Researchers invent system to control and quarantine worms attacking computer networks
Technology / Computer Sciences
Feb 08, 2007 |
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A new anti-worm technology developed by Penn State researchers can not only identify and contain worms milliseconds after a cyber attack, but can also release the information if the quarantine turns out to be unwarranted.
Which genome variants matter?
Feb 08, 2007 |
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Findings published today in Science will accelerate the search for genes involved in human disease. The report provides a first genome-wide view of how the unique composition of genetic variation within each of us leads ...
New Technology Aims to Lighten the Load for Soldiers
Feb 08, 2007 |
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The high-tech American soldier, equipped with computers, radios and night-vision goggles, has become a familiar image. However, less well known are the physical and logistical burdens associated with carrying all of that ...
Study offers treatment hope for Rett syndrome
Feb 08, 2007 |
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The symptoms of a severe autism spectrum disorder affecting at least 10,000 children in the UK could be reversed following research by Scottish scientists.
Scientists determine 3-dimensional structure of cell's 'fuel gauge'
Feb 08, 2007 |
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Researchers at Columbia University Medical Center have uncovered the complex structure of a protein that serves as a central energy gauge for cells, providing crucial details about the molecule necessary for developing useful ...
NARVAL -- The first observatory dedicated to stellar magnetism
Feb 08, 2007 |
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NARVAL, a stellar spectropolarimeter, has recently been installed on the 2 meter diameter Bernard Lyot Telescope (INSU-CNRS) at the summit of the Pic du Midi in the French Pyrenees. Like its twin brother, ESPaDOnS, which ...
Africa's first large-scale HIV vaccine study launches
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Feb 08, 2007 |
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The launch of the first large-scale study to evaluate a candidate HIV vaccine on the African continent was announced today by study collaborators in the United States and South Africa. The trial will involve up to 3,000 participants ...
Hey Porky Pig: You Deserve Some Respect, Expert Says
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Feb 08, 2007 |
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It’s the Chinese Year of the Pig, and if any animal ever needed a good PR campaign, it might be the pig. Many animal experts think pigs get a bad rap. They are often viewed as dirty creatures that are not smart ...
Robotic therapy helps restore hand use after stroke
Feb 08, 2007 |
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A robotic therapy device may help people regain strength and normal use of affected hands long after a stroke, according to a University of California, Irvine study.
Decision-making -- Demonstration of a link between cognition and execution
Feb 08, 2007 |
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For the first time, a team of researchers in the Movement, Adaptation, Cognition Laboratory (CNRS/University Victor Ségalen, Bordeaux) has revealed the existence of an interaction at the cellular level between cognitive information ...
Research aims to calm your car's rattling
Feb 08, 2007 |
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Researchers at Purdue University are getting close to eliminating those rattling and squeaking noises in your car's headrest and other components, major sources of consumer dissatisfaction that automakers would ...
Opposites Attract: Saturn Lures Earthly Admirers
Feb 08, 2007 |
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The idea that opposites attract may be a romantic cliché. But when Saturn is at opposition, as it will be this month, it is most certainly an attraction for Saturn-watchers around the world.
Chlamydia vaccine a step closer to reality
Feb 08, 2007 |
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Scientists at Queensland University of Technology are one step closer to developing a world-first vaccine to protect women against contracting the most common sexually-transmitted disease, Chlamydia.
Study points to new breast cancer-susceptibility gene
Feb 08, 2007 |
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A gene whose existence was detected only a couple of years ago may increase women’s risk of breast cancer when inherited in a mutated form, and may contribute to prostate cancer as well, researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer ...
A tidy disk, a tidy mind
Feb 08, 2007 |
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How to master the chaos in an endless sea of photographs? In the present age of digital photography, the sheer number of images creates a great need in the archiving of pictures. At this year’s CeBIT trade ...
