Archive: 12/18/2008
MRI brain scans accurate in early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease
MRI scans that detect shrinkage in specific regions of the mid-brain attacked by Alzheimer's disease accurately diagnose the neurodegenerative disease, even before symptoms interfere with daily function, a ...
Dec 18, 2008 |
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Timetable for Puget Sound restoration suffers setback
The slow natural restoration of hazardous sediments mired beneath the Puget Sound is progressing, thanks to Mother Nature and a stiff dose of federal environmental regulations.
Dec 18, 2008 |
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Experts argue nano food-additives require new oversight
Nanotechnology policy experts are urging that food additives that contain nanoscale materials be subject to new safety testing to ensure that their use does not pose unintended risks.
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Dec 18, 2008 |
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Biomarkers improve ischemic stroke prediction
Testing patient's blood for two proteins or biomarkers that occur when inflammation is present could help doctors identify which patients are more likely to have a stroke, said researchers at Baylor College of Medicine in ...
Dec 18, 2008 |
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A simple fusion to jump-start evolution
With the aid of a straightforward experiment, researchers have provided some clues to one of biology's most complex questions: how ancient organic molecules came together to form the basis of life.
Biology /
Dec 18, 2008 |
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Under a Frozen Lake in Siberia, Geoscientist Drills For Secrets of Earth’s Ancient Climate
(PhysOrg.com) -- In the next few days, a convoy of bulldozers and trucks will set out from a remote airport in Siberia, heading for a frozen lake 62 miles north of the Arctic Circle, but the trip isn’t a holiday visit to ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 18, 2008 |
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Calit2's Reefbot Designed to Autonomously Monitor Ocean's Disappearing Coral Reefs
(PhysOrg.com) -- The world's coral reefs are vanishing at an alarming rate, but the oceanographers who study the underlying causes of reef destruction are often hindered by slow, tedious and sometimes dangerous ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 18, 2008 |
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Scientists Make Image, Movie of a Jupiter Moon Setting
(PhysOrg.com) -- Jupiter's largest moon, Ganymede, is seen just before it slips behind its giant planet in a new color image and a movie made by a University of Arizona scientist from images taken by NASA's ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 18, 2008 |
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Toshiba develops cost-effective 32nm CMOS platform technology by advanced single exposure lithography
Toshiba Corporation today announced a cost-effective 32nm CMOS platform technology that offers higher density and improved performance while halving the cost per function from 45nm technology.
Dec 18, 2008 |
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BaBar Collaboration Completes Data Reprocessing
(PhysOrg.com) -- One might think that processing the records of 22 billion electron and positron collisions once would be enough. But not so for the BaBar collaboration, which this week announced the completion ...
Dec 18, 2008 |
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Staying warm in winter is more challenging for the elderly
(PhysOrg.com) -- In 1980, when America was still dealing with the oil crisis from the previous decade, Ann Kolanowski, Elouise Ross Eberly Professor of Nursing at Penn State and director of the John A. Harford Foundation ...
Dec 18, 2008 |
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NVIDIA Ion Platform Energizes Atom Into A Premium PC Experience
NVIDIA is poised to energize the PC market by transforming Atom PCs into a premium experience found today in higher priced laptops and desktops. NVIDIA will supercharge the fastest-growing segments of the ...
Dec 18, 2008 |
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Common treatment for men's pelvic pain proves ineffective
A commonly-prescribed drug for men suffering from a painful pelvic condition failed to significantly reduce patients' symptoms in an international study led by Queen's University professor and urologist at ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Dec 18, 2008 |
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Scientist: Microbe Community Deep Beneath Arctic Permafrost Needs Study
(PhysOrg.com) -- A community of microbes, living in a frigid layer of gas hydrates deep beneath the Arctic permafrost, has piqued the interest of scientists who say a better understanding of that environment is important ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 18, 2008 |
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New Discovery Could Rejuvenate the Brain
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at The University of British Columbia have discovered why the brain loses its capacity to re-grow connections and repair itself, knowledge that could lead to therapeutics that “rejuvenate” the ...
Dec 18, 2008 |
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