Nicotine addiction slashed in test of new cigarette smoking strategy
Nov 14, 2007 |
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Scientists are reporting the first successful strategy to reduce smokers’ nicotine dependence while allowing them to continue smoking. The study provides strong support for proposals now being considered in Congress to authorize ...
Cities at night: Extraordinary Rosetta images
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 14, 2007 |
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ESA's Rosetta has returned extraordinary images captured 13 November 2007 as the comet-chasing spacecraft completed a critical Earth swing-by at 45 000 kilometres per hour.
First-ever 'State of the Carbon Cycle Report' finds troubling imbalance
Nov 14, 2007 |
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The first “State of the Carbon Cycle Report” for North America, released online this week by the U.S. Climate Change Science Program, finds the continent’s carbon budget increasingly overwhelmed by human-caused emissions. ...
Scientists get first look at how water 'lubricates' proteins
Nov 14, 2007 |
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Scientists are one step closer to understanding how proteins move when they perform functions essential for supporting life. For the first time, scientists have directly observed how water lubricates the movements of protein ...
Fujitsu Introduces First 4-Channel HDMI Connector Ports
Nov 14, 2007 |
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Fujitsu has introduced the world´s first embedded FRAM for digital TVs that allow simultaneous use of a 4-Channel HDMI connector ports. The innovation will reduce the number of pars, mounting space and programming ...
Space station achieves permanent Harmony
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 14, 2007 |
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The new Harmony node is now in position to receive the European and Japanese modules to be added to the International Space Station.
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center's carbon nanotube manufacturing technology wins Nano 50 Award
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Nov 14, 2007 |
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NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. announced that its method for manufacturing high-quality carbon nanotubes (CNT) has been named a winner in the third annual Nanotech Briefs Nano 50 awards ...
University of Toronto finds humans and chimps differ at level of gene splicing
Biology /
Nov 14, 2007 |
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Researchers are closer to understanding why humans differ so greatly from chimpanzees in the way they look, behave, think, and fight off disease, despite having genes that are nearly 99% identical.
Are those Great Lake wolves or wannabes?
Biology /
Nov 14, 2007 |
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Today's Great Lakes gray wolf, de-listed by U.S. officials as an endangered species, probably is a hybrid and no longer the historic animal, biologists said.
NASA Tests Lunar Habitat in Extreme Antarctic Environment
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 14, 2007 |
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NASA will use the cold, harsh, isolated landscape of Antarctica to test one of its concepts for astronaut housing on the moon. The agency is sending a prototype inflatable habitat to Antarctica to see how it stands up during ...
Parasites might spur evolution of strange amphibian breeding habits
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Nov 14, 2007 |
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Parasites can decimate amphibian populations, but one University of Georgia researcher believes they might also play a role in spurring the evolution of new and sometimes bizarre breeding strategies.
Scientists zero in on the cellular machinery that enables neurons to fire
Nov 14, 2007 |
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If you ever had a set of Micronauts – toy robots with removable body parts – you probably had fun swapping their heads, imagining how it would affect their behavior. Scientists supported by the National Institutes of Health ...
Google meets Sherlock Holmes
Technology / Computer Sciences
Nov 14, 2007 |
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Soon after 9-11, Americans wondered aloud: How did our guardians miss the clues? Suspects on watch lists had moved money in curious ways. “Chatter” had risen in recent months. A visitor to the country had ...
Rare rhino shot for conservation education
Nov 14, 2007 |
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In an ironic twist, a rare white rhinoceros was hunted in Africa for the sake of educating the U.S. public about endangered species.
Purdue creating wireless sensors to monitor bearings in jet engines
Nov 14, 2007 |
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Researchers at Purdue University, working with the U.S. Air Force, have developed tiny wireless sensors resilient enough to survive the harsh conditions inside jet engines to detect when critical bearings ...
