Archive: 06/18/2007
Everyday text shows that Old Persian was probably more commonly used than previously thought
For the first time, a text has been found in Old Persian language that shows the written language in use for practical recording and not only for royal display. The text is inscribed on a damaged clay tablet ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jun 18, 2007 |
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Healthcare problems in Britain
A new report says one in four facilities operated by Britain's government-run National Health Service isn't complying with basic hygiene standards.
Jun 18, 2007 |
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1950s scandal haunts Japan
Scientists in Japan say people who consumed powdered milk laced with arsenic in the 1950s are currently experiencing a higher rate of traffic deaths.
Jun 18, 2007 |
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Scientists prepare for Mars experiments
U.S. scientists are trying to determine the affect the Phoenix Mars Lander's descent will have on later soil experiments on the Red Planet.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 18, 2007 |
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Japan struggling with Tamiflu dilemma
Japanese officials have confirmed hundreds of citizens have displayed abnormal reactions after ingesting the prescription flu medication, Tamiflu.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jun 18, 2007 |
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Mockingbird population declining in Texas
The population of the official Texas state bird -- the mockingbird -- is in sharp decline, experts say.
Biology /
Jun 18, 2007 |
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Recuperated rare fish released in China
Wildlife officials in China released a rare paddlefish into Yangtze River Sunday after nursing it back to health from injuries inflicted by fishermen.
Biology /
Jun 18, 2007 |
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Bird flu kills one in Vietnam
Bird flu has killed a 20-year-old Vietnamese man in the country's first confirmed avian flu case in two years, it was reported Sunday.
Jun 18, 2007 |
5 / 5 (1) |
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Arizona monsoons unpredictable
The Arizona monsoon season produces up to a third of the region's annual rainfall but it is tough for forecasters to predict.
Jun 18, 2007 |
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Physicist demonstrates how light can be used to remotely operate micromachines
A research team led by Umar Mohideen, a physicist at the University of California, Riverside, has demonstrated in the laboratory that the Casimir force – the small attractive force that acts between two close parallel uncharged ...
Jun 18, 2007 |
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Evidence lacking to guide treatment for sudden hearing loss
Although steroids are the most widely used treatment for sudden hearing loss, little scientific evidence supports their use or that of any other therapies for this condition, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis ...
Jun 18, 2007 |
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Researcher determines link between foie gras and diseases
University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine professor and researcher Alan Solomon, M.D., director of the Human Immunology and Cancer/Alzheimer’s Disease and Amyloid-Related Disorders Research Program, led a team that ...
Jun 18, 2007 |
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Reconstructing the biology of extinct species: A new approach
An international research team has documented the link between the way an animal moves and the dimensions of an important part of its organ of balance, the three semicircular canals of the inner ear on each ...
Biology /
Jun 18, 2007 |
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Anthropologists discover remains of earliest giant panda
Although it may sound like an oxymoron, a University of Iowa anthropologist and his colleagues report the first discovery of a skull from a "pygmy-sized" giant panda -- the earliest-known ancestor of the giant panda -- that ...
Biology /
Jun 18, 2007 |
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Electron beam 'carves' the world's smallest devices
Physicists at the University of Pennsylvania are using a new technique to craft some of the tiniest metal nanostructures ever created, none larger than 10 nanometers.
Jun 18, 2007 |
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