Study sees U.S. retirement wealth up sharply by 2040
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The average value of Americans' 401(k) plans will be substantially higher in real terms by the year 2040 even if stock market returns fall short of their historical values, according to new research by a team of economists ...
Lost forest yields several new species
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Aug 07, 2007 |
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An expedition led by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) to a remote corner of the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has uncovered unique forests which, so far, have been found to contain six animal ...
Computer graphics spills from milk to medicine
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Aug 07, 2007 |
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A new UC San Diego computer graphics model capable of generating realistic milk images based on the fat and protein content will likely push the field of computer graphics into the realms of diagnostic medicine, ...
New research discovers independent brain networks control human walking
Aug 07, 2007 |
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In a study published in the August issue of Nature Neuroscience, researchers at the Kennedy Krieger Institute in Baltimore, Maryland found that there are separate adaptable networks controlling each leg and there are also s ...
Full-time sensors can detect bridge defects
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Networks of small, permanently mounted sensors could soon check continuously for the formation of structural defects in I-beams and other critical structural supports of bridges and highway overpasses, giving ...
Link Between Sunspots, Rain Helps Predict Disease in East Africa
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 07, 2007 |
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A new study shows that sunspot cycles can be used to predict heavy rains, flooding and subsequent disease outbreaks in East Africa.
Metabolic study in mice could lead to 'good cholesterol' boosters
Aug 07, 2007 |
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Researchers have identified a new player in the control of so-called “good” cholesterol that circulates in the bloodstream and reduces heart attack risk, according to a report in the August issue of Cell Metabolism, a publ ...
Heat wave may stress nation's power system
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Increasing demands on an aging U.S. power infrastructure are likely to make headlines this week as temperatures in the Midwest and South approach 100 degrees. The nation’s economic growth since the 1950s has “outstripped ...
NASA Undersea Mission Begins
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 07, 2007 |
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Three astronauts and a Constellation Program aerospace engineer began a 10-day NASA mission in the ocean depths off the Florida coast Aug. 6. They will test lunar exploration concepts and a suite of long-duration ...
Weed gave up sex long ago
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The ability of plants to self-pollinate – a big factor in the spread of weeds – is much older than previously thought in one widely studied species, leading biologists say. The findings show that at least in plant evolution, ...
Secret Life of Elephant Seals Not Secret Anymore
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Miniature oceanographic sensors attached to southern elephant seals have provided scientists with an unprecedented peek into the secret lives of seals.
Working Families Rely Heavily on "Convenience" Foods for Dinner, But Save Little Time
Aug 07, 2007 |
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Two-income families in Los Angeles don't live so much in a fast food nation as they do in a Hamburger Helper hamlet on the edge of a packaged lettuce greenbelt, according to the first academic study to track American families ...
Lenovo and Novell to Offer Linux Preload on ThinkPad Notebooks
Aug 07, 2007 |
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Lenovo and Novell today announced an agreement to provide preloaded Linux on Lenovo ThinkPad notebook PCs and to provide support from Lenovo for the operating system.
Parents' depression can weigh on children
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A parent’s struggle with stress or depression can lower a child’s quality of life -- and it could hinder an overweight youngster’s attempts to lose weight, too, University of Florida researchers say.
Preclinical study links gene to brain aneurysm formation
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University of Cincinnati (UC) neurovascular researchers have identified a gene that—when suppressed or completely absent—may predispose a person to brain aneurysms.
