Archive: 03/13/2007
Canadian tundra is rapidly disappearing
Canadian scientists say much of their nation's northern tundra is rapidly disappearing, being replaced by trees and shrubs, forcing wildlife from the region.
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Stress and nerve cells survival in rats; finding may open widow for depression treatment
A single, socially stressful situation can kill off new nerve cells in the brain region that processes learning, memory, and emotion, and possibly contribute to depression, new animal research shows.
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Darwin's famous finches and Venter's marine microbes
Although the Galápagos finches were to play a pivotal role in the inception of Darwin’s theory of evolution through natural selection, he had no inkling of their significance when he collected them during his voyage on the ...
Biology /
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SanDisk Launches 2.5-Inch Solid State Drive for Notebooks
SanDisk today broadened its solid state drive (SSD) product line for the portable computer market with the introduction of a 32-gigabyte, 2.5-inch Serial ATA (SATA) interface model, compatible with most mainstream ...
Mar 13, 2007 |
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Videotaped confessions can create bias against suspect, study finds
Police often videotape interrogations of suspects for use in criminal trials. Video confessions that focus exclusively on the suspect, however, can bias judges and law enforcement officers to consider the suspect’s ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
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Biologists Develop Large Gene Dataset for Rice Plant
Scientists have reported development of a large dataset of gene sequences in rice. The information will lead to an increased understanding of how genes work in rice, an essential food for much of the world's ...
Biology /
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Made in IBM Labs: Helping the Blind 'See' Internet Multimedia
IBM today announced a new emerging technology that helps blind and visually impaired people experience streaming video and animation on the Internet. Designed at IBM's Tokyo Research Laboratory, the new multimedia browsing ...
Mar 13, 2007 |
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Study on olfactory nerve cells shows why we smell better when we sniff
Unlike most of our sensory systems that detect only one type of stimuli, our sense of smell works double duty, detecting both chemical and mechanical stimuli to improve how we smell, according to University ...
Mar 13, 2007 |
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Sleep disorders can impair children's IQs as much as lead exposure
Three decades ago, medical investigators began sounding the alarm about how lead exposure causes IQ deficits in children. Today, researchers at the University of Virginia Health System say children with sleep disorders can ...
Mar 13, 2007 |
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New species of snapper discovered in Brazil
A popular game fish mistaken by scientists for a dog snapper is actually a new species discovered among the reefs of the Abrolhos region of the South Atlantic Ocean.
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Jet engines help solve the mysteries of the voice
Although scientists know about basic voice production—the two "vocal folds" in the larynx vibrate and pulsate airflow from the lungs—the larynx is one of the body's least understood organs.
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ISS crew prepares for repositioning
The Expedition 14 crew aboard the International Space Station was making final preparations Wednesday for a repositioning rocket firing.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 13, 2007 |
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Newly discovered fish facing extinction
An aquarium species discovered in Southeast Asia in August is facing possible extinction because of intense demand for the colorful fish.
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Hitachi Develops Streaming-Optimized Storage Appliance
Hitachi, Ltd. today announced that it has succeeded in the implementation of a prototype streaming storage appliance optimized for Video-on-Demand (VoD) services, designed to be used with Microsoft Windows Media Services ...
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New form of matter-antimatter transformation observed for first time
For the first time, scientists of the BaBar experiment at the Department of Energy's Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) have observed the transition of one type of particle, the neutral D-meson, into ...
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