Scientists predict greater longevity for planets with life
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
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Roughly a billion years from now, the ever-increasing radiation from the sun will have heated Earth into inhabitability; the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere that serves as food for plant life will disappear, ...
A New Way of Treating the Flu
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jun 13, 2009 |
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What happens if the next big influenza mutation proves resistant to the available anti-viral drugs? This question is presenting itself right now to scientists and health officials this week at the World Health ...
Company alleges Chinese software has stolen code
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(AP) -- A California company claims that the Internet-filtering software China has mandated for all new personal computers sold there contains stolen programming code.
Chronic Infection Now Clearly Tied to Immune-System Protein
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The reason deadly infections like human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis C never go away is because these viruses disarm the body’s defense system. Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) have ...
Minn woman who lost music-share suit gets replay
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(AP) -- The Minnesota woman who became the nation's only music file-sharing defendant so far to go to trial is getting a replay two years after losing the case.
Total Laparoscopic Aortic Surgery Is Feasible, Shows Satisfactory Results
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Recently the use of laparoscopy for vascular procedures has been limited by difficulties in aortic exposure and anastomosis techniques, as well as the concurrent competitive progress of endovascular surgery. For aortic repair, ...
Bumblebee re-introduced to UK
Jun 13, 2009 |
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This month, a campaign was launched to re-introduce the short-haired bumblebee to the UK from New Zealand.
US expects China to cut emissions after a 'peak year'
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The United States wants China to accept slow increases in its greenhouse gas emissions until it hits a "peak year," beyond which a real decrease must occur, US negotiator Todd Stern said Friday.
Pediatricians take on bullies, dating violence
Jun 13, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The American Academy of Pediatrics wants doctors to take an active role in preventing bullying in schools and violence among dating teenagers.
1 moose, 2 moose: Scientist seeks correction in number of species
Jun 13, 2009 |
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It is a misinterpretation of the application of the bedrock of scientific naming with regard to the number of moose species that Kris Hundertmark, a University of Alaska Fairbanks wildlife geneticist at the Institute of Arctic ...
700,000 callers phone digital TV hot line
Jun 13, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Nearly 700,000 calls were received by a federal hot line this week from people confused about the nationwide switch from analog to digital TV broadcasts that occurred Friday.
Historic anti-smoking bill aims at stopping teens
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(AP) -- No more "light" cigarettes or candy-flavored smokes. Bigger, scarier warning labels. Fewer ads featuring sexy young smokers.
Testing begins to save legendary Vietnam turtle
Jun 13, 2009 |
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Researchers have begun testing mechanical "SediTurtles" they say will protect a legendary Vietnamese turtle while cleaning the historical lake in which the creature lives.
Boosting Newborns' Immune Responses
Jun 13, 2009 |
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Newborn babies have immature immune systems, making them highly vulnerable to severe infections and unable to mount an effective immune response to most vaccines, thereby frustrating efforts to protect them. ...
New website to help translate genetic data into medical therapies
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Princeton researchers have created a Rosetta Stone for the human body, a website that offers clues to the role DNA plays in aging and disease by helping scientists make sense of the vast jumble of information emerging from ...
