NASA Gives Atlantis a 'Go' for Liftoff on Aug. 27
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 16, 2006 |
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At a press conference late Wednesday, following the two-day flight readiness review at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, NASA's senior managers announced an Aug. 27 launch date for mission STS-115, resuming ...
Study shows long-term West Nile effects
Aug 16, 2006 |
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U.S. medical experts say half of those infected with West Nile virus have ongoing health concerns more than a year later, including fatigue and tremors.
Update: Apollo 11 Tapes
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 16, 2006 |
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NASA personnel continue to sift through 37-year-old records in their attempt to locate the magnetic tapes that recorded the original Apollo 11 video in 1969. The original tapes may be at the Goddard Space Flight ...
Far away galaxy under the microscope
Aug 16, 2006 |
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An international group of astronomers have discovered large disc galaxies akin to our Milky Way that must have formed on a rapid time scale, only 3 billion years after the Big Bang. In one of these systems, ...
Circumcision to fight AIDS is debated
Aug 16, 2006 |
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Delegates to the 16th International AIDS Conference meeting in Toronto are debating whether to endorse circumcision as a method to fight AIDS.
Biologists Uncover Mechanisms That Shape Cells for Better Or Worse
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Aug 16, 2006 |
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In a landmark study, biologists at Florida State University have uncovered a specific genetic and molecular mechanism that causes cell polarity -- the asymmetric shape or composition critical to a cell's proper ...
Completed genome set to transform the cow
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Aug 16, 2006 |
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The ability of scientists to improve health and disease management of cattle and enhance the nutritional value of beef and dairy products has received a major boost with the release this week of the most complete ...
Location, location, location!
Aug 16, 2006 |
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It's a classic upper middle class dilemma: Should we buy a perfect second home in a place that takes hours to get to, or should we settle for something closer but not as nice? In the rodent world, an equivalent decision-making ...
Domain Names Can Leave Net Users in Tangled Web, Study Finds
Aug 16, 2006 |
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In a world of e-mail spam and Internet scams, it’s often difficult to discern fact from fiction in cyberspace. Some Internet users can’t distinguish a real Web site from a fake one based on its domain name, and some users ...
FSU geographer charting new territory with hurricane relief mapping
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 16, 2006 |
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When a hurricane strikes, authorities are increasingly turning to satellite images and computer-based maps to tell them everything from where the most vulnerable people live to where the closest supply of food, water and ...
Scientists study fighting flies
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Aug 16, 2006 |
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U.S. researchers say they have conducted the first comprehensive molecular analysis of aggressive behavior in a laboratory species.
Breaks in hibernation help fight bugs
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U.S. scientists say a habit in some animals to periodically awake during hibernation might be an evolutionary mechanism to fight bacterial infection.
Mapping the neural landscape of hunger
Aug 16, 2006 |
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The compelling urge to satisfy one's hunger enlists structures throughout the brain, as might be expected in a process so necessary for survival. But until now, studies of those structures and of the feeding cycle have been ...
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