Military bacteria mystery may be solved
Oct 01, 2007 |
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A rare drug-resistant bacterium has spread throughout U.S. military hospitals around the world, killing at least 27 since the start of the Iraq war.
New research suggests hearts are experts at self-preservation
Oct 01, 2007 |
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Bristol researchers have identified a heart protection mechanism in mice that surgeons and cardiologists may be able to exploit to improve treatments for patients in future.
Disturbed sleep linked to poorer daytime function in older women
Oct 01, 2007 |
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One of the first large-scale studies to examine the association of sleep behaviors, neuromuscular performance and daytime function in a community dwelling of older women finds that poorer sleep is associated with worse physical ...
First International Conference on Quantum Error Correction
Oct 01, 2007 |
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Quantum error correction of decoherence and faulty control operations forms the backbone of all of quantum information processing. In spite of remarkable progress on this front ever since the discovery of quantum error correcting ...
Mayo Clinic questions FDA drug warning
Medicine & Health / Medications
Oct 01, 2007 |
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A Mayo Clinic study has brought into question a U.S. Food and Drug Administration warning about the use of a medication to control nausea during surgery.
Think Solar Solutions: Outdoor Lantern & World Band Radio
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Oct 01, 2007 |
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Several new solar powered items caught my eye. The Discovery Outdoor Lantern has a multi-source power solution for camping and outdoor activities. In a fixed position it becomes an incandescent spotlight. The World Band Solar ...
Building blocks of life
Oct 01, 2007 |
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The £140 million construction of the ISIS Second Target Station at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Oxfordshire is nearing completion. The largest science construction project in the UK, it is on time and on budget.
Venous origin of the mammalian lymphatic vasculature
Oct 01, 2007 |
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In the October 1 issue of G&D, Dr. Guillermo Oliver (St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital) and colleagues present new evidence to resolve a century-old debate over the origin of the mammalian lymphatic vasculature. Understanding ...
Residual fetal cells in women may provide protection against breast cancer
Oct 01, 2007 |
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Fetal cells that persist in a woman’s body long after pregnancy – a common occurrence known in scientific circles as fetal microchimerism – in some cases may reduce the woman’s risk of breast cancer, according to researchers ...
Initial reaction to nicotine can dictate addiction
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 01, 2007 |
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Following up on studies that have indicated the speed with which adolescents can get hooked on cigarettes, researchers at the University of Massachusetts Medical School have conducted the first study to determine why some ...
Botched production of insulin molecule may lead to diabetes
Oct 01, 2007 |
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Picture a pretzel factory production line, with conveyer belts carrying the dough, formed into unbaked pretzels, down to the oven to be cooked.
Study finds that social protests hurt stock prices: Media coverage, not size, matters
Oct 01, 2007 |
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Corporate leaders at Dow Chemical, Cracker Barrel and Kodak Eastman have learned the hard way that public protests can drive down the value of an otherwise healthy stock.
Watermarks for mobile television
Oct 01, 2007 |
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For centuries, watermarks have protected written documents from forgery. Now their digital brothers are to prevent videos from being released in the Internet before their television premieres. Electronic watermarks ...
Bird flu outbreak reported in Russia
Oct 01, 2007 |
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Hundreds of thousands of birds at a poultry farm in Russia's southern Krasnodar Terroritory are being destroyed following an outbreak of bird flu.
Mariners urged to look out for whales
Biology /
Oct 01, 2007 |
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The U.S. Coast Guard has warned mariners to take care to avoid hitting whales, after three whales were killed off the California coast.
