Archive: 07/09/2007
Scientists work to control indoor mold
A U.S. research team has recommended various public policy guidelines that could be used to control indoor mold contamination in homes.
Jul 09, 2007 |
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Sambirano chocolate bars are recalled
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has announced the voluntary recall of Scharffen Berger Kumasi Sambirano chocolate bars because of mislabeling.
Jul 09, 2007 |
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Endeavour is readied for launch pad move
NASA technicians worked Monday to ready space shuttle Endeavour for its move to Launch Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 09, 2007 |
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New Way to Target and Kill Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Found
Putting bacteria on birth control could stop the spread of drug-resistant microbes, and researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have found a way to do just that.
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Jul 09, 2007 |
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No evidence for decline in reading
A three-year investigation by a team at The University of Manchester (UK) has shown that contrary to popular expectation, Brits spent more time reading in recent times than they did in the 1970s.
Jul 09, 2007 |
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Researchers show how to make polymeric micro- and nanoparticles
Researchers in the College of Engineering at UC Santa Barbara have discovered how to make polymeric micro- and nanoparticles in a wide variety of different shapes and sizes using commonly-available lab chemicals and equipment. ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jul 09, 2007 |
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Study Goes ‘Back to the Future’ to Learn More About DNA Codes
The genetic information of our chromosomes is encoded into the language of DNA. This language is composed of code words, each representing one of the 20 amino acids found in proteins. How do cells translate the language of ...
Biology /
Jul 09, 2007 |
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World’s largest telescope to make first observations Friday
The world’s largest telescope will take its first peek into the heavens this week, ushering the University of Florida into the top ranks of the “big observers,” as one astronomy professor put it.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 09, 2007 |
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Internal clock, external light regulate plant growth
Most plants and animals show changes in activity over a 24-hour cycle. Now, for the first time, researchers have shown how a plant combines signals from its internal clock with those from the environment to show a daily rhythm ...
Biology /
Jul 09, 2007 |
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Lift More Weights, Get More Mates: Resesarch Shows Muscular Men Have More Flings, Partners, Affairs
Women don't just like men with muscles — they go for them. Men who are more muscular than average are much more likely to have short-term affairs and multiple sex partners than their scrawnier peers, according to new UCLA ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 09, 2007 |
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Nanocrystals Key to Better Fuel Cells
A new way to make cubic zirconia with very small crystal sizes could be key to making hydrogen fuel cells more reliable and cost-effective.
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jul 09, 2007 |
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'Virtual' mouse brains now available online
A multi-institutional consortium including Duke University has created startlingly crisp 3-D microscopic views of tiny mouse brains -- unveiled layer by layer -- by extending the capabilities of conventional magnetic resonance ...
Biology /
Jul 09, 2007 |
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Scientists study how to make humanoid robots more graceful
Infants learn how to move by recognizing which movements and positions cause them physical discomfort and learning to avoid them. Computer science Professor Oussama Khatib and his research group at the Stanford ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Jul 09, 2007 |
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Rocket Tests Move NASA Closer to the Lunar Vision
A liquid oxygen-hydrogen pump fed engine developed to demonstrate advanced rocket technologies for future space vehicles achieved a major technical milestone in throttling capability.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 09, 2007 |
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Environmental inequality study finds no direct links to segregation, income
A new study examining two possible factors leading to "environmental racism" finds that although the average black or Hispanic resident of a major U.S. city lives in a more polluted part of town than the average white person, ...
Jul 09, 2007 |
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