Genetic factors are linked to fever following smallpox vaccination
Jun 13, 2007 |
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New evidence supports the link between genetic factors and certain adverse events related to smallpox vaccination. The study, published in the July 15th issue of The Journal of Infectious Diseases, now available online, may ha ...
Spitzer Searches for the Origins of Life
Jun 13, 2007 |
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Astronomers suspect the early Earth was a very harsh place. Temperatures were extreme, and the planet was constantly bombarded by cosmic debris. Many scientists believe that life's starting materials, or building ...
Energy police patrolling China
Jun 13, 2007 |
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China is recruiting "energy police" to make sure offices, schools, shopping malls and other buildings aren't using too much power.
Scientists decode RNA mystery, will help aim drug therapies
Jun 13, 2007 |
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A team of University of Maryland scientists have made a discovery that will help better direct drug therapies to their molecular targets.
Could fungal collection hold the key to new life-saving drugs?
Jun 13, 2007 |
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Scientists may be one step closer to finding new drugs to fight MRSA, cancers and other diseases, after CABI, a leading bioservices organisation announced that its fungal collection will be screened by the University of Strathclyde.
Construction begins on the James Webb Space Telescope's guidance sensor and imager
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 13, 2007 |
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The Canadian Space Agency has awarded a $39 million contract to COM DEV International Ltd. to build two important instruments on NASA's James Webb Space Telescope.
Highway system drives city population declines, says Brown economist
Jun 13, 2007 |
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Construction of the American highway system in the late 20th century played a key role in causing population declines in central cities, according to new research by Brown University economist Nathaniel Baum-Snow published ...
Researchers to study the status of black bears in Missouri
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Jun 13, 2007 |
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Researchers at the University of Missouri-Columbia are studying the status of black bears in Missouri. Black bears were abundant in the state during the 18th and 19th centuries, but have been considered almost extinct in ...
Scientists create a 'Pavlov's cockroach'
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Jun 13, 2007 |
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Japanese researchers have created a "Pavlov's cockroach" by demonstrating classical conditioning of salivation in cockroaches.
Study suggests other causes for childhood brain aneurysms
Jun 13, 2007 |
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A new University of Cincinnati (UC) study questions the commonly held scientific belief that childhood brain aneurysms are caused by trauma, infection or underlying vascular malformations.
A fly lamin gene is both like and unlike human genes
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Jun 13, 2007 |
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Mitch Dushay and colleagues at Uppsala University in Sweden announce the publication of their paper, "Characterization of lamin Mutation Phenotypes in Drosophila and Comparison to Human Laminopathies" in the June 13th issue ...
New study shows exposure to smokers in movies increases likelihood of smoking in the future
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 13, 2007 |
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A new study appearing in the July issue of Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, reports that watching an actor smoke on the big screen may make smokers more likely to continue smokin ...
Atlantis Astronauts Making 2nd Spacewalk
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Jun 13, 2007 |
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Astronauts Pat Forrester and Steve Swanson kicked off STS-117’s second spacewalk at 2:28 p.m. EDT today. The objectives of the excursion are to continue preparing the newly installed Starboard 3 and 4 (S3/S4) ...
SanDisk Signs Licensing Agreement to Support DivX Format Video
Jun 13, 2007 |
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DivX, Inc. and SanDisk Corporation today announced a licensing agreement allowing SanDisk to include DivX technology in SanDisk’s Sansa line of video-enabled products.
