You still can't drink the water, but now you can touch it
Jan 10, 2007 |
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Engineers have developed a system that uses a simple water purification technique that can eliminate 100 percent of the microbes in New Orleans water samples left from Hurricane Katrina. The technique makes ...
Hubble Sees Star Cluster 'Infant Mortality'
Jan 10, 2007 |
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Astronomers have long known that young or "open" star clusters must eventually disrupt and dissolve into the host galaxy. They simply don't have enough gravity to hold them together, unlike their much more ...
Sexual Selection Not Just for Males Anymore
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Jan 10, 2007 |
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The antlers of a bull elk, the great bulk of a male elephant seal, the lion’s mane, have all evolved due to competition for reproductive success. These products of “sexual selection” are typically found in ...
A beneficial suicide
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Jan 10, 2007 |
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They are the largest group of white blood cells: neutrophil granulocytes kill microorganisms. Neutrophils catch microbes with extracellular structures nicknamed Neutrophil Extracellular Traps (NETs) that are ...
Micro molecules can identify pancreatic cancer
Jan 10, 2007 |
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A pattern of micro molecules can distinguish pancreatic cancer from normal and benign pancreatic tissue, new research suggests.
University of Alberta space research to solve aurora mystery
Jan 10, 2007 |
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On February 15, NASA will launch the largest number of scientific satellites ever sent into orbit aboard a single rocket. A handful of Alberta scientists will be at Kennedy Space Center watching and waiting. For Dr. Ian Mann ...
Tumor-free breast tissue can have precancerous changes
Jan 10, 2007 |
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A new study using mastectomy tissue shows that precancerous changes can occur in normal-appearing areas of the breast as distant as two inches from a tumor's edge.
Mating with showy males may reduce offspring’s ability to fight off pathogens
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In many animals, males advertise to potential mates with showy traits, many of which are linked to testosterone levels. However, a new study suggests that, in fish, choosing a flashier mate may cause future generations to ...
High school physics enrollment hits record high
Jan 10, 2007 |
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"More U.S. high-school students are taking physics than ever before, and the number of physics bachelor's degree recipients in the nation has increased 31 percent since 2000, according to new data presented today by the American ...
UW Scientists Research DNA, RNA Mysteries
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Jan 10, 2007 |
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About 19.7 million Web pages in a Google search seek to explain DNA transcription and RNA translation in the cell at the mysterious molecular level. University of Wyoming College of Agriculture Professor Jordanka ...
Big-brained birds survive better in nature
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Birds with brains that are large in relation to their body size have a lower mortality rate than those with smaller brains, according to new research published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sc ...
Secrets of the Heart's Signals
Jan 10, 2007 |
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Natalia Trayanova's research team works on understanding the heart's natural electrical signaling process. The director of the Computational Cardiac Electrophysiology Lab, she is a faculty member in the biomedical engineering ...
SpeechEasy helps stutterers speak easily
Jan 10, 2007 |
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Stutterers may speak more clearly with a device called SpeechEasy, which U.S. researchers said helps to take the sting out of stuttering.
Hospital routine blamed for SARS outbreak
Jan 10, 2007 |
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Poor hospital infection-control procedures led to the deadly 2003 SARS outbreak in Toronto, a commission investigating the epidemic found.
Children's packed lunches: Are they even worse than Turkey Twizzlers?
Jan 10, 2007 |
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Packed lunches taken to school by 7-year olds are even less healthy than school meals used to be before Jamie Oliver set out to reform them.
