Concerned Scientists criticize nuke plant
Aug 01, 2007 |
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The Union of Concerned Scientists is upset over U.S. plans to build a plutonium processing plant without consulting the International Atomic Energy Agency.
Monkeys Learn in the Same Way as Humans, Psychologists Report
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 01, 2007 |
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Monkeys seem to learn the same way humans do, a new research study indicates.
Digital archive casts new light on Apollo-era moon pictures
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 01, 2007 |
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Nearly 40 years after man first walked on the moon, the complete lunar photographic record from the Apollo project will be accessible to both researchers and the general public on the Internet. A new digital archive – created ...
Scientists move closer to bio-engineered bladders
Aug 01, 2007 |
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Researchers at the University of York are using an understanding of the special cells that line the bladder to develop ways of restoring continence to patients with serious bladder conditions, including cancer.
Spinning a new horizon for electronics
Aug 01, 2007 |
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Spintronics has the potential to have as profound an impact on electronics as the development of the transistor had 50 years ago.
Rotating shift workers have lower levels of serotonin
Aug 01, 2007 |
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People who work rotating shifts have significantly lower levels of serotonin, a hormone and neurotransmitter in the central nervous system believed to play an important role in the regulation of sleep, according to a study ...
Study: Seafood a safer catch than expected
Aug 01, 2007 |
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Food experts have discovered U.S. consumers are confused about seafood safety with many having differing and often conflicting beliefs.
Alaskan earthquake in 2002 set off tremors on Vancouver Island
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 01, 2007 |
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Perhaps it was just a matter of sympathy, but tremors rippled the landscape of Vancouver Island, the westernmost part of British Columbia, in 2002 during a major Alaskan earthquake. Geoscientists at the University of Washington ...
New research shows saturated and trans fats increase risk of severe heart attacks
Aug 01, 2007 |
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It has long been known that saturated or trans fats can cause clogged arteries that lead to heart attacks, but new research shows that too much fat can worsen the severity of a heart attack - and disrupt heart rhythm, increasing ...
Shining light on pancreatic cancer
Aug 01, 2007 |
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Using novel light-scattering techniques, researchers have found the first evidence that early stage pancreatic cancer causes subtle changes in part of the small intestine. The easily monitored marker may ultimately ...
Mapping mountains from space with GOCE
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 01, 2007 |
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How high is Mount Everest exactly? Recent surveys have come up with heights that differ by more than five metres. An expedition called the Geodetic Journey is making its way through China and Tibet to highlight ...
Cell damage caused by brushing may help keep gums healthy
Aug 01, 2007 |
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One way regular brushing may help keep gums firm and pink is, paradoxically, by tearing open cells, researchers have found.
NEC, Hitachi develop Liquid Cooling System for Desktop PC with Liquid Cooled HDD
Aug 01, 2007 |
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NEC and Hitachi have jointly developed a new liquid cooling system for desktop PCs, which reduces PC operating noise to approximately 1/3 that of current models in Japan.
Management consultants are often 'more project workers than ideas people'
Aug 01, 2007 |
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The popular impression that management consultants are key to spreading new ideas in organisations is exaggerated and misleading, according to a unique fly-on-the-wall study funded by the Economic and Social Research Council ...
Researchers discover pathway that eliminates genetic defects in red blood cells
Aug 01, 2007 |
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Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have discovered a unique molecular pathway that detects and selectively eliminates defective messenger RNAs from red blood cells. Other such pathways – known ...
