Archive: 08/03/2006
Blood clot fibers more elastic than spider's web
The tiny fibers that comprise blood clots show extraordinary elasticity, on average stretching to almost three times their length while still retaining their ability to go back to their normal shape and expanding ...
Aug 03, 2006 |
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Probing Question: What happened before the Big Bang?
The question of what happened before the Big Bang long has frustrated cosmologists, both amateur and professional.
Aug 03, 2006 |
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IBM researchers look beyond silicon technology
Scientists at the IBM Zurich Research Laboratory have demonstrated how a single molecule can be switched between two distinct conductive states, which allows it to store data.
Aug 03, 2006 |
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Brain imaging identifies best memorization strategies
Exploring exactly why some individuals' memory skills are better than others has led researchers at Washington University in St. Louis to study the brain basis of learning strategies that healthy young adults ...
Aug 03, 2006 |
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Researchers find new learning strategy
Central to being human is the ability to adapt: We learn from our mistakes. Previous theories of learning have assumed that the size of learning naturally scales with the size of the mistake. But now biomedical ...
Aug 03, 2006 |
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Indians want Klamath River dams removed
U.S. Indian tribes living along the Klamath River staged a rally in Portland, Ore., demanding removal of four hydroelectric dams.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 03, 2006 |
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Culling grey squirrels may be problematic
British conservationists say they've found culling grey squirrels isn't the best way to save Britain's threatened native red squirrel population.
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Aug 03, 2006 |
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Britain to update its drug trial rules
Britain is planning a major revision of pharmaceutical drug trial regulatory rules after an incident that nearly killed six men.
Aug 03, 2006 |
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FDA approves 2006 strain of flu vaccine
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the manufacture of this year's seasonal influenza vaccine.
Aug 03, 2006 |
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Breastfeeding after 9 months may be risky
A study by a Finland hospital has said babies fed exclusively on breast milk for more than nine months may have an increased risk of allergies.
Aug 03, 2006 |
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Meteorologists revise hurricane forecast
U.S. hurricane forecasters Thursday revised downward their 2006 hurricane season projections.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 03, 2006 |
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ISS crew to chat with champion soccer team
NASA says the International Space Station crew will take a special call next Tuesday from members of the European champion soccer team FC Barcelona.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 03, 2006 |
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Links Between DNA Damage and Breast Cancer Studied
Researchers from the Pacific Northwest Research Institute (PNRI) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have uncovered a pattern of DNA damage in connective tissues in the human breast that could shed ...
Aug 03, 2006 |
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Researchers seed, heat and grow carbon nanotubes in long tubing
In less than 20 minutes, researchers at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) can now seed, heat and grow carbon nanotubes in 10-foot-long, hollow thin steel tubing.
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Aug 03, 2006 |
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Satellite images spy ancient history in Syria
Ancient human settlements in Syria have been revealed in declassified spy satellite images by a small team of researchers led by ANU PhD student Mandy Mottram.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Aug 03, 2006 |
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