Rare bug caught by Texas fifth-grader
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A Kingsville, Texas, fifth-grader has captured an Amazon darner dragonfly -- an insect species rarely spotted north of Mexico.
Why learning to talk can be difficult
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 06, 2006 |
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Problems in learning to talk are fairly common in young children. Sometimes these difficulties are a consequence of a known disease or of hearing loss, but usually there is no obvious explanation.
Study finds holographic imaging system promising for cancer treatment planning
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The device looks like something out of an old science fiction movie, but researchers at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago say it holds promise in the treatment of cancer.
Study: Child's tummy may foretell obesity
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The size of a tummy, expanding on U.S. children in recent years, may be a better measure of health risks associated with obesity, scientists said.
Japan: China must commit on global warming
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Japan's chief negotiator at the Kyoto conference in Nairobi Monday called on China to let the United Nations know what it is doing about greenhouse gases.
New brain-chemistry differences found in depressed women
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A new brain study finds major differences between women with serious depression and healthy women in a brain-chemical system that's crucial to stress and emotions.
Discovery could lead to new leukaemia treatments
Nov 06, 2006 |
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Deakin University scientists have identified a protein that could hold the key to new leukaemia treatments.
Bird flu spreads among blood relatives
Nov 06, 2006 |
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Healthcare workers in Indonesia are noticing that outbreaks of the deadly bird flu seem to come in family clusters, mostly affecting those linked by blood.
Lasers not effective against vision loss
Nov 06, 2006 |
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Low-intensity laser treatment doesn't prevent vision loss from age-related macular degeneration, a study of U.S. eye centers showed.
Chronic Jet-Lag Conditions Hasten Death in Aged Mice
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Researchers at the University of Virginia have found that aged mice undergoing weekly light-cycle shifts—similar to those that humans experience with jet lag or rotating shift work—experienced significantly higher death rates ...
Nanoparticle Probes Light Up Cancer Cells
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Nov 06, 2006 |
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Cancer biologists are always on the lookout for new methods of studying the effects that drug therapy has on malignant cells. Now they have a new tool – silver nanoparticles, embedded in nanoscale silica spheres, which can ...
Budget cuts may ax powerful telescopes
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 06, 2006 |
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U.S. federal science officials said budget constraints may force the closure of the Arecibo dish and the Very Long Baseline Array telescope network.
Green Plants Share Bacterial Toxin
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A toxin that can make bacterial infections turn deadly is also found in higher plants, researchers at UC Davis, the Marine Biology Laboratory at Woods Hole, Mass. and the University of Nebraska have found. ...
British cancer patients buy drugs online
Medicine & Health / Medications
Nov 06, 2006 |
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Cancer patients in Britain are using the Internet for cheaper drugs, often without their doctor's knowledge, a cancer specialist said.
Map shows new patterns of extinction risk
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British researchers said geographical areas with high numbers of endangered species from one group don't necessarily have high numbers from others.
