Cal medicinal marijuana law upheld
Medicine & Health / Medications
Dec 07, 2006 |
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Although marijuana is illegal under federal law, it's still allowed for medicinal purposes in California after a judge refused to overturn the state law.
Greenhouse gas emissions set to rise as new sources for transport fuel are used
Dec 07, 2006 |
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The use of low-quality sources of petroleum, such as tar sands, will dramatically raise global greenhouse gas emissions according to a new study.
Better track leads to new particles
Dec 07, 2006 |
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In particle accelerators new particles often arise as a result of collisions between elementary particles. However the track left by these particles is often difficult to trace. Dutch researcher Thijs Cornelissen ...
A new approach to growing heart muscle
Dec 07, 2006 |
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It looks, contracts and responds almost like natural heart muscle – even though it was grown in the lab. And it brings scientists another step closer to the goal of creating replacement parts for damaged human ...
Emperors in crisis
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Dec 07, 2006 |
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Roman emperors had to implement drastic reforms in the third century. In order to retain their position of power in this turbulent period they developed an emperor ideology. With this they increasingly laid claim to their ...
Humans grieve for the 'given' world
Dec 07, 2006 |
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How are human beings reacting to displacement of their natural, or "given," world by a built world? This question lay at the heart of a talk given by Professor Rosalind Williams on Nov. 27, the last in a series of fall colloquia ...
Informatics scientists' ‘active cookies’ put bite on cyber crooks
Technology / Computer Sciences
Dec 07, 2006 |
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Researchers at the Indiana University School of Informatics and RSA Laboratories have written a recipe to protect Internet users from identity theft and other kinds of cyber attacks.
Natural protein stops deadly human brain cancer in mice
Dec 07, 2006 |
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Scientists from Johns Hopkins and from the University of Milan have effectively proven that they can inhibit lethal human brain cancers in mice using a protein that selectively induces positive changes in the activity of ...
New instrument reveals raindrop formation in warm clouds
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 07, 2006 |
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How do raindrops form? It's a simple question, but the answer is far from elementary. Tiny water droplets somehow merge to become full-sized raindrops, but the details remain a mystery.
Engineering professor shakes things up with earthquake tests
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Most Texans have little reason to think about earthquakes or seismic damage much in their everyday lives. But for Dr. David Rosowsky of Texas A&M University, extreme events like earthquakes, hurricanes and ...
Infectious disease researchers develop basis for experimental melanoma treatment
Dec 07, 2006 |
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While investigating a fungus known to cause an infection in people with AIDS, two grantees of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), unexpectedly ...
Data transport via fibre-optic network could be faster still
Dec 07, 2006 |
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Due to the explosive growth in data transport the need for a greater utilisation of the bandwidth of fibre-optic networks is increasing. Dutch researcher Erwin Verdurmen examined how the transmission capacity of the glass ...
Rockin’ around the Wii: Video games fun but pose social, health risks
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 07, 2006 |
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Move over Tickle Me Elmo. The recently released Nintendo Wii and Playstation 3 video game systems are rivaling the giggling red monster as the gifts children beg their parents for most this holiday season.
Acoustic noise contains valuable geophysical information
Dec 07, 2006 |
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The proper processing of acoustic noise can provide a wealth of information. Geophysicists for example have used seismic background noise measurements to reconstruct the crustal structure under Southern California. The advantage ...
NASA images, White Sands features support a wetter Mars
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 07, 2006 |
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NASA's announcement yesterday of evidence that water still flows on Mars, at least in brief spurts, demonstrates that the view of Mars as a very dry planet should be reevaluated, says Dawn Sumner, professor of geology at UC ...
