Archive: 08/10/2007
Tick-borne encephalitis erupts in Russia
The tick-borne virus encephalitis has shown growth in Russia, killing at least eight people in the past three weeks alone.
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Undersea mission aids development of self-test for stress and fatigue
An undersea mission simulating the space environment will provide data for development of tools to quickly assess stress, fatigue and cognitive fitness in preparation for performing critical mission tasks.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
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NCAR adds resources to TeraGrid
Researchers who use the TeraGrid, the nation’s most comprehensive and advanced infrastructure for open scientific research, can now leverage the computing resources of a powerful, 2048-processor BlueGene/L ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Aug 10, 2007 |
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Sony Delivers Fifth Generation AIT Format
Sony Electronics has expanded its Advanced Intelligent Tape (AIT) format to a fifth-generation, doubling the capacity of the previous generation to 400 GB while delivering backwards compatibility.
Aug 10, 2007 |
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Endeavour Docks With International Space Station
The seven STS-118 crew members reached their destination today when Space Shuttle Endeavour docked with the International Space Station at 2:02 p.m. EDT. STS-118 will continue the on-orbit construction of ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
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Seismologists confirm Utah mine collapse caused temblor
A 3.9 magnitude temblor recorded at the time of a mine collapse in southern Utah on Monday, Aug. 6, was not from an earthquake, but more likely the result of the collapse itself, according to an analysis by ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 10, 2007 |
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Two proteins found on telomeres control DNA damage response pathways
No sooner had cells evolved linear chromosomes than they had a life-threatening problem to solve. To the machinery that repairs broken DNA, chromosome ends look a lot like breaks in need of mending, so they ...
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New, more direct pathways from outside the cell-to-cell nuclei discovered
A team of Brooklyn College researchers has shattered a long-held belief that no direct pathway exists between material outside of a cell and the cell nucleus. (The cell is the smallest metabolically functional unit of life.)
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Childhood obesity indicates greater risk of school absenteeism
In the first study of how weight may affect school attendance, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and Temple University have found that overweight children are at greater risk of school absenteeism than their normal-weight ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 10, 2007 |
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Hypershort flash of visible light produces 'white' attosecond X-ray light
No flash of light can be shorter than the time it takes the wave carrying the flash to perform a full oscillation. A team headed by Prof. Ferenc Krausz has now succeeded in generating – for the first time ...
Aug 10, 2007 |
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MRI finds breast cancer before it becomes dangerous
A study in the Lancet (vol. 370, 11 August 2007) could lead to a change of paradigm in the early diagnosis of breast cancer. It states that magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is substantially more accurate than mammography in dia ...
Aug 10, 2007 |
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Green tea boosts production of detox enzymes, rendering cancerous chemicals harmless
Concentrated chemicals derived from green tea dramatically boosted production of a group of key detoxification enzymes in people with low levels of these beneficial proteins, according to researchers at Arizona Cancer Center.
Aug 10, 2007 |
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UK scientists working to help cut ID theft
The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) is part of Biotesting Europe, a new €358,000 biometrics project, part-funded by the European Union. The project will ensure that future testing procedures and facilities meet the needs ...
Aug 10, 2007 |
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From microscopy to nanoscopy
Layer-by-layer light microscopic nanoscale images of cells and without having to prepare thin sections? A team led by Stefan Hell and Mariano Bossi at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in Göttingen is now ...
Aug 10, 2007 |
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What makes Mars magnetic?
So how have these rocks hung onto their magnetic directions and what do they tell us about Mars? Strangely, the answer to these questions might be sitting here on Earth.
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