Archive: 07/18/2006
Tiny Airborne Particles are a Major Cause of Climate Change
A scientist at the Weizmann Institute of Science and his colleagues caused a storm in the atmospheric community when they suggested a few years back that tiny airborne particles, known as aerosols, may be one of the main ...
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India clamps down on bloggers, cell users
In a knee-jerk reaction to the recent terror-related blasts in India, the government is stepping up control on the online community that according to the country's telecom regulator, the Department of Telecom (DoT), was running ...
Jul 18, 2006 |
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Norwegian scientists study hypothermia
Norwegian scientists may have ruled out insufficient oxygen supply to the heart as a critical variable in whether a mammal's heart survives hypothermia.
Jul 18, 2006 |
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Robots are becoming part of everyday life
The advent of robots is no longer an idea of science fiction, but is quickly becoming an intrinsic part of our daily lives.
Jul 18, 2006 |
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Slow starches promoted for weight loss
A Texas doctor has developed the "Slow Starch" diet as a way to help San Antonio shed its title as one of the fattest cities in the nation.
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Motorola ships 50 millionth RAZR V3
Motorola announced that it has shipped its 50 millionth Motorola RAZR V3 handset Tuesday.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
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Visuospatial, verbal brain role studied
U.S. scientists say they've confirmed the theory men and women use different parts of their brains processing language and visuospatial information.
Jul 18, 2006 |
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Study shows girls have advantage over boys on timed tests
New research attempting to shed light on the evergreen question — just how do male and female brains differ? — has found that timing is everything.
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Scientists coax nerve fibers to re-grow after spinal cord injury
Researchers at the University of Michigan Medical School and Johns Hopkins University have developed a treatment that helps animals with traumatic spinal cord injuries grow new nerve fibers.
Jul 18, 2006 |
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Inside BaBar's Control Room
Day and night, weekends, weekdays, and holidays, physicists from around the world take shifts in BaBar's Interaction Region 2 control room. The BaBar detector records the products of the positron-electron collisions ...
Jul 18, 2006 |
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New study determines whether people react to heat advisories
Oppressive summertime heat claims more lives than all other weather-related disasters combined, including tornadoes and hurricanes. During 2003, a heat wave across Europe killed as many as 40,000 people.
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Lack of stores linked to early deaths
A Chicago study says city residents living near fast-food restaurants and few grocery stores are more likely to die prematurely.
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Figuring out function from bacteria's bewildering forms
The constellation of shapes and sizes among bacteria is as remarkable as it is mysterious. Why should Spirochaeta halophila resemble a bedspring coil, Stella a star and Clostridium cocleatum a partly eaten ...
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Research dishes out flexible computer chips
New thin-film semiconductor techniques invented by University of Wisconsin-Madison engineers promise to add sensing, computing and imaging capability to an amazing array of materials.
Jul 18, 2006 |
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Diet can cut cancer, diabetes risk
Two U.S. researchers say a diet rich in omega-3s fatty acids and phytonutrients can reduce the risk of getting cancer, heart disease and diabetes.
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