienceDaily)]
  • December 11: Physicists complete the first quantum calculation – finding the prime factors of 15 – as a proof of concept to show if more complicated quantum computers are made cryptography based on large primes would be vulnerable. [http://physorg.com/news116615171.html (PhysOrg)]
  • November 27: Kovio reveals new printing technology to create inorganic transistors which could lead to ultracheap smart cards and RFID tags. [http://www.technologyreview.com/Biztech/19746/ (TechnologyReview.com)]
  • November 20: Two independent groups of researchers announce the creation of cells behaving like embryonic stem cells from human skin cells. The technique uses a retrovirus to inject genes into the developed cell. [https://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSN2058175020071120 (Reuters)]
  • November 5: Google announces a software alliance with the goal to create a standardized and open platform for mobile phones. In contrast to earlier speculations, it does not announce a Google branded device (gPhone). [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7078921.stm (BBCNews)]
  • October 9: The British Government drops plans to ban the mixing of sperm and eggs from different species. [http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2007/oct/09/sciencenews.ethicsofscience (The Guardian)]
  • October 4: Russia celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of the launch of Sputnik 1, which marked the start of the Space Race. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7027199.stm (BBC)]
  • October 3: The United States and Russia sign a pact to use Russian technology on NASA missions to hunt for water on the moon and Mars. [https://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSL0350549020071003?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews (Reuters)]
  • August 26: The genetic sequence of the Pinot noir grape is decoded by French researchers.[http://www.nature.com/news/2007/070820/full/070820-13.html (news@nature.com)]
  • July 6: An article in Science reports the recovery of DNA in ice samples extracted from southern Greenland. The age of these fragments is estimated between 400 and 800 thousand years. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6276576.stm (BBCNews)]
  • June 27: At a news conference in Cairo, Egyptologists claim to have identified the 3,000-year-old mummy of pharaoh/queen Hatshepsut, ancient Egypt's most powerful female ruler. The DNA identification of the queen (whose mummy was originally discovered, but not identified, by Howard Carter in 1903) is being billed as the biggest archaeological find in Egypt since the 1922 discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb. Some archaeologists, however, express strong scepticism about the possibility of using DNA technology to identify the queen. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6244516.stm (BBC News)]
  • June 15: Research is published into a promising new method for producing DMF, which has the potential to challenge bioethanol and biodiesel as a common liquid biofuel. [http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/06/070614151749.htm (ScienceDaily)]
  • May 29: Russia successfully tests its new RS-24 ICBM, purportedly designed to defeat present and future anti-missile systems. [http://en.rian.ru/russia/20070529/66260249.html (RIA Novosti)] [http://www.interfax.ru/e/B/politics/28.html?menu=1&id_issue=11756960 (Interfax-AVN)] [http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6668328,00.html (The Guardian)]
  • May 23: A study on the development of land-adapted limbs in prehistoric fish is published in Nature. From analysis of the fossil remains of Tiktaalik roseae's fins the authors conclude that gradual changes can explain the evolution in its structure. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6683261.stm (BBCNews)]
  • May 22: Members of NASA's Spirit rover team announce the discovery of a patch of soil on Mars that consists of about 90 percent silica. This is seen as strong evidence for liquid water in the area of Gusev crater at some earlier time. [https://www.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUSN2223316820070522 (Reuters)]
  • May 4: Mission members of the COROT space observatory program announce the discovery of its first exoplanet, found during its initial 60 day science phase. It is designated COROT-Exo-1b and orbits its sun once in 1.5 days. [http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=22570 (SpaceRef.com)]
  • May 3: Using precise measurements of planet Mercury's rotation, scientists discover a significant "wobble", that most likely is caused by the core of the planet being liquid. [https://www.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUSN0316923120070503 (Reuters)]
  • February 11: Researchers identify genetic clues to type 2 diabetes. [http://www.boston.com/news/science/articles/2007/02/12/researchers_identify_genes_linked_to_diabetes/ (Boston Globe)]
  • February 2: An IPCC meeting at Paris, France, ends with a report that finds a probability of 90 % or higher that human actions are creating a warming trend in the world's climate, causing global warming. [http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=scienceNews&storyID=2007-02-02T233312Z_01_L01923284_RTRUKOC_0_US-GLOBALWARMING-WRAP.xml&WTmodLoc=SciNewsHome_C1_%5bFeed%5d-2 (Reuters)]
  • January 24: Scientists are celebrating the virgin birth of a komodo dragon at the Toronto Zoo. There are fewer then 4000 komodos left on earth. [http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2007/01/24/komodo-birth.html (CBC News)]
  • January 23: A rare eel-like creature identified as a frilled shark is discovered and caught in Awashima Marine Park, Japan. [http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=scienceNews&storyID=2007-01-24T190516Z_01_T98107_RTRUKOC_0_US-SHARK-JAPAN.xml (Reuters)] [http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/01/24/shark.japan.reut/index.html (CNN)]
  • January 22: An American team of researchers at the University of Rochester have successfully stored, and recovered an image using a single photon. [http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2007/01/22/photon-storage.html (CBC News)]
  • January 22: Scottish scientists have genetically engineered hens that produce useful drugs in their eggs. Furthermore, the hens are capable of passing on this trait to their offspring. [http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20070120/fob1.asp (Science News Online)]
  • January 18: An analysis of a rocket launch at January 11, 2007 concludes that China tested the military use of its payload by destroying an orbiting satellite. If correct, this would be the first publicly known test of that technology in at least 20 years. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6276543.stm (BBCNews)] [http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=newsOne&storyID=2007-01-18T204536Z_01_N18467357_RTRUKOC_0_US-CHINA-USA-SATELLITEKILLER.xml&WTmodLoc=Home-C2-TopNews-newsOne-5 (Reuters)]
  • January 8: Researches announce the successful use of stem cells recovered from the amniotic fluid, growing them into a large variety of cell types in the lab. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6231099.stm (BBCNews)]
  • January 4: NASA publishes in Nature that Cassini-Huygens found methane lakes on Titan, a moon of Saturn. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6230381.stm (BBCNews)] [http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/podcasting/jpl-cassini-20070103.html (NASA)] [http://www.saturndaily.com/reports/Titan_Has_Liquid_Lakes_Scientists_Reports_Nature_999.html (Saturn Daily)]

January: Launch of web site for use of taxonomists of the world www.animalsite.at.tt[http://www.animals-worlds.blogspot.com]

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