Record warm summers cause extreme ice melt in Greenland
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
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An international team of scientists, led by Dr Edward Hanna at the University of Sheffield, has demonstrated that recent warm summers have caused the most extreme Greenland ice melting in 50 years. The new research provides ...
Why men are more prone to liver cancer
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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.
MESSENGER flyby of Mercury
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 15, 2008 |
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At 2:04 p.m. EST on Monday, MESSENGER skimmed 200 kilometers (124 miles) above the surface of Mercury in the first of three flybys of the planet. Initial indications from the radio signals indicate the spacecraft ...
NASA Unveils Cosmic Images Book in Braille for Blind Readers
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 15, 2008 |
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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 ...
NASA looking for fastest moon wheels
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
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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.
Existing antiretroviral drugs may thwart vaginal HIV transmission, researchers report
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Jan 15, 2008 |
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Prescription drugs now used to treat human immunodeficiency virus infection in adults may prevent the vaginal transmission of HIV, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found.
Emergency room waits getting longer
Jan 15, 2008 |
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Emergency room wait times in the United States are getting longer, especially for the severely ill, medical researchers said Tuesday.
NASA's Quest to Find Water on the Moon Moves Closer to Launch
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 15, 2008 |
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Cameras and sensors that will look for the presence of water on the moon have completed validation tests and been shipped to the manufacturer of NASA's Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite.
Hormonal dietary supplements might promote prostate cancer progression
Jan 15, 2008 |
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Hormonal components in over-the-counter dietary supplements may promote the progression of prostate cancer and decrease the effectiveness of anti-cancer drugs, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have discovered.
NASA gets ready for moon water search
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 15, 2008 |
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NASA said Monday validation tests have been completed on cameras and sensors made for searching for water on the Earth's moon.
Combined HRT increases risk of lobular breast cancer fourfold after just 3 years of use
Jan 15, 2008 |
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Postmenopausal women who take combined estrogen/progestin hormone-replacement therapy for three years or more face a fourfold increased risk of developing various forms of lobular breast cancer, according to new findings ...
Researchers find association between food insecurity and developmental risk in children
Jan 15, 2008 |
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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 ...
Pikas in peril in the Rockies
Biology /
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The Center for Biological Diversity added the mountain-dwelling pika to the animals that should be listed as endangered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Dinosaur tracks attract a crowd
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jan 15, 2008 |
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More than 100 people gathered in Kane County, Utah, to see fossilized footprints pressed into the sandstone by dinosaurs 185 million years ago.
Findings point to molecular 'Achilles heel' for half of breast cancer tumors
Jan 15, 2008 |
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Researchers at Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center at Georgetown University Medical Center have shown why a protein known as cyclin D1 may be the Achilles heel for breast tumors that are estrogen receptor positive (ER+) ...
