Low-Level Plutonium Sample Involved in NIST-Boulder Lab Incident
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On Monday afternoon, June 9, researchers in a laboratory room at the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) campus in Boulder, Colorado discovered that a vial holding about 1/4 of a gram ...
Study shows 3-month-olds are sensitive to emotional cues referring to objects in the world
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Scientists have discovered that three-month-old infants are sensitive to emotional signals that refer to objects in the world. It was once thought that young infants could only process social signals that were directed at ...
Rocky water source
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Gypsum, a rocky mineral is abundant in desert regions where fresh water is usually in very short supply but oil and gas fields are common. Writing in International Journal of Global Environmental Issues, Peter van der Ga ...
Cambridge University Eco Racing solar car drive across Britain
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This year Cambridge University Eco Racing (CUER) have designed and built the UK's first road legal solar car.
Are overconfident CEOs born or made? asks Management Insights study
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A study of CEO's finds that many overestimate their own negotiating skills and overlook the element of luck in successful mergers, acquisitions, and other deals, according to the Management Insights feature in the current ...
Cancer-killing viruses influence tumor blood-vessel growth
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Viruses genetically designed to kill cancer cells offer a promising strategy for treating incurable brain tumors such as glioblastoma, but the body's natural defenses often eliminate the viruses before they can eliminate ...
The symbolic monkey? Token-mediated economic choices in tufted capuchins
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From paintings and photographs to coins and credit cards, we are constantly surrounded by symbolic artefacts. The mental representation of symbols – objects that arbitrarily represent other objects – ultimately affords the ...
Wet or dry, Montana still threatened by West Nile
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West Nile virus is apparently here to stay despite Montana's cool, wet spring, says Montana State University entomologist Greg Johnson.
3 sequencing companies join 1000 Genomes Project
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Leaders of the 1000 Genomes Project announced today that three firms that have pioneered development of new sequencing technologies have joined the international effort to build the most detailed map to date of human genetic ...
Worldwide mission to solve iron deficiency
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A University of Adelaide researcher will lead an Australian project to help address the world's biggest nutritional deficiency – lack of iron.
The ace perceptual skills of tennis pros
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Tennis Grand Slam season is upon us once again with the French Open already over, and Wimbledon hot on its heels later in the month. Past studies have shown that tennis players outperform non-players at anticipating which ...
Source of drug-tolerant tuberculosis possibly behind TB relapses, intensity of treatment
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University of Pittsburgh-led researchers discovered that the primary bacteria behind tuberculosis can grow on surfaces and that drug-tolerant strains flourish in these bacterial communities, the research team recently reported ...
Bee species outnumber mammals and birds combined
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Scientists have discovered that there are more bee species than previously thought. In the first global accounting of bee species in over a hundred years, John S. Ascher, a research scientist in the Division of Invertebrate ...
Children in non-English-speaking households face many health disparities, researcher concludes
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Children in U.S. households where English is not the primary language experience multiple disparities in health care, a UT Southwestern Medical Center researcher has found.
Young children in mostly Caucasian countries obtain more sleep than those in Asian countries
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Young children in predominantly Caucasian countries obtain more overall sleep, have earlier bedtimes, and are less likely to room-share than young children in predominantly Asian countries. These results indicate substantial ...
