Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Successfully Completes Critical Design Review
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 07, 2006 |
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The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) successfully completed its Critical Design Review (CDR) on Thursday, November 9, 2006.
Probing Question: Is it better to run barefoot?
Dec 07, 2006 |
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The United States has more than 30 million adult runners -- plenty of active feet to fuel a $18.1 billion-a-year athletic shoe industry, according to the NDP Group, a global provider of consumer-industry information. Among ...
Research Helps Uncover the Secrets of an Age-Old Killer
Biology /
Dec 07, 2006 |
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Scientists working in part at the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory (SSRL) have discovered a gene for a protein that regulates the cellular response to copper in the bacterium that causes tuberculosis. ...
More efficient devices on solar cells due to energy matching
Technology / Computer Sciences
Dec 07, 2006 |
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Many wireless devices currently work on solar energy (photovoltaic = PV). Often the choice for PV cells seems merely to be based on the green image. Yet this technology can be used far more effectively if the elements from ...
Not ready to quit? Try cutting back
Dec 07, 2006 |
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In a review article in the December Nicotine and Tobacco Research, researchers at the University of Vermont have found an unexpected, effective alternative to motivate smokers to quit smoking – cutting back. According to ...
Online Shopping Habits Studied
Dec 07, 2006 |
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Millions of holiday shoppers are bypassing traditional brick and mortar stores by instead purchasing the newest gadgets, big ticket items and toys with simple clicks of the mouse. Earlier this year, academic researchers published ...
New scientific evidence in Libya HIV death penalty case
Dec 07, 2006 |
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New molecular evidence from Oxford’s Zoology Department sheds significant doubt on charges against six medical workers who are facing execution in Libya.
New poinsettia for the nontraditionalist
Biology /
Dec 07, 2006 |
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U of I plant scientist Daniel Warnock hopes that one day soon a uniquely marbled pink poinsettia will be available to consumers who like decorating for the holidays with a flare for the unusual. The variety is yet unnamed, ...
Indians meet to discuss global warming
Dec 07, 2006 |
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An historic event was held this week near the lower Colorado River, with more than 50 U.S. Indian tribes meeting to discuss the global warming crisis.
From a lowly yeast, researchers divine a clue to human disease
Dec 07, 2006 |
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Working with a common form of brewer's yeast, University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers have uncovered novel functions of a key protein that allow it to act as a master regulatory switch -- a control that determines gene ...
Scientists find new treatment for scrapie
Dec 07, 2006 |
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German scientists have discovered a method of treatment that appreciably slows the progress of the fatal brain disease scrapie in mice.
New biomarker predicts effectiveness of breast cancer drugs
Dec 07, 2006 |
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University of Cincinnati (UC) researchers have identified a new way to predict when anti-estrogen drug therapies are inappropriate for patients with hormone-dependent breast cancer.
Study looks at ethnic menopausal symptoms
Dec 07, 2006 |
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A U.S. scientist is conducting a $1.2 million study of differences in menopausal symptoms reported by four of the most common U.S. ethnic groups.
Hormonal contraception does not appear to increase HIV risk
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Dec 07, 2006 |
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Using hormonal contraception does not appear to increase women’s overall risk of infection with the AIDS virus, report the authors of a large study commissioned by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development ...
Beautiful politicians win more votes: study
Dec 07, 2006 |
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Beautiful politicians win more votes, according to Australian National University research released today that asked an independent group of ‘beauty raters’ to assess the looks of 286 major party candidates who ran in the ...
