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EXPERTS HOPING TO PIN DOWN GRAVITY NOBODY KNOWS WHAT IT IS, BUT SCIENTISTS AT UW SEEK ANSWERS.(News)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA)
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January 24, 2003|
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Byline: TOM PAULSON P-I reporter
Scientists at the University of Washington are doing the most precise gravity measurements in the world - putting an innovative twist on an old experimental technique, and looking for evidence that reality has far more than three or four dimensions.
Considering nobody truly knows what gravity is, or why it refuses to act like any other fundamental force in nature, this is no small feat.
"Gravity is special," said Eric Adelberger, lead scientist at the UW's nuclear physics lab and one of the nation's top ...
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Review of the distribution, status and conservation of musk deer in China
Magazine article from: Folia Zoologica
; ...Abstract. There are five species of musk deer of the genus Moschus, in China...ob the recognition of 5 species of musk deer in China (Feng 1985, Groves 1995...we will still use the five musk deer taxonomic system: Forest musk deer...
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Musk Deer Under Threat in Russia, Mongolia; WWF Report Details Use in Traditional Medicine Despite Conservation Laws Prohibiting Trade
Newspaper article from: U.S. Newswire
; ...U.S. Newswire/ -- Musk deer populations in parts of...musk derives from male musk deer and is one of the most expensive...the world's remaining musk deer." TRAFFIC and WWF...scent pods of male musk deer has been used for thousands...
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Musk deer implanted with artificial leg in Kashmir
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times
; ...Poonch (J & K), Nov. 19 -- A Musk deer that had lost one of its hind legs...officials. Following the implant, the deer can walk again using all its four legs...learnt that a rare breed of stray musk deer was in the Poonch region having one...
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Musk deer joins Giant Panda on China's most endangered species list
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency
; Musk deer joins Giant Panda on China's most endangered...upgraded the status of its endangered musk deer on the State Protection Scale from Grade II...species such as the Giant Panda. The musk deer population has been dwindling rapidly as a...
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Musk deer unsafe in state forests
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times
; ...pharmaceutical properties, musk produced by the male species of Himalayan musk deer is one of the costliest...poachers, the Kedarnath Musk Deer Sanctuary spread across...stated. Plans to breed the musk deer in captivity at the...but four of the 66 musk deer born ...
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15 MUSK DEER KILLED IN SEVEN YEARS, ONLY 5 CASES REGISTERED
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times
; ...India, Nov. 10 -- POACHING OF musk deer is on the rise in Uttarakhand, but...only five poaching cases of musk deer took place since 2001 till 2008. But...the actual count is around 15.Musk deer poaching is a profitable affair in...
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Largest smuggled batch of deer musk detected in Incheon.
News Wire article from: YON - Yonhap News Agency of Korea
; ...custody on suspicion of smuggling musk from male deer. The 39-year-old suspect, identified...tried to smuggle 3 kilograms of musk, valued at about 85 million won...from the glandular sacs of male musk deer and is often used in traditional...
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Musk deer populations in parts of Russia and Mongolia are rapidly dwindling as a result of poaching for traditional Asian medicine.(Russia)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Geographical
; Musk deer populations in parts of Russia and Mongolia are rapidly dwindling as a result...traditional Asian medicine. In Russia, art estimated 80 per cent of all musk deer killed have been poached, according to findings published by WWF and Traffic...
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Deer musk seized in West Bengal.
News Wire article from: Asian News International
; ...Force (BSF) has seized 20 packets of deer musk from a Bangladeshi national here...been caught with twenty packets of deer musk and the rest of the things will...Officer, Mohidipur forest range. Deer musk is in great demand in the international...
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Deer musk seized in West Bengal
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times
; ...Force (BSF) has seized 20 packets of deer musk from a Bangladeshi national here...been caught with twenty packets of deer musk and the rest of the things will...Officer, Mohidipur forest range. Deer musk is in great demand in the international...
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