Shuttle Atlantis Rolls to Launch Pad for Hubble Mission
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 04, 2008 |
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At 9:19 a.m. EDT this morning, space shuttle Atlantis began its slow trek from Kennedy Space Center's massive Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Pad 39A, a journey that should take approximately six hours. ...
More off-premise alcohol outlets can lead to more injuries among neighborhood children
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Childhood injuries constitute a serious issue in the United States. In 2001, there were 12,249 deaths among children ages one to 14: injuries were the leading cause, accounting for 33.2 percent of all deaths for children ...
Digitized student: Accelerated research using a digital camera
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A researcher on a short trip to a foreign country, with little money, but a digital camera in hand has devised a novel approach to digitizing foreign archives that could speed up research.
Firms with high analyst coverage engage in excessive external financing and capital spending
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A new study in the journal Financial Management explored whether abnormal analyst coverage influences the extent to which companies raise funds from external sources (e.g., issue bonds or sell stock) and the amount of new ...
Researchers map first plant-parasitic nematode genome sequence
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(PhysOrg.com) -- There are numerous plant-parasitic nematodes in the world, but only a handful are responsible for the largest part of an estimated $157 billion in agricultural damage globally every year. Nematodes are small ...
NC State first university in nation to offer canine bone marrow transplants
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Dogs suffering from lymphoma will be able to receive the same type of medical treatment as their human counterparts, as North Carolina State University becomes the first university in the nation to offer canine bone marrow ...
Stem cell research puts interstate rivalry on hold
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Victoria and New South Wales have put aside their competitive interstate rivalry to collaborate on a stem cell research project, as announced by Innovation Minister Gavin Jennings and NSW Minister for Science and Medical ...
Designing solutions for problems of 'predatory lending' first requires understanding when it exists
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There is not a universally accepted definition of predatory lending by policy makers, regulators or people involved in the mortgage business. Predatory lending has been equated to mortgage abuse, mortgage fraud, loans with ...
Living donor liver transplants may drastically decrease mortality from liver failure
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Patients with acute liver failure (ALF) could be saved by a transplant from a living donor (LDLT), according to a new study in the September issue of Liver Transplantation, a journal by John Wiley & Sons. The recent experi ...
