Archive: 04/06/2009
Warming brings more birds north in winter
Long-term global warming is prompting North American birds to winter farther north -- a trend more noticeable in Alaska than anywhere else in the nation, according to a new study by the National Audubon Society.
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High-tech layoffs climb in first quarter
During the first three months of 2009 the high-tech sector in the U.S. suffered its deepest layoffs in seven years, according to a firm that tracks the jobs market.
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AP to take on Web piracy, cut rates
The US news agency the Associated Press announced plans on Monday to take legal action against websites that publish stories from the AP or its member newspapers without permission.
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Ancient Architecture Makes Italian Earthquakes Deadly, Professor Says
A University of Colorado at Boulder professor says the powerful earthquake that knocked down buildings and killed at least 130 people in and around the medieval city of L'Aquila in Italy April 6 is a continuation of violent ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
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Brine-Loving Microbes Reveal Secrets to Success in Chemically Extreme Environments
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have completed the first study of microbes that live within the plumbing of deep-sea mud volcanoes in the Gulf of Mexico, where conditions may resemble those in extraterrestrial ...
Apr 06, 2009 |
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NEC Develops Technologies that Assess Author's Feelings from Text
NEC Corporation announced today the development of two new technologies that evaluate an author's feelings based on text data in order to automatically generate entertaining blog content. The technologies ...
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
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Breakthrough model for human cancer may improve development of cancer drugs
AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company leveraging breakthrough discoveries in cancer biology to discover, develop and commercialize targeted oncology therapies, today announced findings from its novel human-in-mouse ...
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Mass spec technique analyzes defensive chemicals on seaweed surfaces for potential drugs
A new analytical technique is helping scientists learn how organisms as simple as seaweed can mount complex chemical defenses to protect themselves from microbial threats such as fungus. Known as desorption ...
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Beating the backup blues
Thomas Brunschwiler, Urs Kloter, Ryan Linderman, Bruno Michel from the IBM's Zurich Research Lab in Switzerland and Hilton Toy from the IBM Server & Technology Group in Fishkill, New York, have been honored with the 2008 ...
Apr 06, 2009 |
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Young adults at future risk of Alzheimer's have different brain activity
(PhysOrg.com) -- Young adults with a genetic variant that raises their risk of developing Alzheimer's Disease show changes in their brain activity decades before any symptoms might arise, according to a new ...
Apr 06, 2009 |
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Study finds pre-surgical stress management improves mood, quality of life
Brief stress management sessions prior to and immediately after surgery may have both short- and long-term benefit for men undergoing a radical prostatectomy for early-stage prostate cancer, according to research from The ...
Apr 06, 2009 |
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Researchers regenerate axons necessary for voluntary movement
For the first time, researchers have clearly shown regeneration of a critical type of nerve fiber that travels between the brain and the spinal cord and which is required for voluntary movement. The regeneration was accomplished ...
Apr 06, 2009 |
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Biology of flushing could renew niacin as cholesterol drug
Deft molecular detective work at Duke University Medical Center suggests that scientists may soon be able to resurrect niacin as one of the best and cheapest ways to manage cholesterol.
Apr 06, 2009 |
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Side effects of 'gene-silencing' treatment more wide-ranging than previously thought
The side effects of an experimental "gene-silencing" treatment that is currently being investigated for a variety of diseases are even more wide-ranging than previously discovered, according to a study by a University of ...
Apr 06, 2009 |
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Male flower parts responsible for potent grapevine perfume
University of British Columbia scientists have traced the fragrant scent of grapevine flowers to pollen grains stored in the anthers, contrary to common perception that petals alone produce perfume.
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