Study recommends diet with good bacteria
Aug 08, 2006 |
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A British study says those over 60 should boost their daily intake of probiotics, or diet with "good bacteria," to prevent intestinal infections.
Perseid Earthgrazers
Aug 08, 2006 |
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Blame it on the Moon: The 2006 Perseid meteor shower is going to be a dud. Oh, Earth will pass through the Perseid meteoroid stream, as usual. And meteors will flit across the sky. But when the shower peaks ...
Nanowire 'barcode' system speeds biodetection in the field
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Aug 08, 2006 |
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Detecting biowarfare agents in the field will become a lot easier thanks to a new barcode system based on biosensing nanowires developed by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory researchers.
Study: Botulinum toxin heals facial scars
Aug 08, 2006 |
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U.S. scientists say treating facial wounds during the early healing phase with botulinum toxin -- Botox -- improves the later appearance of scars.
Agriculture and tropical conservation: rethinking old ideas
Aug 08, 2006 |
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It's a long-held view in conservation circles that rural peasant activities are at odds with efforts to preserve biodiversity in the tropics. In fact, the opposite is often true, argue University of Michigan ...
Study Could Lead to Tomato Plants with Stronger Defenses
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Aug 08, 2006 |
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Few things say summer like a home-grown tomato. But getting that red, juicy tomato challenges home gardeners and farmers alike, all of whom battle insects and diseases from the moment that young plants spring from the ground ...
Student invents the Hyperbow
Aug 08, 2006 |
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A U.S. graduate student has invented an electronic system to measure minute changes in the position, acceleration and strain of a violin bow.
A Humble Aquarium Fish May be the Key to New Therapies for Birth Defects
Aug 08, 2006 |
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A humble aquarium fish may be the key to finding therapies capable of preventing the structural birth defects that account for one out of three infant deaths in the United States today.
Proba-3: ESA’s first step towards formation flying
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 08, 2006 |
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Proba-3 is the third in ESA’s series of missions for validating developments in space systems while carrying an ‘added value’ user payload which can directly benefit from the innovations under test. Proba-3 ...
Finding paves way for better treatment of autoimmune disease
Aug 08, 2006 |
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A signaling molecule with an affinity for alcohol has yielded a rapid, inexpensive way to make large numbers of immune cells that work like beat cops keeping misguided cells from attacking the body.
Utah conjoined twins separated
Aug 08, 2006 |
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Surgeons in Salt Lake City have successfully separated two 4-year-old twin sisters born joined at the abdomen.
Sandia piezoelectric films to be part of NASA space station experiment
Aug 08, 2006 |
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For the past three years a Sandia research team headed by Mat Celina has been investigating the performance of various piezoelectric polymer films that might one day serve as ultra-light mirrors in space telescopes.
A nursery for Hurricanes
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 08, 2006 |
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Every hurricane season, about 100 low-pressure weather disturbances whirl westward out of West Africa and over the Atlantic Ocean, but less than one-fifth of them become tropical depressions, storms or hurricanes.
Study: Rett syndrome can strike males
Aug 08, 2006 |
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Australian researchers say they've discovered Rett Syndrome can strike males, as well as females.
Dominant meerkats render rivals infertile
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Aug 08, 2006 |
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When pregnant, dominant female meerkats subject their subordinates to escalating aggression and temporary eviction causing them to become overly stressed and as a result infertile, a new study finds.
