Montana researchers to study algae as a source of biofuel
Nov 13, 2008 |
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Recently, the U.S. Department of Energy awarded Montana State University and Utah State University a three-year, $900,000 grant to study the oil produced by algae, which could be a renewable source of biodiesel.
SHIMMER successfully observes Earth's highest clouds
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 13, 2008 |
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The Naval Research Laboratory's Spatial Heterodyne Imager for Mesospheric Radicals (SHIMMER) has successfully observed a second northern season of Polar Mesospheric Clouds (PMCs), which are the Earth's highest ...
Pollution sensors send out a clear message
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 13, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- New technology that can tell us the exact level of traffic fumes we are breathing in at any moment in time is being trialled in the North East.
Breakthrough in cell-type analysis offers new ways to study development and disease
Nov 13, 2008 |
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Like skilled assassins, many diseases seem to know exactly what types of cells to attack. While decimating one cadre of cells, diseases will inexplicably spare a seemingly identical group of neighbors. What makes cells vulnerable ...
Networks of small habitat patches can preserve urban biodiversity
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Nov 13, 2008 |
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Sets of small and seemingly insignificant habitat patches that are within reach for mobile species may under certain circumstances, as a group, provide an acceptable alternative to larger and contiguous habitats. This finding ...
Raising alcohol taxes reduces deaths
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Raising taxes on beer, wine and liquor immediately reduces the number of deaths from alcohol-related diseases such as liver disease, oral or breast cancers, and alcohol poisoning, according to a new study published in the ...
Compact research freezers to debut in space
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 13, 2008 |
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When the space shuttle Endeavour lifts off this month, its flight crew will be taking new research equipment designed and built by the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB).
Alzheimer's gene slows brain's ability to export toxic protein
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The only known genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's disease slows down the brain's ability to export a toxic protein known as amyloid-beta that is central to the damage the disease causes, scientists have found.
Wasabi receptor can sense ammonia that causes pain
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Japanese research group, led by Prof Makoto Tominaga of National Institute for Physiological Sciences in Japan, found that the receptor for hot taste of WASABI, Japanese horseradish usually eaten with Sushi, can sense alkaline ...
Survey highlights support for nanotech in health fields but disapproval elsewhere
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Nov 13, 2008 |
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A landmark national survey on the use of nanotechnology for "human enhancement" shows widespread public support for applications of the new technology related to improving human health. However, the survey also shows broad ...
By combining technologies, researchers rapidly hunt down and find new genes that lead to cancer
Nov 13, 2008 |
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Using a new approach that combines scientific technologies to hunt down genetic changes involved in cancer, researchers have discovered 13 tumor suppressor genes that, when mutated, can lead to liver cancers. Twelve of those ...
MIT analysis shows how cap-and-trade plans can cut greenhouse emissions
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Researchers at MIT's Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research have produced a report concerning key design issues of proposed "cap-and-trade" programs that are under consideration in the United States as a way ...
Corralling the carbon cycle
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 13, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists may have overcome a major hurdle to calculating how much carbon dioxide (CO2) is absorbed and released by plants, vital information for understanding how the biosphere responds ...
Relationship between prostate information and lower urinary-tract symptoms evident
Nov 13, 2008 |
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Arnhem, 13 November 2008 -- In the December issue of European Urology (http://www.elsevier.com/locate/eururo) Dr. Curtis Nickel and associates report on the evidence of a relationship between prostate inflammation and lower ...
To widen path to outer space, UF engineers build small satellite
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 13, 2008 |
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It's not much bigger than a softball and weighs just 2 pounds. But the "pico satellite" being designed and built in a University of Florida aerospace engineering laboratory may hold a key to a future of easy access to outer ...
