Archive: 05/16/2008
NIST tool helps Internet master top-level domains
At the request of a worldwide Internet organization, a computer scientist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology developed an algorithm that may guide applicants in proposing new “top-level domains”—the last ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
May 16, 2008 |
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Item! Candidates are buying your vote
Mention the words “vote buying” and modern-day political villains Jack Abramoff and Tony Rezko probably come to mind, or perhaps special interest groups that donate to a politician’s campaign and expect support when relevant ...
May 16, 2008 |
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A Critique of Shortsighted Anthropic Principles
Many people marvel that we live in a universe that seems to be precisely tailored to suit the development of intelligent life. The observation is the basis for some forms of "Anthropic Principles" that strive to explain why ...
May 16, 2008 |
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How Did That Chain Letter Get To My Inbox?
Everyone who has an e-mail account has probably received a forwarded chain letter promising good luck if the message is forwarded on to others--or terrible misfortune if it isn't. The sheer volume of forwarded ...
May 16, 2008 |
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Snakes Hear in Stereo
Physicists from the University Munich in Germany and the University of Topeka, Kansas have strong new evidence that snakes can hear through their jaws. Snakes don't have outer ears, leading to the myth that they can't hear ...
May 16, 2008 |
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Rochester's Omega Laser Receives 50-Fold Power Increase to Become 'Petawatt' Laser
The University of Rochester will mark another important step in the effort toward attaining sustainable fusion, the ultimate source of clean energy, Friday, May 16.
May 16, 2008 |
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Entrepreneurs value 'ideas' over weatlh, study finds
A study at the University of Liverpool has revealed that entrepreneurs are driven to start companies by their passion for ideas rather than the pursuit of wealth.
May 16, 2008 |
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Sight Recovery After Blindness Offers New Insights on Brain Reorganization
Studies of the brains of blind persons whose sight was partially restored later in life have produced a compelling example of the brain's ability to adapt to new circumstances and rewire and reconfigure itself.
May 16, 2008 |
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Thirty-Meter Telescope Focuses on Two Candidate Sites
After completing a worldwide survey unprecedented in rigor and detail of astronomical sites for the Thirty-Meter Telescope (TMT), the TMT Observatory Corporation board of directors has selected two outstanding sites, one ...
May 16, 2008 |
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Automotive safety systems get more dependable
As automotive safety systems become more complex, the risk of failure increases. But European researchers believe they have found a way to improve dependability.
May 16, 2008 |
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Bone drug could help prevent the spread of breast cancer
Maintaining bone density could be a key to decreasing the spread of cancer in women with locally advanced breast cancer, according to research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
May 16, 2008 |
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Scientists identified earthquake faults in Sichuan, China
Only last summer research published by earth scientists in the international journal Tectonics concluded that geological faults in the Sichuan Basin, China "are sufficiently long to sustain a strong ground-shaking earthq ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 16, 2008 |
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Disabling mouse enzyme increases fertility
Changing the sugars attached to a hormone produced in the pituitary gland increased fertility levels in mice nearly 50 percent, a research group at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has found. The change ...
May 16, 2008 |
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Chemotherapy might help cancer vaccines work
Chemotherapy given in conjunction with cancer vaccines may boost the immune system’s response, potentially improving the effectiveness of this promising type of cancer therapy, according to a study by researchers in the Duke ...
May 16, 2008 |
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New drug combination brings 1-2 punch against acute leukemia
Researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center have discovered a drug combination that kills leukemia cells by shutting down their energy source and hastening cell starvation.
May 16, 2008 |
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