Archive: 09/05/2006
S.Korea recalls agriculture products
South Korea, concerned about lead and cadmium contamination, will recall vast quantities of food grains and produce cultivated in areas near abandoned mines.
Sep 05, 2006 |
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Science pay gap: gender discrimination?
A British study suggests discrimination plays a significant role in the pay gap between men and women scientists working in British universities.
Sep 05, 2006 |
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Social imitation found in rhesus monkeys
Italian scientists have provided the first quantitative description of neonatal imitation in a non-human primate.
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Sep 05, 2006 |
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Study looks at blue light-emitting diodes
Japanese scientists have proposed a solution to the puzzle of why blue light-emitting diodes are so bright.
Sep 05, 2006 |
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Worm sperm gives clue to male infertility
U.S. scientists say they have used the nematode worm to identify a raft of new proteins vital for healthy sperm production.
Sep 05, 2006 |
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Genetic secrets of human egg discovered
U.S. scientists say they have identified the genes that are unique to the human egg.
Sep 05, 2006 |
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Researchers develop mouse model for muscle disease
Researchers from the University of Minnesota have identified the importance of a gene critical to normal muscle function, resulting in a new mouse model for a poorly understood muscle disease in humans.
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Nanoscientists Create Biological Switch from Spinach Molecule
Nanoscientists have transformed a molecule of chlorophyll-a from spinach into a complex biological switch that has possible future applications for green energy, technology and medicine.
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Sep 05, 2006 |
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Identifying Risk for Obesity in Early Childhood
A new research study of children’s growth, published in the September issue of Pediatrics, can help parents and pediatricians determine the risk that a child will be overweight at age 12 by examining the child’s earlier growth ...
Sep 05, 2006 |
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Quantum Dots Probe Cell Death
Aiming to help researchers get a better handle on how – and if – anticancer agents are triggering cell death, investigators at the University of Twente in The Netherlands have developed a quantum dot nanodevice that can detect ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Sep 05, 2006 |
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Scientists Find Key to Copper Absorption, Essential to Life
Humans, animals and plants require copper to live, and scientists have now discovered how cells absorb this mineral that fuels the brain, heart and other vital organs.
Sep 05, 2006 |
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Clue found to Epstein-Barr virus' ability to form and sustain tumors
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health (SMPH) have found a viral target that opens the door for the development of drugs to destroy tumors caused by Epstein-Barr virus (EBV).
Sep 05, 2006 |
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When the magazine girl begs 'come hither,' the (female) reader yawns
For female magazine readers, sex doesn’t sell so much as it — bores. So conclude three University of Florida advertising professors in a new study that gauged young women’s emotional responses to ads featuring beautiful women ...
Sep 05, 2006 |
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Samsung Shipping Samples of New High-capacity NAND Solution to Mobile Customers
Samsung Electronics, the world leader in advanced memory technology, announced today that it is now shipping 1 and 2 gigabyte (GB) samples of moviNANDTM- an embedded combination of NAND flash memory, a multimedia ...
Sep 05, 2006 |
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Large Shareholders Impact Companies' Profitability, Policies
Corporations can't choose their shareholders, but some might wish they could. A new study found that some large shareholders are associated with lower-than-average returns for the companies in which they invest, while other ...
Sep 05, 2006 |
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