Archive: 01/17/2007
Archeological dig Web site diary offered
U.S. Egyptologist Betsy Bryan is sharing her work with the world through an online diary, detailing the day-to-day life at an archaeological dig.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jan 17, 2007 |
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Asian monsoons might become more intense
British scientists have found an unexpected link between Asian monsoons and an oscillating pattern of Indian Ocean sea surface temperatures.
Jan 17, 2007 |
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Unique Collaboration Funded To Develop Nanotechnology For Melanoma
A unique collaboration between electrical engineers, mechanical engineers and cancer researchers may be the perfect combination to improve diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of patients with melanoma.
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jan 17, 2007 |
3.7 / 5 (3) |
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Assisting NASA in biology mission, Stanford helps E. coli visit the final frontier
Banished from kitchen counters, E. coli, albeit a harmless variety, are taking to space. On Saturday, Dec. 16, 2006, bacteria hitchhiked into low-Earth orbit aboard an Air Force Minotaur 1 rocket that took ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 17, 2007 |
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How Will the Economy Fare in 2007?
North Carolina State professor Dr. Michael Walden is an economist and not an airplane pilot, but he uses aviation terminology to discuss the prospects for the U.S. economy in the next 12 months.
Jan 17, 2007 |
2.3 / 5 (3) |
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Training breathing muscles improves swimming muscles' performance
Swimmers and scuba divers can improve their swimming endurance and breathing capacity through targeted training of the respiratory muscles, researchers at the University at Buffalo have shown.
Jan 17, 2007 |
4.8 / 5 (4) |
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Protein Cage Helps Nanoparticles Target Tumors
Researchers at Montana State University have used an engineered form of ferritin, a cage-like iron storage protein, to both synthesize and deliver iron oxide nanoparticles to tumors. The investigators, led by Trevor Douglas, ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jan 17, 2007 |
4.7 / 5 (3) |
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Can video games be good for you?
A team of researchers led by McGill University psychologist Mark Baldwin has created a video game that it says is not only good for you – it makes you feel good about yourself.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 17, 2007 |
2.8 / 5 (17) |
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Penicillin-coated biomaterial created
U.S. scientists have developed a penicillin-coated version of a polymer biomaterial to protect polymer-based surgical devices and medical implants.
Jan 17, 2007 |
3.8 / 5 (4) |
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Scientists study a magnetic makeover
Researchers at the University of Victoria have discovered new lightweight magnets that could be used in making everything from extra-thin magnetic computer memory to ultra-light spacecraft parts. A paper on the study will ...
Jan 17, 2007 |
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Study revises understanding of primate origins
A new study led by a University of Florida paleontologist reconstructs the base of our family tree and extends its roots 10 million years, a finding that sheds new light on the origin and earliest stages of primate evolution.
Biology /
Jan 17, 2007 |
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Big vegetarian mammals can play a critical role in maintaining healthy ecosystems, study finds
Removing large herbivorous mammals from the African savanna can cause a dramatic shift in the relative abundance of species throughout the food chain, according to scientists from Stanford University, Princeton University ...
Biology /
Jan 17, 2007 |
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VISTA Camera takes to the air
The world's biggest infrared camera for Europe's newest telescope left the UK today (17th January 2007) for its flight to Santiago in Chile. The infrared camera will sit at the focal point of VISTA - a UK provided ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 17, 2007 |
4.5 / 5 (2) |
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Scientists Discover Way to Order Polar Molecules in Crystals
Researchers at the University of Missouri-Columbia have found a way to organize molecules in a crystal so that the poles align in the same direction. In preliminary tests, the scientists also have discovered that aligned ...
Jan 17, 2007 |
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Epilepsy gene identified in mice
Researchers from the Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics at Oxford University have discovered a gene in mice which is involved in epilepsy and learning disabilities in humans.
Jan 17, 2007 |
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