Archive: 11/18/2008
New penguin species found in New Zealand
(PhysOrg.com) -- Australian and New Zealand researchers have used ancient DNA from penguin fossils to make a startling discovery that may change the way we view species extinctions.
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Nov 18, 2008 |
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A first in online gaming: Humans team up with AI software
Hey, online gamers, artificial intelligence researchers need your help! As part of an international team of researchers, Northwestern University has officially released the first online game in which human players partner ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Nov 18, 2008 |
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Crafting your image for your 1,000 friends on Facebook or MySpace
Students are creating idealized versions of themselves on social networking websites — Facebook and MySpace are the most popular — and using these sites to explore their emerging identities, UCLA psychologists report. Parents ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 18, 2008 |
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Methamphetamine abuse linked to underage sex, smoking and drinking
Teens who have never done drugs, but engage in other risky behaviours such as drinking, smoking and being sexually active, are more likely to use crystal meth, medical researchers at the University of Alberta have concluded. ...
Nov 18, 2008 |
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Team identifies 13 new tumor-suppressor genes in liver cancer
Over the years, hunting for cancer-related genes and understanding how they work has been an important, although time-consuming, exercise. At Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL), five different research groups have now combined ...
Nov 18, 2008 |
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Study documents what may be first cases of certain tick-borne disease in China
It appears that for the first time human granulocytic anaplasmosis (HGA), an emerging tick-borne infectious disease found in the U.S. and Europe, has been identified in China and apparently was transmitted from person to ...
Nov 18, 2008 |
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Weight loss surgery may help obese women avoid pregnancy-related health complications
Obese women who have weight loss surgery before becoming pregnant have a lower risk of pregnancy-related health problems and their children are less likely to be born with complications, according to a new RAND Corporation ...
Nov 18, 2008 |
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Brain compound 'throws gasoline onto the fire' of schizophrenia
New research has traced elevated levels of a specific compound in the brain to problem-solving deficits in patients with schizophrenia.
Nov 18, 2008 |
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Widely used cancer drug associated with significantly increased risk of blood clots
An analysis of randomized controlled trials indicates that use of the cancer drug bevacizumab is associated with an increased risk of venous thromboembolism (blood clots in the deep veins of the legs or in the lungs), according ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Nov 18, 2008 |
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Falling home ownership, equity, affect college enrollment
Sagging college enrollments may be the next symptom of the sub-prime mortgage mess, according to a University of Michigan economist.
Nov 18, 2008 |
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Mathematica Users Get 100x Performance Boost From NVIDIA CUDA
At SC08, Wolfram Research will demonstrate a new version of Mathematica, the world’s most powerful general computational software, that integrates CUDA, NVIDIA’s parallel GPU computing architecture. This new version is expected ...
Nov 18, 2008 |
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Forensics Underfoot: Shoeprint Evidence Gets the Google Treatment
(PhysOrg.com) -- A shoeprint etched in blood or dust can make a crucial difference in a criminal case, but it all depends on the ability of human examiners to identify a matching shoeprint pattern from thousands ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Nov 18, 2008 |
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What If Your Energy Supply is Gone with the Wind?
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new research program at Oregon State University proposes to tackle one of the major remaining problems with wind energy – how do you provide a steady, or at least predictable flow of electricity when the ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Nov 18, 2008 |
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Scientists fight stem rust UG99 before it becomes a threat
(PhysOrg.com) -- Wheat breeders and plant pathologists at Montana State University are part of a global effort to develop varieties of wheat resistant to a new fungus. UG99, a stem rust strain that was first discovered in ...
Biology /
Nov 18, 2008 |
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NASA Invites Students to Name New Mars Rover
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA is looking for the right stuff, or in this case, the right name for the next Mars rover. NASA, in cooperation with Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures' movie WALL-E from Pixar Animation ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 18, 2008 |
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