New research project captures traffic data using GPS-enabled cell phones
Feb 10, 2008 |
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Researchers from the University of California, Berkeley, and Nokia tested technology that could soon transform the way drivers navigate through congested highways and obtain information about road conditions. ...
How red blood cells nuke their nuclei
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Feb 10, 2008 |
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Unlike the rest of the cells in your body, your red blood cells lack nuclei. That quirk dates back to the time when mammals began to evolve. Other vertebrates such as fish, reptiles, and birds, have red cells that contain ...
Scientists identify new cellular receptor for HIV
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Feb 10, 2008 |
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A cellular protein that helps guide immune cells to the gut has been newly identified as a target of HIV when the virus begins its assault on the body's immune system, according to researchers from the National Institute ...
Study reveals why certain ovarian cancers develop resistance to platinum-based chemotherapy
Feb 10, 2008 |
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A team of researchers led by Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center has identified a new mechanism that explains why some recurrent ovarian tumors become resistant to treatment with commonly used platinum-based chemotherapy ...
Prehistoric site found in Yemen
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Feb 10, 2008 |
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French archaeologists say they discovered a site in Yemen that dates to the Paleolithic Age.
Drug-resistant E.coli and Klebsiella found
Feb 10, 2008 |
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A U.S. research team has found drug-resistant strains of E.coli and Klebsiella bacteria in more than 50 blood, urine and respiratory samples.
Snow havoc decimating Chinese forests
Feb 10, 2008 |
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Nearly 67,000 square miles of forest land in China have been decimated by the worst snow storms endured by the country in the last five decades.
Turtles focus of British seaside alert
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Feb 10, 2008 |
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People who find a turtle washed ashore on British or Irish ocean beaches are being asked to report it to help the endangered reptiles.
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