Researchers discover never-before-seen pulsar blasts in Crab Nebula
Jan 08, 2007 |
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Astronomers and physicists using the Cornell-managed Arecibo Telescope in Puerto Rico have discovered radio interpulses from the Crab Nebula pulsar that feature never-before-seen radio emission spectra. This leads scientists ...
Rapid, Low-Cost DNA Testing
Jan 08, 2007 |
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Professor Lewis Rothberg of the University of Rochester Chemistry Department received a NYSTAR grant in August 2006 to continue working on a recent discovery by Huixiang Li, a research associate in his group: how to rapidly ...
Toward a new oral delivery system for insulin using nanoshell shields
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jan 08, 2007 |
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Scientists in Taiwan are reporting development of a nanoparticle drug delivery system that shows promise as a potential way to administer insulin and perhaps other protein-based drugs by mouth rather than injection or nasal ...
Sharp Develops 108V-Inch LCD TV, the World’s Largest
Jan 08, 2007 |
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Sharp has successfully developed a 108V-inch LCD TV, the world’s largest, and will exhibit a prototype model at the 2007 International CES to be held in Las Vegas, USA, beginning January 8.
Carbon Nanotubes Target Tumors
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jan 08, 2007 |
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In the first experiment of its kind, investigators at the Center for Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence Focused on Therapy Response (CCNE-TR), based at Stanford University, have shown that single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) ...
Hubble Observes Infant Stars in Nearby Galaxy
Jan 08, 2007 |
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This new image taken with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope depicts bright, blue, newly formed stars that are blowing a cavity in the center of a star-forming region in the Small Magellanic Cloud.
Internet under attack by zombie computers
Jan 08, 2007 |
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Computer code writers in Europe are the chief suspects in the creation of programs that turn other computers into zombie-like slaves for Internet crimes.
Astronomers discover a trio of quasars
Jan 08, 2007 |
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Using ESO's Very Large Telescope and the W.M. Keck Observatory, astronomers at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland and the California Institute of Technology, USA, have discovered the ...
New stars shed light on the past
Jan 08, 2007 |
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This new image taken with the Advanced Camera for Surveys onboard the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope depicts bright blue newly formed stars that are blowing a cavity in the centre of a fascinating star-forming ...
Gas giants jump into planet formation early
Jan 08, 2007 |
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Gas-giant planets like Jupiter and Saturn form soon after their stars do, according to new research.
Scientists find guardian gene's choices crucial to stopping cancer process
Jan 08, 2007 |
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Scientists at the Kimmel Cancer Center at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia have uncovered a novel pathway by which the anti-cancer gene p53 springs into action, protecting a damaged cell from becoming cancer. The ...
Higher folate levels linked to reduced risk for Alzheimer's disease
Jan 08, 2007 |
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Individuals who take in higher levels of the nutrient folate through both diet and supplements may have a reduced risk of developing Alzheimer's disease, according to a report in the January issue of Archives of Neurology, one of ...
The first molecular keypad lock
Jan 08, 2007 |
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How can defense or intelligence agencies safeguard the security of top-secret data protected by a computation device the size of a single molecule?
Scientists discover how body fights to control spread of cancer
Jan 08, 2007 |
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Scientists at the University of Liverpool have found how two molecules fight in the blood to control the spread of cancer cells.
Healthy eating is at a supermarket near you
Jan 08, 2007 |
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Supermarket "grocery store tours" could be the key to healthier lifestyles and prevent chronic diseases such as coronary heart disease (CHD) concludes a study published in the Health & Fitness Journal.
