What do you have in mind? Ethical questions in neuroscience
Nov 14, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- New methods for examining and influencing brain activity have led to better treatments for disabling neurological and psychiatric diseases, but they also pose ethical questions about their use inside and ...
NASA's New High-Performance Engine for Ares Rocket Passes Review
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 14, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's newest high-performance rocket engine, the J-2X, successfully completed its critical design review Thursday at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala.
Value of satellites recognized for conserving wetlands
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 14, 2008 |
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Wetlands contribute to our lives in remarkable ways by providing food and water, controlling floods, protecting against storms and supporting biodiversity, yet they are experiencing loss and degradation on a massive scale.
Photonics emerges from the shadows
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The name has been around for four decades, but only now is a recognisable photonics community emerging in Europe. A European study has documented a fast-growing sector of more than 2100 companies and 700 ...
Affordable medicine plan goes global
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An innovative plan to get new life-saving drugs into the hands of millions of people around the world who need medicines but can't afford the massive costs will be unveiled to key decision makers in London and Washington ...
Lessons from the past can clarify banking crisis
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Stricter regulation of the financial services sector is likely to result from the latest upheaval in national and global markets. It is being demanded by politicians of all parties while the Financial Services Authority, ...
Orphaned koala becomes first-time mother
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(PhysOrg.com) -- An orphaned baby koala that was flown 1200km to be raised in captivity has recently become a first-time mum, following her successful return to the wild.
Test identifies toxic platinum and palladium without time-consuming sample pretreatment
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The painstaking process of detecting toxic species of platinum and palladium mixed in with the form of platinum essential to certain pharmaceuticals could be reduced to one simple step, University of Pittsburgh researchers ...
New program teaches preschoolers reading skills, getting along with others
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 14, 2008 |
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A study funded by the National Institutes of Health and other federal agencies shows that it's possible to teach preschoolers the pre-reading skills they need for later school success, while at the same time fostering the ...
NPL unveils new equipment to make cancer treatment safer
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A new piece of medical technology unveiled at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) today will help improve the success rates of radiotherapy cancer treatments. The new clinical electron linear accelerator (linac) will help ...
Traffic pollution worsens symptoms in asthmatic children
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Traffic pollution, especially in cities, adversely affects respiratory health in children with asthma. A study published in BioMed Central's open access journal Respiratory Research has found that in this vulnerable group, ...
Cellular safety shelters allow TB agent to survive in infected individuals
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"Foamy" macrophage formation may be the key to persistence of infection by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), the causative agent of tuberculosis, explains a study published November 14 in the open-access journal PLoS Pathogens.
Chicks to give scientists clearer picture of fetal development
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Scientists hope to gain a greater understanding of disease and birth defects with a new imaging database that will map the expression of genes that control development.
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