Archive: 06/13/2008
Emory study of syphilis bacteria yields valuable diagnostic tool
Variations in a gene within the family of bacteria that causes syphilis may hold clinical, epidemiological and evolutionary significance, researchers at Emory University in Atlanta have found.
Jun 13, 2008 |
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Sharp to Introduce World's Largest 108-Inch LCD Monitor for Commercial Applications
Sharp Corporation will introduce into the Japanese market a 108V-inch LCD monitor, the world’s largest, for business and commercial applications.
Jun 13, 2008 |
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Chemists Create Cancer-Detecting Nanoparticles
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can be a doctor’s best friend for detecting a tumor in the body without resorting to surgery. MRI scans use pulses of magnetic waves and gauge the return signals to identify different types ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jun 13, 2008 |
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Overcoming Drug Resistance—Nanoparticles Trigger Built-In Cell-Death Signal
One of the most vexing problems in treating cancer is the propensity of tumors to develop resistance to a wide range of anticancer drugs. Over 70 percent of ovarian cancer patients, for example, have drug-resistant tumors ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jun 13, 2008 |
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Weight gain in children has no association with sugar-sweetened beverage consumption
An analysis of 12 recent studies indicate that there is virtually no link between the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages and weight gain in children and teens. The meta-analysis is published in the June issue of the ...
Jun 13, 2008 |
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Ancient mineral shows early Earth climate tough on continents
A new analysis of ancient minerals called zircons suggests that a harsh climate may have scoured and possibly even destroyed the surface of the Earth's earliest continents.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 13, 2008 |
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Microchip sets low-power record with extreme sleep mode
A low-power microchip developed at the University of Michigan uses 30,000 times less power in sleep mode and 10 times less in active mode than comparable chips now on the market.
Technology / Computer Sciences
Jun 13, 2008 |
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Computers as safe as medical experts for prescribing blood thinning drugs
The largest ever study into the administration of blood thinning drugs, principally Warfarin, has concluded that dosages calculated by computer are at least as safe and reliable as those provided by expert medical professionals. ...
Jun 13, 2008 |
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NASA Completes Review Milestone for Ares I First Stage
NASA has completed the preliminary design review for the first stage of the Ares I rocket -- giving overall approval for the agency's technical design approach. This review brings NASA one step closer to developing ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 13, 2008 |
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Ultraviolet gives view inside real 'death star'
Scientists have, for the first time, observed a flash of ultraviolet light from within a dying star giving vital evidence of how stars turn into supernovae.
Jun 13, 2008 |
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Introducing the Spacesuit of the Future
NASA has awarded a contract to Oceaneering International Inc. of Houston, for the design, development and production of a new spacesuit system. The spacesuit will protect astronauts during Constellation Program ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 13, 2008 |
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Growing use of nanomaterials spurs research to investigate possible downsides
Potential risks from the use of nanomaterials will be explored by three Arizona State University engineering faculty in a project supported by a $400,000 grant from the U.S.Department of Energy Office of Biological and Environmental ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jun 13, 2008 |
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Outsourcing jobs leaves the American white-collar worker behind
Outsourcing might be good for American corporations, but it's not necessarily good for American workers, and it's likely to be bad for the American economy, even in the long run.
Jun 13, 2008 |
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Wealth of genomic hotspots discovered in embryonic stem cells
In a paper published in Cell on June 13, 2008, Singapore scientists at the Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) and the National University of Singapore (NUS) unveil an atlas that showing the location of "genomic hotspots" of ess ...
Biology /
Jun 13, 2008 |
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Scientists confirm that parts of earliest genetic material may have come from the stars
Scientists have confirmed for the first time that an important component of early genetic material which has been found in meteorite fragments is extraterrestrial in origin, in a paper published on 15 June ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 13, 2008 |
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