Archive: 04/06/2007
Probing Question: Is breastfeeding really best for babies?
Most new parents want to give their babies the very best start in life. They give careful thought to everything from nursery decorations to choice of family physician. Yet when it comes to their babies' nutrition, relatively ...
Apr 06, 2007 |
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Nanotube-Tipped Probe Developed at Drexel Considered Vital to Cell Treatment
Drexel University College of Engineering researchers have successfully developed carbon nanotube-tipped pipettes that could become key to cell biology in-situ DNA sequencing and organelle-targeted drug delivery.
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Apr 06, 2007 |
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Tai Chi boosts immunity to shingles virus in older adults, study reports
Tai Chi, a traditional Chinese form of exercise, may help older adults avoid getting shingles by increasing immunity to varicella-zoster virus (VZV) and boosting the immune response to varicella vaccine in older adults, according ...
Apr 06, 2007 |
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Warmer water leaves sea birds hungry
U.S. researchers say warmer currents from the Gulf of Alaska may not be producing enough plankton to support West Coast seabirds.
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LA to turn sludge into electricity
Los Angeles wants to turn wastewater sludge into energy using a process that would cut greenhouse emissions and reduce truck traffic.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Apr 06, 2007 |
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Reef 'at risk in climate change'
Australian scientists who contributed to the latest global greenhouse study say the Great Barrier Reef is one of the nation's great assets most at risk under climate change.
Apr 06, 2007 |
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Twisted Flux Tubes Expel 'Wrong-Way' Ions
Physicists seeking to tame plasma have figured out yet another of its wily ways. Knowing how plasma escapes the grip of magnetic fields may help researchers design better magnetic bottles to contain it. Magnetic confinement ...
Apr 06, 2007 |
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No Foolin' -- 'Lab on a Chip' Works!
"What a huge relief," says Norman Wainwright of the Charles River Laboratories in Charleston, SC. "The whole technical team was delighted that it worked so well."
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 06, 2007 |
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Climate predictions grim, but no surprise
Climate change will wipe out 20 to 30 per cent of all life forms and flood hundreds of millions of people from their homes, according to early reports from a new study by the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. ...
Apr 06, 2007 |
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Climate change to hit poorest hardest
Climate change will hit the world's poorest people the hardest, international experts meeting in Brussels said Friday.
Apr 06, 2007 |
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Japan drafts rules for advanced robots
The Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry has drafted guidelines designed to keep future generations of robots on their best behavior.
Apr 06, 2007 |
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ACT Warns of Legal Risk with Latest GPL Draft
Patent-related proposed amendments to the license could possibly do more harm than good by "selectively overreaching" for third-party patent rights, an ACT lawyer says.
Apr 06, 2007 |
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CallWave Unveils Text Messaging Tool for Google Desktop
CallWave has released the beta version of its free text messaging gadget for Google Desktop, designed to allow mobile consumers to send text messages from their desktop.
Apr 06, 2007 |
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Cisco's Chambers Ruminates on the Future
Cisco CEO John Chambers admits to a battle with Microsoft in the United Communications space and touts Cisco's Telepresence power play.
Apr 06, 2007 |
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Study shows isolation of stem cells may lead to a treatment for hearing loss
Have you ever walked by someone listening to their i-Pod loud enough for you recognize the song? Studies have shown noise-induced hearing loss is going to become the next big epidemic affecting our younger generation though ...
Apr 06, 2007 |
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