Archive: 06/04/2008
New wireless sensor network keeps tabs on the environment
Have you ever wondered what happens in the rainforest when no one is looking? Research in the University of Alberta's Faculty of Science may soon be able to answer that question.
Jun 04, 2008 |
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Team hopes to use new technology to search for ETs
A Johns Hopkins astronomer is a member of a team briefing fellow scientists about plans to use new technology to take advantage of recent, promising ideas on where to search for possible extraterrestrial intelligence ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 04, 2008 |
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Public funding impacts progress of human embryonic stem cell research
Bolstered by supportive policies and public research dollars, the United Kingdom, Israel, China, Singapore and Australia are producing unusually large shares of human embryonic stem cell research, according to a report from ...
Jun 04, 2008 |
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Kylie's breast cancer triggered a surge of over 30 percent in breast imaging of low-risk women
Kylie's breast cancer triggered a surge of over 30 per cent in breast imaging of low risk women, says new University of Melbourne study.
Jun 04, 2008 |
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Quake Research to Provide Rare Glimpse of How Structures Collapse
Structural engineers at the University at Buffalo are conducting some of the most comprehensive experiments ever attempted to develop methods of evaluating and designing steel buildings so that they will be less vulnerable ...
Jun 04, 2008 |
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Plant Scientists Develop New Cell-Sorting Technique
A new cell-sorting technique developed by University of Arizona plant scientists has the potential to enhance our understanding of how cells of all types work – or, in the case of diseases such as cancer, how they fail to ...
Biology /
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New Link Between Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes: Researchers Discover New Way Fats Kill Beta-cells
Researchers at the University of British Columbia have discovered a new link between increased level of fat in the human body and Type 2 diabetes. Researchers believe this will open new fields in diabetes research and could ...
Jun 04, 2008 |
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Manipulation of molecule protects intestinal cells from radiation
A new study identifies a signaling molecule that plays a major role in radiation-induced intestinal damage. The research, published by Cell Press in the June issue of the journal Cell Stem Cell, may lead to new strategies ...
Biology /
Jun 04, 2008 |
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Enzyme plays key role in cell fate
The road to death or differentiation follows a similar course in embryonic stem cells, said researchers at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston in a report that appears online today in the journal Cell Stem Cell.
Jun 04, 2008 |
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Human stem cells show promise against fatal children's diseases
Scientists have used human stem cells to dramatically improve the condition of mice with a neurological condition similar to a set of diseases in children that are invariably fatal, according to an article in the June issue ...
Jun 04, 2008 |
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Programs succeed in reducing risky sex among HIV-positive minority men
Research has shown that HIV-positive African American and Hispanic men who were sexually abused as children are particularly vulnerable to engaging in high-risk sex and experiencing depressive symptoms. Yet few HIV intervention ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Jun 04, 2008 |
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Non-whites receive harsher sentences for inflicted traumatic brain injury of children
Non-white defendants are nearly twice as likely to receive harsher prison sentences than white defendants in North Carolina criminal cases stemming from inflicted traumatic brain injury of young children.
Jun 04, 2008 |
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New superconductors present new mysteries, possibilities
Johns Hopkins University researchers and colleagues in China have unlocked some of the secrets of newly discovered iron-based high-temperature superconductors, research that could result in the design of better superconductors ...
Jun 04, 2008 |
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Does everyone really want to be a macho man?
Traditional attitudes of masculinity, such as physical toughness and personal sacrifice, are valued in Mexican culture. A University of Missouri researcher found that Mexican-American men, as a group, are more likely to endorse ...
Jun 04, 2008 |
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W28: A Mixed Bag of Supernova Remnant
When some stars die, they explode as supernovas and their debris fields (aka, "supernova remnants") expand into the surrounding environments. There are several different types, or categories, of supernova ...
Jun 04, 2008 |
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