Super-Sensors to Measure 'Signature' of Inflationary Universe (w/Video)
May 03, 2009 |
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What happened in the first trillionth of a trillionth of a trillionth of a second after the Big Bang? Super-sensitive microwave detectors, built at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, may soon ...
Austrian breakthrough in quantum cryptography: Record in the transmission of entangled photon pairs (Update)
May 03, 2009 |
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Austrian physicists say a breakthrough in next-generation quantum cryptography could allow encrypted messages to be bounced off satellites, the British journal Nature reported Sunday.
Biologists find birdsong of isolates reverts to norm over several generations (w/Audio)
May 03, 2009 |
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In an experiment that points to a role for genetics in the development of culture, biologists at The City College of New York (CCNY) and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) have discovered that zebra finches raised in isolation ...
Neuroscientists discover long-term potentiation in the olfactory bulb
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
May 03, 2009 |
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Ben W. Strowbridge, Ph.D, associate professor of Neuroscience and Physiology/Biophysics, and Yuan Gao, a Ph.D. student in the neurosciences program at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, are the first to discover ...
VA: 5th HIV case linked to unsterile equipment
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
May 03, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A fifth patient has tested positive for HIV, and seven more tested positive for hepatitis after being exposed to contaminated medical equipment at three Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals, the agency said Friday.
Genetic study confirms the immune system's role in narcolepsy
May 03, 2009 |
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Scientists funded by the National Institutes of Health have identified a gene associated with narcolepsy, a disorder that causes disabling daytime sleepiness, sleep attacks, irresistible bouts of sleep that can strike at ...
Ethanol test for Obama on climate change, science
May 03, 2009 |
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(AP) -- President Barack Obama's commitment to take on climate change and put science over politics is about to be tested as his administration faces a politically sensitive question about the widespread ...
Small molecules might block mutant protein production in Huntington's disease
May 03, 2009 |
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Molecules that selectively interfere with protein production can stop human cells from making the abnormal molecules that cause Huntington's disease, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found.
Health experts gauge flu outbreak
May 03, 2009 |
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(AP) -- As the number of swine flu cases in Mexico wanes and rises, experts are being forced to walk a public health tightrope - if they push their message too far and the virus fizzles out, they could lose ...
Women live longer, not better, largely because of obesity and arthritis
May 03, 2009 |
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Obesity and arthritis that take root during early and middle age significantly contribute to women's decreased quality of life during their senior years, according to researchers at Duke University Medical Center.
Nanotechnology holds promise for STD drug delivery
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
May 03, 2009 |
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Yale researchers describe a breakthrough in safe and effective administration of potential antiviral drugs — small interfering RNA (siRNA) molecules that silence genes — the first step in development of a ...
Process controlling T cell growth and production identified
May 03, 2009 |
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Identifying one of the processes that plays a role in naďve and memory T-cells' growth and production could one day lead to better vaccines and possibly more effective cancer immunotherapy, said researchers at Baylor ...
Moving gene therapy forward with mobile DNA
May 03, 2009 |
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Gene therapy is the introduction of genetic material into a patient's cells resulting in a cure or a therapeutic effect. In recent years, it has been shown that gene therapy is a promising technology to treat or even cure ...
US flu tally jumps to 226 as labs catch up
May 03, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The government's tally of confirmed swine flu cases in the United States jumped Sunday to 226 in 30 states, but officials said that's largely from catching up on a backlog of lab tests rather than ...
New swine flu cases in Europe, US, Latin America
May 03, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The swine flu epidemic spread deeper into the United States, Europe and Latin America - and in Canada, back to pigs - even as Mexico's health chief hinted Sunday it may soon be time to reopen businesses ...
