Archive: 12/18/2006
Experimental vaccine blocks transmission of malaria in mice: study
Researchers at the National Institutes of Health have developed an experimental vaccine that could, theoretically, eliminate malaria from entire geographic regions, by eradicating the malaria parasite from an area's mosquitoes.
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What is Life
At the Astrobiology Science Conference last March, Astrobiology Magazine organized a debate about alien life. Using Peter Ward's book, "Life As We Do Not Know It" as a launching pad, the participants debated everything from ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 18, 2006 |
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Astrophysicist Herbert Gursky dies
Astrophysicist Herbert Gursky, superintendent of the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory's Space Science Division, died earlier this month in Fairfax, Va.
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Hybrid welding process developed
U.S. scientists say they've developed a hybrid process involving the use of a laser in friction-stir welding to extend the application to more materials.
Dec 18, 2006 |
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Gene silencing used to make better potato
The Russet Burbank potato may soon be replaced by the Ranger Russet potato as the United States' top potato for french fries.
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Thundersnow Often Means Lots of Snow
It's rarely a good sign when a snowstorm produces lightning and thunder, according to University of Missouri-Columbia atmospheric scientists, who warn that such weather behavior is often the precursor to a bigger problem: ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 18, 2006 |
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Two Central Mysteries in Genome Inheritance Solved at UCSD
The dance of the chromosomes during cell division, first described in the late 1800s and familiar to all high-school students from movies shown in biology classes, has long fascinated biologists. However, the ...
Dec 18, 2006 |
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Making Better Magnetic Nanoparticles
Using a polymer coating designed to resemble the outer surface of a cell membrane, a team of investigators led by Steve Armes, Ph.D., of the University of Sheffield in the United Kingdom, has created a highly stable, biocompatible ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Dec 18, 2006 |
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Nanoparticles Designed for Dual-Mode Imaging
Nanoscale, inorganic fluorescent imaging agents such as quantum dots have become an important tool for researchers studying key biomolecules involved in cancer. At the same time, magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles are proving ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Dec 18, 2006 |
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Spitzer Picks Up Glow of Universe's First Objects
New observations from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope strongly suggest that infrared light detected in a prior study originated from clumps of the very first objects of the universe. The recent data indicate ...
Dec 18, 2006 |
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New magnetic polymers may advance spintronics technologies
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory have pioneered a new approach for making magnetic polymers that are held together with very strong hydrogen bonds. These polymers contain ...
Dec 18, 2006 |
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Tiny device enables wide range of study at liquid-liquid interface
Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis are putting a different kind of "foursome" together in hopes of someday developing smart materials called biomimetics that mimic nature.
Dec 18, 2006 |
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NASA and Google to Bring Space Exploration Down to Earth
NASA Ames Research Center and Google have signed a Space Act Agreement that formally establishes a relationship to work together on a variety of challenging technical problems ranging from large-scale data management and ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Dec 18, 2006 |
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Memory experts show sleeping rats may have visual dreams
Memories of our life stories may be reinforced while we sleep, MIT researchers report Dec. 17 in the advance online edition of Nature Neuroscience.
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Professors to develop hand-held pathogen testing device
Testing for deadly food, air and water pathogens may get a lot easier and cheaper thanks to the work of a Michigan State University researcher and his team.
Dec 18, 2006 |
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