Increasingly intense storms threaten coral
May 01, 2008 |
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A British scientist suggests hurricanes and other storms are increasing in intensity and are limiting the growth of some corals.
UM gets only US lab for WiMAX next generation wireless apps
May 01, 2008 |
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The University of Maryland will be the home to North America's first, and the world's second, laboratory endorsed by the WiMAX Forum and dedicated to creating applications for WiMAX, a next generation technology for Web and ...
Studies test new approaches to islet transplantation
May 01, 2008 |
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Researchers from 11 medical centers in the United States, Canada, Sweden, and Norway have begun testing new approaches to transplanting clusters of insulin-producing islets in adults with difficult-to-control type 1 diabetes. ...
U.S.-French satellite prepared for launch
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 01, 2008 |
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A U.S.-French spacecraft designed to continue a long-term survey of Earth's oceans has arrived in the United States for its final launch preparations.
The sweet world of soil microbiology
May 01, 2008 |
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Using classroom, hands-on activities can help instructors to communicate difficult scientific concepts and stimulate student thinking. Despite its importance, the diversity in soil microbes can conceptually be difficult to ...
Trends in heart mortality reversing in younger women
May 01, 2008 |
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Coronary heart disease mortality in younger women could be on the rise, according to findings in the open access journal, BMC Public Health, published by BioMed Central. High levels of smoking, increasing obesity and a lack ...
Researchers develop new ultrasensitive assay to detect most poisonous substance known
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May 01, 2008 |
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Scientists at City of Hope and the California Department of Public Health have developed a new ultrasensitive assay to detect botulinum neurotoxin. The toxin is one of the most poisonous substances known that can cause life-threatening ...
Obesity worsens impact of asthma
May 01, 2008 |
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Obesity can worsen the impact of asthma and may also mask its severity in standard tests, according to researchers in New Zealand, who studied lung function in asthmatic women with a range of body mass indexes (BMIs).
DIAMOND to tackle UK nuclear waste issues
May 01, 2008 |
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The long-term problem of how to manage and dispose of Britain’s nuclear waste is to be tackled by a UK consortium headed by the University of Leeds.
Study shows power of police and fire officers as injury-prevention messengers
May 01, 2008 |
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Nearly every night, on nearly every TV station in the country, the local newscast features news of the day’s car crashes, fires and other injury-causing events.
New technique accelerates biological image analysis
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May 01, 2008 |
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Researchers in Carnegie Mellon University’s Lane Center for Computational Biology have discovered how to significantly speed up critical steps in an automated method for analyzing cell cultures and other biological specimens.
Bird flu worries increase in South Korea
May 01, 2008 |
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South Korean agriculture officials boosted the country's bird flu risk level to 'orange' this week after recent outbreaks on poultry farms.
Reduced emergency room visits for elderly patients attributed to 'virtual' health care team approach
May 01, 2008 |
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Elderly patients suffering from chronic illnesses who receive ‘virtual’ care from a team of medical experts linked together via phone, fax and e-mail, make fewer emergency visits than patients who do not receive this kind ...
Computer programs help drug abusers stay abstinent
May 01, 2008 |
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Drug abusers who used a computer-assisted training program in addition to receiving traditional counseling stayed abstinent significantly longer than those who received counseling alone, a Yale University study has found.
Heart defibrillator company signs decree
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Medtronic Inc. has agreed to comply with FDA rules in manufacturing its external heart defibrillators.
