IMEC realized full CMOS multiple antenna receiver for 60 GHz
Feb 06, 2008 |
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At today’s IEEE International Solid State Circuit Conference, IMEC introduced its prototype of a 60GHz multiple antenna receiver, and invites industry to join its 60GHz research program. The 60GHz band offers ...
New figures reveal changing patterns of stroke and heart disease-related deaths in Europe
Feb 06, 2008 |
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New figures show there are still large variations between and within European countries in the numbers of stroke and heart disease-related deaths. Several countries, particularly in northern and eastern Europe, have rates ...
New study suggests link between environmental toxins and early onset puberty in girls
Feb 06, 2008 |
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Although scientists have speculated over the negative effects of environmental toxins for years, new data suggest that certain environmental toxins may disrupt the normal growth and hormonal development of girls. Some of ...
Intensive blood sugar treatment in trial of diabetes and cardiovascular disease changed
Feb 06, 2008 |
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The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health has stopped one treatment within a large, ongoing North American clinical trial of diabetes and cardiovascular disease 18 months early ...
Dry season brings on measles in sub-Saharan Africa
Feb 06, 2008 |
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Measles epidemics in Niger fluctuate wildly from one season to another but the timing of the outbreaks always coincides with the end of the annual rainy season, according to an international team of researchers.
Toshiba develops the world's fastest speed embedded DRAM technology
Feb 06, 2008 |
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Toshiba Corporation today announced that it has realized the world's fastest circuit technology for embedded DRAM for System LSI, achieving a speed of 833MHz at 32Mb density. The technology will be applied ...
Don't blame the trees: Social factors, not forests, dictate disease patterns
Feb 06, 2008 |
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A new study published February 6 in the open access journal PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases suggests that socioeconomic factors best explain patterns of the infectious disease American Cutaneous Leishmaniasis (ACL) in Cos ...
Treating acne: 2 different acid peels are both effective, study finds
Feb 06, 2008 |
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Chemical peels using either alpha-hydroxy acid or beta-hydroxy acid are both highly effective in treating mild to moderately severe facial acne, researchers at the Saint Louis University School of Medicine have found – the ...
Texas county passes on spaceport plan
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 06, 2008 |
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The Kenedy Memorial Foundation in Texas says it has decided against offering ranch land in Kenedy County for a spaceport resort.
Brain circuitry that drives drug-seeking compulsion identified
Feb 06, 2008 |
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In experiments with rats, researchers have identified the change in brain circuitry that drives development of a compulsion to seek drugs, even when that compulsion is self-destructive. The researchers demonstrated the function ...
'Nitty-Gritty' but Vital Data Helps Field Rescue Robots
Feb 06, 2008 |
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A new ASTM International standard for urban search and rescue robots and components tackles humble logistics problems that, left unsolved, could hamper the use of life-saving robots in major disasters.
Scientists confirm new virus responsible for deaths of transplant recipients in Australia
Feb 06, 2008 |
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In the first application of high throughput DNA sequencing technology to investigate an infectious disease outbreak, scientists from Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, the Victorian Infectious Diseases ...
MIT applies engineering approach to studying biological pathways
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Feb 06, 2008 |
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An MIT team has used an engineering approach to show that complex biological systems can be studied with simple models developed by measuring what goes into and out of the system.
New devices to boost nematode research on neurons and drugs
Feb 06, 2008 |
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A pair of new thin, transparent devices, constructed with soft lithography, should boost research in which nematodes are studied to explore brain-behavior connections and to screen new pharmaceuticals for potential treatment ...
Europe's most common genetic disease is a liver disorder
Feb 06, 2008 |
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Much less widely known than the dangerous consequences of iron deficiencies is the fact that too much iron can also cause problems. The exact origin of the genetic iron overload disorder hereditary hemochromatosis (HH) has ...
