Probing Question: What is Net neutrality?
May 01, 2008 |
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"Internet Freedom, under attack. What do we do? Stand up, talk back," shouted a group calling themselves the Raging Grannies, outside the Dinkelspiel Auditorium at Stanford University. Inside, the Federal ...
Tree-lined streets mean lower rates of childhood asthma
May 01, 2008 |
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Children who live in tree lined streets have lower rates of asthma, suggests research published ahead of print in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.
Researchers explore altruism's unexpected ally -- selfishness
May 01, 2008 |
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Just as religions dwell upon the eternal battle between good and evil, angels and devils, evolutionary theorists dwell upon the eternal battle between altruistic and selfish behaviors in the Darwinian struggle for existence. ...
Alzheimer's disease risks are gender specific
May 01, 2008 |
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The risks of developing Alzheimer’s disease differ between the sexes, with stroke in men, and depression in women, critical factors, suggests research published ahead of print in the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Ps ...
Genetic breakthrough explains dangerously high blood glucose levels
May 01, 2008 |
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Canadian, French and British researchers have identified a DNA sequence that controls the variability of blood glucose levels in people. This is a potentially significant discovery because high blood glucose levels in otherwise ...
Searching the heavens -- GLAST
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 01, 2008 |
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A new space mission, due to launch this month, is going to shed light on some of the most extreme astrophysical processes in nature - including pulsars, remnants of supernovae, and supermassive black holes. It could even ...
New findings may help prevent stomach cancer
May 01, 2008 |
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Prompt treatment of a microbe that causes stomach ulcers and other ailments can reverse damage to the lining of the stomach and ultimately prevent one of the most lethal forms of cancer from developing there, MIT researchers ...
Sandia researcher examines the physics of carbon nanotubes
May 01, 2008 |
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Carbon nanotubes, described as the reigning celebrity of the advanced materials world, are all the rage. Recently researchers at Rice University and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute used them to make the “blackest ...
New discovery linked to DNA repair and cancer
May 01, 2008 |
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Scientists have discovered a new protein in humans that plays an important role in repairing DNA damage that could lead to cancer.
Send Your Name to the Moon Aboard LRO
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 01, 2008 |
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NASA invites people of all ages to join the lunar exploration journey with an opportunity to send their names to the moon aboard the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, spacecraft.
U.S. to support some solar power research
May 01, 2008 |
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The U.S. Department of Energy says it will fund up to $60 million to support development of low-cost concentrating solar power, or CSP, technology.
Biologists are from Mars, chemists are from Venus?
May 01, 2008 |
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“Plays well with others.” That popular phrase on a T-shirt is being taken to a whole new level in higher education these days, as experts in a variety of fields increasingly must work together to address some ...
Genetics play role in doping tests
May 01, 2008 |
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A Swedish researcher said some men are missing testosterone-metabolizing genes that are key to the accuracy of athlete drug tests.
Flower power may bring ray of sunshine to cancer sufferers
May 01, 2008 |
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Dr. Jonathan Harris, a senior lecturer in Queensland University of Technology's Faculty of Science, and PhD student Joakim Swedberg, both from the University's Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, are working on ...
Female jumping spiders find ultraviolet B rays 'sexy'
Biology /
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A report publishing online on May 1st in the journal Current Biology provides the first evidence of an animal using ultraviolet B (UVB) rays to communicate with other members of its species.
