Archive: 01/15/2008
Penn engineers create carbon nanopipettes that are smaller than cells and measure electric current
University of Pennsylvania engineers and physicians have developed a carbon nanopipette thousands of times thinner than a human hair that measures electric current and delivers fluids into cells. Researchers ...
Jan 15, 2008 |
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Study: Celecoxib can cause arrhythmias
U.S. medical researchers have determined the anti-inflammatory drug celecoxib (Celebrex) can adversely affect heart rhythm in fruit fly and rat models.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jan 15, 2008 |
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Emergency room waits getting longer
Emergency room wait times in the United States are getting longer, especially for the severely ill, medical researchers said Tuesday.
Jan 15, 2008 |
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NASA looking for fastest moon wheels
The U.S. space agency has set April 4-5 as the dates for its 15th annual Great Moonbuggy Race for high school and college teams.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 15, 2008 |
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Researchers look for smaller, cheaper, one-dose vaccines
A team of Iowa State University researchers is examining a new vaccine method that may change the way we get vaccinations.
Jan 15, 2008 |
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NASA Unveils Cosmic Images Book in Braille for Blind Readers
At a ceremony held today at the National Federation of the Blind, NASA unveiled a new book that brings majestic images taken by its Great Observatories to the fingertips of the blind. The Great Observatories ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 15, 2008 |
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New techniques create butanol -- biofuel superior to ethanol
A team of researchers headed by an environmental engineer at Washington University in St. Louis is plying new techniques to produce a biofuel superior to ethanol.
Jan 15, 2008 |
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Aspirin in Heart Attack Prevention: How Much, How Long?
A low dose of aspirin appears to be just as effective as a higher dose in preventing a heart attack, stroke or death among patients with stable cardiovascular disease, say researchers at Duke University Medical Center.
Jan 15, 2008 |
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Distant galaxy holds key ingredients for life, astronomers report
Astronomers from Arecibo Observatory radio telescope in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, have detected for the first time the molecules methanimine and hydrogen cyanide -- two ingredients that build life-forming amino acids -- in a ...
Jan 15, 2008 |
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Geoscientist Finds Surprise Hidden in the Pacific
UT Dallas geoscientist Dr. Robert J. Stern and former master’s student Neil Basu were part of a research team that discovered and studied an extinct underwater volcano near the southern Mariana islands, near Guam, in the ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 15, 2008 |
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Conspiracy! Fact and fiction are closer than we think
Conspiracy theories which claim to shed more light on the 2001 twin towers disaster in New York are often closer to official versions than first thought - according to new research.
Jan 15, 2008 |
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Graphene quantum dot may solve some quantum computing problems
Around the world, many scientists are working on various models of a quantum computer. One of the proposed models is a quantum computer that makes use of electron spins. And while quantum dots in gallium arsenide have been ...
Jan 15, 2008 |
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Researchers find association between food insecurity and developmental risk in children
Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and Boston Medical Center (BMC), in collaboration with researchers from Arkansas, Maryland, Minnesota and Pennsylvania, have found that children living in households ...
Jan 15, 2008 |
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Molecules might identify high-risk acute-leukemia patients
New research suggests that certain small molecules used by cells to control the proteins they make might also help doctors identify adult acute-leukemia patients who are likely to respond poorly to therapy.
Jan 15, 2008 |
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Why men are more prone to liver cancer
A fundamental difference in the way males and females respond to chronic liver disease at the genetic level helps explain why men are more prone to liver cancer, according to MIT researchers.
Jan 15, 2008 |
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