Archive: 04/10/2008
Flowers' fragrance diminished by air pollution, study indicates
Air pollution from power plants and automobiles is destroying the fragrance of flowers and thereby inhibiting the ability of pollinating insects to follow scent trails to their source, a new University of Virginia study indicates. ...
Apr 10, 2008 |
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Chicken dumpling soup mix is recalled
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the recall of 99 boxes of Maggie & Mary's brand chicken dumpling soup mix due to a possible health risk.
Apr 10, 2008 |
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Chronic wasting disease found in 13 elk
The U.S. National Park Service said 13 female elk captured in Rocky Mountain National Park this winter tested positive for chronic wasting disease.
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Researchers discover 'modus operandi' of heart muscle protein
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have discovered that a protein called leiomodin (Lmod) promotes the assembly of an important heart muscle protein called actin. What’s more, Lmod directs the ...
Apr 10, 2008 |
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Picture this: Explaining science through drawings
If a picture is worth a thousand words, creating one can have as much value to the illustrator as to the intended audience. This is the case with "Picturing to Learn," a project in which college students create ...
Apr 10, 2008 |
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Avoiding wind tunnels, computer simulations pave way for hypersonic flight
A two-hour plane flight between Tokyo and New York sounds like science fiction, but methods developed by Princeton engineers to describe turbulence at extreme conditions may aid the design of aircraft with that kind of speed, ...
Apr 10, 2008 |
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NASA Sets Sights on Lunar Dust Exploration Mission
NASA is preparing to send a small spacecraft to the moon in 2011 to assess the lunar atmosphere and the nature of dust lofted above the surface.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 10, 2008 |
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Spitzer Sees Shining Stellar Sphere
Millions of clustered stars glisten like an iridescent opal in a new image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope.
Apr 10, 2008 |
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More safety for cell phone batteries
Fraunhofer researchers will be presenting a novel lithium-ion battery at Hannover Messe on April 21 - 25. It is based on a polymer electrolyte, which is – unlike the liquid electrolyte in conventional lithium-ion batteries ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Apr 10, 2008 |
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Nervous system for structures
Technical structures will soon have their own nervous system. Developers and users expect this to bring greater safety, maintenance activities only when required, and a more efficient use of material and energy. Researchers ...
Apr 10, 2008 |
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Blood vessels: The pied piper for growing nerve cells
Researchers at Johns Hopkins have discovered that blood vessels in the head can guide growing facial nerve cells with blood pressure controlling proteins. The findings, which suggest that blood vessels throughout the body ...
Apr 10, 2008 |
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Triple threat: Young macho men with serious injuries often abuse alcohol
Men with serious injuries, such as traumatic brain injury or spinal cord injury, must deal with a range of emotions. If these men have strong traditional masculine ideas and abuse alcohol, it becomes even more difficult to ...
Apr 10, 2008 |
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Just like penguins and other primates, people trade sex for resources
Female penguins mate with males who bring them pebbles to build egg nests. Hummingbirds mate to gain access to the most productive flowers guarded by larger males.
Biology /
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A New Take on Microbrewing
Since Babylonian times, a still has provided the means to turn grain, fruit, or vegetables into an intoxicating drink. Today, a still may provide a solution to the more complex problem of how to detect diseases.
Apr 10, 2008 |
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Impairments in language development can be detected in infants as young as 3 months
Uncover how the brains of infants distinguish differences in sounds and it may become possible to correct language problems even before children start to speak, sparing them the difficulties that come from struggling with ...
Apr 10, 2008 |
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