Archive: 05/11/2007
Researchers discover link between Parkinson's and narcolepsy
Parkinson's disease is well-known for its progression of motor disorders: stiffness, slowness, tremors, difficulties walking and talking. Less well known is that Parkinson's shares other symptoms with narcolepsy, a sleep ...
May 11, 2007 |
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Purdue to continue review of 'bubble fusion' research
A congressional subcommittee has asked Purdue to continue looking into allegations of misconduct related to sonofusion research in the university's School of Nuclear Engineering.
May 11, 2007 |
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Probing Question: Are sports drinks better than water for athletes?
After finishing a long run in the heat of a July afternoon, you're thirsty, your muscles are weak, you feel generally fatigued, and you may have a minor headache. Your body is telling you that it needs to ...
May 11, 2007 |
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Higher gas prices leave many workers running on empty
Few have been unaffected by the rapidly increasing price of gas, which has inched its way up toward $4 a gallon in some parts of the United States. And consumers aren’t feeling those effects just in their wallets, a Florida ...
May 11, 2007 |
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Carbon Joins the Magnetic Club
The exclusive club of magnetic elements officially has a new member—carbon. Using a proton beam and advanced x-ray techniques, researchers at the Department of Energy's Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) ...
May 11, 2007 |
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The plague tracked in Denver
Denver officials warned people to stay away from squirrels as they monitored what could be an outbreak of the plague.
May 11, 2007 |
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Report: Supply of IT Pros Down, Though Demand Is Up
According to a new report, demand for IT employment is high, but the supply of workers is lacking, and one of the reasons listed is that "tech just ain't cool."
May 11, 2007 |
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HP Beefs Up Blade Services
Hewlett-Packard's so-called "proactive" services, which it will offer to customers directly and through its channel, are geared to users with 50 or more blades in the data center.
May 11, 2007 |
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Interface21 Gets $10M in Funding
The company behind the popular Java development platform, Spring Framework, gets a new round of money to move forward.
May 11, 2007 |
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An aspirin a day keeps colon cancer away
An Oxford University study shows that taking a 300mg tablet of aspirin a day for five years can reduce the risk of colon cancer by 74 per cent in the subsequent 10-15 years, or by 37 per cent overall.
May 11, 2007 |
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IRS Leans On Auction Sites to Spill Customer Information
Language in the President Bush's budget requires that online auction houses such as eBay share personal data with the IRS. Privacy groups cry foul, saying this will only increase data theft and phishing scams.
May 11, 2007 |
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Red Hat Exchange Goes Live
The company continues its focus on online services with Red Hat Exchange, an online service that delivers pre-configured, integrated stacks for 14 business applications.
May 11, 2007 |
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Of MOICE and Microsoft: Securing Office 2003
Microsoft says it plans to release a tool called Microsoft Office Isolated Conversion Environment to help protect users of Office 2003 from exploits.
May 11, 2007 |
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ESA presents the sharpest ever satellite map of Earth
The most detailed portraits ever of the Earth's land surface have been created with ESA's Envisat environmental satellite. The portraits are the first products produced as part of the ESA-initiated GlobCover ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 11, 2007 |
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Researchers create model of cancer-preventing enzyme, study how it works
Researchers at the University of Missouri-Columbia recently created a model of proline dehydrogenase, an important cancer-preventing enzyme in the human body, and analyzed how it works. A paper detailing their results was ...
May 11, 2007 |
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