Broccoli, cauliflower and genetic cancer
May 17, 2006 |
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Need another reason to eat vegetables? A new study at Rutgers shows that certain vegetables – broccoli and cauliflower, in particular – have natural ingredients that may reduce the risk of developing hereditary cancers.
Lost In Thought: Brain Research
May 17, 2006 |
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Can one literally "lose oneself" in an experience? Many theoretical models of the mind reject this notion, proposing that awareness is dependent on the mediation of areas involved in self representation – a ...
Stardust Analysis Update
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 17, 2006 |
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The Stardust Preliminary Examination Team is now in the second half of the six-month period to complete the initial characterization of the returned comet samples. The PET consists of about 200 people around ...
Groups challenge FDA on nanoparticles
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
May 17, 2006 |
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has been challenged on the way it regulates skin products with nanoparticle ingredients.
'Pinball protons' created by ultraviolet rays and other causes can lead to DNA damage
May 17, 2006 |
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Researchers have known for years that damaged DNA can lead to human diseases such as cancer, but how damage occurs--and what causes it--has remained less clear.
And the mountain moved: Scientists study how Heart Mountain shifted
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 17, 2006 |
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"Moving mountains" has come to mean doing the impossible. Yet at least once in the past, one mountain relocated a fair distance away. This feat took place around 50 million years ago, in the area of the present-day border ...
When Dwarfs Gave Way to Giants
May 17, 2006 |
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The first galaxies were small - about 10,000 times less massive than the Milky Way. Billions of years ago, those mini-furnaces forged a multitude of hot, massive stars. In the process, they sowed the seeds ...
Ancient Egyptian colonialism studied
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
May 17, 2006 |
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Canadian scientists say an archaeological cemetery site along the Nile River is shedding new light on ancient Egyptian colonialism administration.
Brain study yields insight into machinery of prejudice
May 17, 2006 |
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By scanning subjects' brains while they were thinking about people either politically like or different from them, researchers have found that different areas of the brain are active in the two cases. The researchers said ...
In Brief: BT names first 6 'Wireless City' locations
May 17, 2006 |
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Britain's BT announced agreements Wednesday with the first six of its "Wireless City" communities that will soon offer completed wireless Internet access.
Study: Industrial noise may harm Dolphins
Biology /
May 17, 2006 |
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British scientists say pile driving and industrial noise may be adversely affecting dolphin behavior, communication and breeding.
Researchers Assess Risks Associated with Living in Low-Lying Coastal Areas
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 17, 2006 |
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For many, sea-level rise is a remote and distant threat faced by people like the residents of the Tuvalu Islands in the South Pacific, where the highest point of land is only 5 meters (15 feet) above sea level ...
N.J. dental students accused of cheating
May 17, 2006 |
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New Jersey's only dental school is investigating allegations that 18 students traded or sold clinical procedure credits they need to graduate, a report said.
Experts fear impacts of quake on San Francisco Bay Delta
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 17, 2006 |
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A magnitude 6.5 earthquake could severely damage the San Francisco Bay Delta levee system and cut off vital water supplies for millions of Californians, according to findings presented by a panel of experts ...
Lawmakers brace for telecom reform
May 17, 2006 |
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As U.S. legislators continue to debate whether the current system of providing Internet access should be changed, all agree that the development of the World Wide Web has revolutionized telecommunications and technology in ...
