Anthrax vaccine produces immunity with nanoparticles, not needles
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Aug 16, 2007 |
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A vaccine against anthrax that is more effective and easier to administer than the present vaccine has proved highly effective in tests in mice and guinea pigs, report University of Michigan Medical School scientists in the ...
Nanoscale blasting adjusts resistance in magnetic sensors
Aug 16, 2007 |
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A new process for adjusting the resistance of semiconductor devices by carpeting a small area of the device with tiny pits, like a yard dug up by demented terriers, may be the key to a new class of magnetic ...
Researchers design humorous 'bot'
Technology / Computer Sciences
Aug 16, 2007 |
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University of Cincinnati researchers Julia Taylor and Larry Mazlack recently unveiled a "bot” — more accurately a software program — that recognizes jokes. They reported the development at the American Association for Artificial ...
Chathams research challenges theory on New Zealand prehistory
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 16, 2007 |
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A combination of geological and biological findings are lending weight to the possibility that the Chatham Islands were under water until three million years ago, and that New Zealand’s flora and fauna may ...
Tumors use enzyme to recruit regulatory T-cells and suppress immune response
Aug 16, 2007 |
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One way tumors fly under the radar of the immune system is by using IDO, an enzyme used by fetuses to help avoid rejection, to recruit powerful regulatory T cells that turn down the immune response, researchers ...
Shaky financial ground awaits many American retirees
Aug 16, 2007 |
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The burden of long-term economic security in the United States is moving away from employers and the government onto the shoulders of workers - a transformation that Yale University political scientist Jacob Hacker calls ...
Brain imaging reveals breakdown of normal emotional processing
Aug 16, 2007 |
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Brain imaging has revealed a breakdown in normal patterns of emotional processing that impairs the ability of people with clinical depression to suppress negative emotional states. Efforts by depressed patients to suppress ...
Savanna habitat drives birds, and perhaps others, to cooperative breeding
Biology /
Aug 16, 2007 |
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Delaying having kids to help raise the offspring of others seems like a bad choice if you want to reproduce, but many African starlings have adopted this strategy to deal with the unpredictable climate of their savanna habitats, ...
China buys an IBM supercomputer
Aug 16, 2007 |
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The Beijing Meteorological Bureau in China has purchased an IBM supercomputer to produce weather forecasts during the 2008 Olympic Summer Games.
Researchers forcast 92 percent chance of record low Arctic sea ice extent in 2007
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 16, 2007 |
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University of Colorado at Boulder researchers are now forecasting a 92 percent chance that the 2007 September minimum extent of sea ice across the Arctic region will set an all-time record low.
FDA approves warfarin labeling change
Medicine & Health / Medications
Aug 16, 2007 |
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a labeling change for the widely used blood-thinning drug Coumadin (warfarin).
Bugs on Bugs
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Aug 16, 2007 |
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Bacteria — you can live without ’em, but it won’t do you any good, according to a study of fruit flies by USC College biologists.
Genetic phonetics could be the trick to sounding out DNA’s meaning
Biology /
Aug 16, 2007 |
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Most modern attempts to decipher how portions of genetic code are translated into physical characteristics are akin to a first-grader trying to sound out a word letter by letter — or, in this case, base pair by base pair.
New prion protein may offer insight into mad cow disease
Aug 16, 2007 |
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Scientists have discovered a new protein that may offer fresh insights into brain function in mad cow disease. “Our team has defined a second prion protein called ‘Shadoo’, that exists in addition to the well-known prion ...
Blood-clotting protein may be new target for Alzheimer's drugs
Aug 16, 2007 |
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Despite the rapid rise of Alzheimer’s disease — the Alzheimer’s Association predicts as many as 7.7 million cases by 2030 — there are no preventative treatments available, few in the pharmaceutical pipeline, ...
