Archive: 02/09/2007
6 aurora-research rockets to launch from Poker Flat
Scientists from the University of Alaska Fairbanks and the University of New Hampshire have experiments ready on the launch rails at Poker Flat Research Range north of Fairbanks, and another scientist is waiting in New Hampshire ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
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Males have adapted to battle with competing sperm
In the context of sexual reproduction, natural selection is generally thought of as a pre-copulation mechanism. We are drawn to features of the human body that tell us our partner is healthy and will provide us a fighting ...
Feb 09, 2007 |
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Italy's wolves bounce back
Italy's wolves, once at risk of extinction, have bounced back, but still are at risk, an expert speaking in Rome said.
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China: Hospital selling phony test reports
A hospital in southern China has allegedly been selling fraudulent hepatitis B test reports, the government-run Xinhua news agency reports.
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Kidney recipients could be picked by age
Younger people in need of kidney transplants would get organs before older people under a controversial proposal announced in Houston.
Feb 09, 2007 |
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Mummy's amazing American maize
The far-reaching influence of Spanish and Portuguese colonisers appears not to have extended to South American agriculture, scientists studying a 1,400-year-old Andean mummy have found.
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Expedition 14 Crew Completes 3rd Spacewalk
With all scheduled tasks accomplished, Commander Mike Lopez-Alegria and Flight Engineer Suni Williams finished a 6-hour, 40-minute spacewalk Thursday. Their completed tasks will allow for the attachment of ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
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Folate and B12 may influence cognition in seniors
Folate and vitamin B12, two important nutrients for the development of healthy nerves and blood cells, may work together to protect cognitive function among seniors, reports a new epidemiological study from the Jean Mayer ...
Feb 09, 2007 |
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Master switches found for adult blood stem cells
Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center scientists have found a set of "master switches" that keep adult blood-forming stem cells in their primitive state. Unlocking the switches' code may one day enable scientists to grow new ...
Feb 09, 2007 |
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Scientists discover new gene that prevents multiple types of cancer
A decades-old cancer mystery has been solved by researchers at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL). "We not only found a critical tumor suppressor gene, but have revealed a master switch for a tumor suppressive ...
Feb 09, 2007 |
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Analysis of Chinese AIDS epidemic shows surprising patterns
The mountainous Chinese province of Yunnan is tucked into the country’s southwest corner, a scenic region that borders Burma, Laos and Vietnam. The province shares its rugged topography with the surrounding countries, but ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Feb 09, 2007 |
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Shedding New Light on Proteorhodopsin
New light has been shed on proteorhodopsin, the light-sensitive protein found in many marine bacteria. Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the University ...
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Sweethearts share patterns of life satisfaction
People’s long-term satisfaction with their lives often parallels that of their spouse, says a University of Toronto researcher in a study that deals a blow to theories that individual happiness depends mainly on genetic disposition.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
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NTT DoCoMo Achieves World's First 5Gbps Packet Transmission in 4G Field Experiment
NTT DoCoMo, Inc. announced today that it achieved a maximum packet transmission rate of approximately 5Gbps in the downlink using 100MHz frequency bandwidth to a mobile station moving at 10km/h. The field experiment of fourth-generation ...
Feb 09, 2007 |
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Reactor upgrades help researchers study nuclear fusion as energy source
For about six months of the year, bursts of a hot, electrically charged gas, or plasma, swirl around a donut-shaped tube in a special MIT reactor, helping scientists learn more about a potential future energy ...
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