The 2006 hurricane season was near normal
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 18, 2007 |
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After the record setting season of 2005 with 27 named tropical cyclones, many meteorologists and hurricane specialists were forecasting another above average hurricane season for 2006, but it didn't happen. NAS ...
Scientists develop atom-scale switch
Jan 18, 2007 |
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U.S. Energy Department scientists performing basic research have discovered a carbon nanotube-based system that functions as an atom-scale switch.
Bumblebee house warming -- It takes a village
Biology /
Jan 18, 2007 |
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All bumblebees always aren't as busy as, well, a bee. It all depends on what their job is.
Rotting leaf litter study could lead to more accurate climate models
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 18, 2007 |
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Over the past decade, in numerous field sites throughout the world, mesh bags of leaf and root litter sat exposed to the elements, day and night, throughout the four seasons, gradually rotting away.
Can engineered immune cells stop AIDS?
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Jan 18, 2007 |
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Twenty years after its introduction, gene therapy still holds great promise as a way to harness the insidious power of viruses such as human immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV). But scientists have yet to solve a vexing problem: ...
Spacecraft to Pluto Prepares for Jupiter Encounter
Jan 18, 2007 |
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NASA's New Horizons spacecraft is on the doorstep of the solar system's largest planet. The spacecraft will study and swing past Jupiter, increasing speed on its voyage toward Pluto, the Kuiper Belt and beyond.
Scientists Reveal a Virus’ Secret Weapon
Jan 18, 2007 |
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It takes more than just breaking and entering for a virus to successfully invade a cell. Getting to the cell’s center—where the host cell’s machinery will be co-opted to make more virus—requires navigating obstacles such ...
NASA funds search for past life on Mars
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 18, 2007 |
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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has awarded a $750,000 grant to a U.S. researcher for help in searching for evidence of past life on Mars.
Modeling Cell 'Doors' Could Aid Drug Development
Jan 18, 2007 |
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To open the door for better medicines, University of Pittsburgh assistant professor Michael D. Grabe thought he first needed to open the 'doors,' or channels, that allow for passage in and out of cells to see what science ...
ROV discovers Antarctic seafloor fauna
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 18, 2007 |
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Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROV) remain an efficient technology to uncover the secrets of Antarctic seafloor fauna. As a precursor to the International Polar Year 2007/2008, the current Polarstern expedition ...
Astronaut wouldn't refuse return to space
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 18, 2007 |
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German astronaut Thomas Reiter of the European Space Agency held a news conference Thursday to tell reporters he would enjoy returning to space.
U.S. high school physics enrollment up
Jan 18, 2007 |
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U.S. high school physics class enrollment is increasing, and the number of U.S. physics bachelor's degrees is up 31 percent since 2000.
Carbon monoxide protects lung cells against oxygen-induced damage
Jan 18, 2007 |
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Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have demonstrated that low-dose carbon monoxide administered in conjunction with oxygen therapy markedly inhibits oxygen-induced damage to lung cells. These findings, being reported ...
2 out of 3 heart attacks and strokes in Asia
Jan 18, 2007 |
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Given that around half of the world's burden of cardiovascular disease is carried by low and middle income countries in the region, these findings, published by the Asia-Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration (APCSC) in the ...
'Speechless' and 'Mute' help break the silence of the leaves
Biology /
Jan 18, 2007 |
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Researchers have discovered two genes that guide land plants to develop microscopic pores that they can open and close as if each pore was a tiny mouth.
