Transfusion expert urges wider use of filtered blood
Apr 03, 2007 |
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Filtering white cells from donor blood before a transfusion is much safer for patients and long overdue as a national standard for all surgical procedures, according to University of Rochester researchers who present their ...
Flowers shape themselves to guide their pollinators to the pollen
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Apr 03, 2007 |
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Why do flowers specialize on different pollinators? For example, both bats and hummingbirds pollinate plants in tropical forests; why adapt to just one instead of using both? Biologists often assume that tradeoffs contribute ...
Cornell University chosen to build Nanosat-4 Flight experiment
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 03, 2007 |
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The Cornell University student team and their CUSat nanosatellite design has won the University Nanosat Flight Competition Review (FCR). This win moves the Cornell team on to build the Nanosat-4 flight experiment for the ...
Informatica Awarded $25M in Patent Judgment
Apr 03, 2007 |
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The jury's judgment finds that Business Objects conducted "willful infringement" on valid Informatica patents for data warehousing software.
Heart failure: Intervention possibilities from imaging programmed cell loss
Apr 03, 2007 |
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Using a nuclear medicine technique and molecular imaging to "see" programmed cell loss—the body's normal way of getting rid of unneeded or abnormal cells—may help in early identification of those individuals who are at risk ...
Elephant highways of death
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Apr 03, 2007 |
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A new study coordinated by the New York-based Wildlife Conservation Society and other groups found that Central Africa’s increasing network of roads – which are penetrating deeper and deeper into the wildest areas of the ...
Reaching the parts -- with Herschel and SPIRE
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 03, 2007 |
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A UK-led instrument which will study a previously unexplored part of the Universe leaves the UK this week to be installed on the European Space Agency's Herschel spacecraft in Germany.
Shark pups open eyes and change fins early
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Apr 03, 2007 |
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Baby sharks grow slowly, changing their fins as they grow and can see a month before they leave their eggs, according UQ research.
Study suggests some drug resistance to influenza B medications
Medicine & Health / Medications
Apr 03, 2007 |
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Use of certain common antiviral drugs during a recent influenza B epidemic in Japan showed the development of viruses with partial resistance to the drugs, according to a study in the April 4 issue of JAMA.
Infor Snags Workbrain for Work Force Management
Apr 03, 2007 |
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As part of the acquisition, Workbrain's work force automation software will become part of Infor's grand service-oriented architecture plans.
Male owls pitch their hoots to advertise body weight to competitors
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Apr 03, 2007 |
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Why do male owls hoot? Researchers from the Centre d'Études Biologiques de Chizé (France) and the University of Sussex (UK) have studied the vocal communication of male European Scops owls, one of the smallest living species ...
ISS Expedition 15 Crew to Launch from Baikonur
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 03, 2007 |
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Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin and cosmonaut Oleg Kotov of the 15th International Space Station crew are scheduled to launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at about 1:30 p.m. EDT on April 7 to begin ...
Mozy Pro Offers Backup for Business
Apr 03, 2007 |
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Berkeley Data Systems today announced the general availability of Mozy Pro, a business-oriented version of the company's popular consumer-oriented Mozy Remote Backup.
BEA's Grand Plan for SOA
Apr 03, 2007 |
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BEA Systems has developed a strategy detailing its view on the high priorities involved in implementing service-oriented architecture and next-generation composite applications. The guidance comes out of BEA's Office of the ...
Spiteful soldiers and sex ratio conflict among parasitoid wasps
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The social insects provide some of the most fascinating examples of altruism in the natural world, with sterile workers sacrificing their own reproduction for the greater good of the colony. Research carried out in Canada ...
