Aircraft noise raises blood pressure even whilst people are sleeping, says study
Feb 13, 2008 |
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Night-time noise from aircraft or traffic can increase a person’s blood pressure even if it does not wake them, according to a new study published today in the European Heart Journal.
Bacterial toxin closes gate on immune response
Feb 13, 2008 |
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Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have demonstrated that a bacterial toxin from the common bacterium Staphylococcus aureus shuts down the control mechanism of the tunnel, called an ion channel, ...
Stocks of bad companies often outperform those of good ones
Feb 13, 2008 |
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Reputable companies aren't always the best investments, says a University of Michigan business researcher.
Predicting the perfect predator
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Feb 13, 2008 |
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Garlic mustard has become an invasive species in temperate forests across the United States, choking out native plants on forest floors and threatening ecosystem diversity. University of Illinois ecologist Adam Davis has ...
Cyber criminals cloak their tracks
Feb 13, 2008 |
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The 2007 X-Force Security report from IBM finds a disturbing rise in the sophistication of attacks by criminals on Web browsers worldwide. According to IBM, by attacking the browsers of computer users, cyber criminals are ...
Smokers might benefit from earlier colon cancer screening
Feb 13, 2008 |
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New evidence suggests screening for colorectal cancer, which is now recommended to begin at age 50 for most people, should start five to 10 years earlier for individuals with a significant lifetime exposure to tobacco smoke, ...
Researchers identify and shut down makers of fake anti-malarial medications
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Georgia Institute of Technology researchers were part of a three-continent, multi-organizational effort known as “Operation Jupiter” that successfully identified and shut down manufacturers who were flooding ...
The need for fossil fuels will last for decades, according to BP's chief scientist
Feb 13, 2008 |
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The world is almost certainly going to remain hooked on fossil fuels—oil, coal, natural gas—for decades to come, despite our best efforts to cut back, the chief scientist for British Petroleum said during a recent campus ...
Routine screenings uncover hidden carbon monoxide poisoning
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Screening all emergency room patients for carbon monoxide poisoning is a simple yet potentially life-saving practice that can be done even in a high-volume urban hospital, according to new research by emergency physicians ...
U of I study: exercise to avoid gallstones
Feb 13, 2008 |
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A new University of Illinois study shows that exercise-trained mice get far fewer gallstones than sedentary mice and identifies potential mechanisms to explain why this occurs.
Alcatel-Lucent, Samsung debut first solution for seamless WiMAX-GSM/EDGE dual-mode services
Feb 13, 2008 |
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Today Alcatel-Lucent and Samsung unveiled at Mobile World Congress an optimized device-plus-infrastructure solution that will enable end-users to have seamless access to their voice and data services when switching between ...
HIV persists in the gut despite long-term HIV therapy
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Feb 13, 2008 |
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Even with effective anti-HIV therapies, doctors still have not been able to eradicate the virus from infected individuals who are receiving such treatments, largely because of the persistence of HIV in hideouts known as viral ...
Computer analysis of 911 calls from Calif. wildfires offers potential early warning system
Technology / Computer Sciences
Feb 13, 2008 |
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When confronted with emergencies or natural disasters, such as the wildfires that raged through San Diego and Los Angeles counties last October or the tornadoes that hit the southern U.S. last week, residents often dial 9-1-1 ...
See's brand chocolate chips are recalled
Feb 13, 2008 |
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the recall of See's brand semi-sweet chocolate chips due to possible production line contamination.
Spacewalkers Walheim and Schlegel Install New Nitrogen Tank Assembly
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 13, 2008 |
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Astronauts Rex Walheim and Hans Schlegel completed the second of STS-122’s three scheduled spacewalks at 4:12 p.m. EST. The excursion lasted six hours and 45 minutes.
