Wake-up call: Draft security pub looks at cell phones, PDAs
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In recent years cell phones and PDAs—"Personal Digital Assistants"—have exploded in power, performance and features. They now often boast expanded memory, cameras, Global Positioning System receivers and the ability to record ...
Scientists generate the most precise map of genetic recombination ever
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Genetic recombination, the process by which sexually reproducing organisms shuffle their genetic material when producing germ cells, leads to offspring with a new genetic make-up and influences the course of evolution.
Online courses boost infection control skills that could prove vital in a pandemic
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Online courses are helping staff to develop the skills they need to tackle hospital-acquired infections, such as MRSA and C.difficile, and this expertise could also prove vital in a pandemic, according to a study published in the ...
R&D 100 Award for new NIST/UMD neutron detector
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A new ultrasensitive, high bandwidth neutron detector developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Maryland (UMD) will receive one of this year's "R&D 100 Awards," ...
Enzyme key to 'sister act' that maintains genome stability
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Keeping the genome stable is a "sister act" of matched chromatids – the pairs of the double helix DNA molecule that exist during the chromosome duplication in the S phase of the cell cycle.
Software Helps Developers Get Started with PIV Cards
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The National Institute of Standards and Technology has developed two demonstration software packages that show how Personal Identity Verification (PIV) cards can be used with Windows and Linux systems to perform ...
Teaching old drugs new tricks
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Researchers from the European Molecular Biology Laboratory discovered a new way to make use of drugs' unwanted side effects. They developed a computational method that compares how similar the side effects of different drugs ...
Researchers distinguish waves from mine collapses from other seismic activities
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Jul 10, 2008 |
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Researchers have devised a technology that can distinguish mine collapses from other seismic activity. Using the large seismic disturbance associated with the Crandall Canyon mine collapse last August, Lawrence Livermore ...
New Measurements of Toxics and Organics in Tahoe Smoke
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To better understand the effects of catastrophic wildfires on the Lake Tahoe ecosystem, UC Davis researchers will install a fourth state-of-the-art air sampler at Lake Tahoe on Monday.
Comparing apples and pears: Scientists see health-determining air paths in fruit
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Pears and apples contain air pathways to "breathe". The pathways are microscopically small structures for oxygen supply and are key elements in determining the fruit's health.
Mobilizing white blood cells to the lung: New discovery could lead to an improved influenza vaccine
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Findings just published in the scientific journal Immunity by researchers at the Trudeau Institute shed new light on how a previously-unknown messaging mechanism within the human immune system prompts specific influenza-fighting ...
Toothpick: New molecular tag IDs bone and tooth minerals
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Enlisting an army of plant viruses to their cause, materials researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have identified a small biomolecule that binds specifically to one of the key ...
Naturopaths support tougher regulation of complementary medicine
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Naturopaths are strongly in favour of regulation of their industry, a University of Queensland researcher has found.
Cancer drug shows promise against graft vs. host disease
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A new University of Michigan study in mice suggests that a drug recently approved to fight cancer tumors is also able to reduce the effects of graft-versus-host disease, a common and sometimes fatal complication ...
