Archive: 11/16/2006
Progress made in HIV vaccine development
U.S. researchers report successfully testing two candidate vaccines that may eventually be used together to protect against HIV infection.
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Nov 16, 2006 |
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A 27,000-year-old burial site is studied
Austrian scientists have found the 27,000-year-old burial site of three infants -- the first such European discovery from the Upper Palaeolithic period.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Nov 16, 2006 |
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Scientists work to defeat gypsy moths
Ecologists have found a new pattern in the gypsy moth invasion across the Northeastern United States that might be useful in battling the moths.
Biology /
Nov 16, 2006 |
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Biomarker detects, regulates brain tumors
U.S. cancer researchers have identified a biomarker for brain tumors that also regulates the spread of intercranial tumors.
Nov 16, 2006 |
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Charges filed against Los Angeles hospital
Los Angeles prosecutors have filed charges against hospital owner Kaiser Permanente for allegedly abandoning a homeless patient on skid row.
Nov 16, 2006 |
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ESA provides space images to Google Earth
The European Space Agency says it will create special content to appear in Google Earth, focusing on such events as volcanic eruptions and dust storms.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 16, 2006 |
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Microorganisms one part of the solution to energy problem, says report
The answer to one of the world's largest problems – the need for clean, renewable sources of energy – might just come from some of the world's smallest inhabitants – bacteria – according to a new report, Microbial Energy ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Nov 16, 2006 |
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Study: aerobics fights brain shrinkage
A University of Illinois-Urbana study suggests aerobic exercise can help reverse the brain shrinkage that begins around age 40.
Nov 16, 2006 |
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U.S. economic growth will remain moderate
Despite solid growth the past three years, America's economy will be subdued through 2008, say University of Michigan economists.
Nov 16, 2006 |
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What’s in an Isotope? Quite a Lot
A new technique developed by researchers at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory now allows scientists to use an isotope of manganese not abundant on Earth to understand the record of millions of years of changes ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 16, 2006 |
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BaBar Re-feathers its Nest
Like a bird in molt, the BaBar detector is temporarily vulnerable while it acquires better plumage.
Nov 16, 2006 |
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Not YouTube, HUGETube: Purdue researchers stream massive Internet video
Researchers at Purdue University's Envision Center for Data Perceptualization have transmitted what may be the largest movie ever streamed over the Internet.
Technology / Computer Sciences
Nov 16, 2006 |
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Probing Question: Why are some strains of E. coli resistant to antibiotics?
Although they're among the simplest organisms, bacteria are some of the most creative life forms on earth. Just ask molecular biologist Chobi DebRoy, director of Penn State's Gastroenteric Disease Center. "We ...
Nov 16, 2006 |
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Geologists Find New Origins of Appalachian Mountains
Geologists have developed a new theory to explain how and when the Appalachian Mountain range was created. Their research redraws the map of the planet from 420 million years ago.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 16, 2006 |
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Two sides of the same Coin: Money spurs changes for better and worse
Money changes everything, and that includes changing people's motivations for the better and their behavior toward others for the worse, according to a new study published in the international journal Science.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 16, 2006 |
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