Quasar light variability linked to black hole mass
Jan 08, 2007 |
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Quasars are some of the most luminous and distant objects in the universe – and appear to have something in common with ordinary light bulbs, say researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and at the National ...
Science funds come up short for 2007
Jan 08, 2007 |
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After Congress failed to pass new budgets for the current fiscal year, scientific institutions across the United States could suffer setbacks.
There's no scent like home
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Tiny larval fish living among Australia's Great Barrier Reef spend the early days of their lives swept up in ocean currents that disperse them far from their places of birth. Given such a life history, one might assume that ...
System X Used to Model Behavior of Entire Structures
Technology / Computer Sciences
Jan 08, 2007 |
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Elisa Sotelino, professor of civil and environmental engineering at Virginia Tech, has developed a family of parallel algorithms, named Group Implicit Algorithms, which have had a major impact in the nonlinear ...
Genetic variation may reduce Alzheimer's risk
Jan 08, 2007 |
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Adults with a genetic variation enabling them to express higher levels of fetal hemoglobin may have a reduced risk of Alzheimer's disease, researchers say.
Jefferson cardiologists fix broken heart
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Unexplained chest pain after a heart attack might be more dangerous than many physicians originally think.
Large-Scale Study Examines New Treatment for Adults Who Stutter
Jan 08, 2007 |
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For an adult who stutters, the mere act of introducing oneself is enough to cause sweaty palms, heart palpitations, and worse. When particular sounds or syllables don't roll easily off the tongue, articulating something as ...
Doctor: Beware of online organ trade
Jan 08, 2007 |
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A British transplant surgeon warned against people selling organs over the Internet, following a published report that online organ trading was occurring.
Annual plants may cope with global warming better than long-living species
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Countering Charles Darwin's view that evolution occurs gradually, UC Irvine scientists have discovered that plants with short life cycles can evolutionally adapt in just a few years to climate change.
No breakfast and frequent fast food leads to extra pounds in aging teens
Jan 08, 2007 |
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The old phrase "breakfast is the most important meal of the day" has taken on new meaning for teenagers. A new study suggests that as teens enter adulthood, they are more likely to skip breakfast and increase their fast ...
Healing methods conflict in China
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Traditional practitioners are butting heads with Western medicine believers in China as the country balances traditional remedies against modern healing.
Emergency pill doesn't drop pregnancy rate
Medicine & Health / Medications
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Widespread use of emergency contraception pills don't appear to lower pregnancy or abortion rates, U.S. researchers said.
Job, medicine could ax health coverage
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Health insurers in California can refuse to cover individuals because of their jobs or because they take certain medicines, documents showed.
