MIT develops measures to predict performance of complex systems
Jan 19, 2007 |
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Taking a cue from the financial world, MIT researchers along with experts in industry and government have developed a list of 13 measures that engineers can use to predict how well a system--or project--will perform before ...
Progress 24 Nears Station, Ready for Docking Tonight
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Jan 19, 2007 |
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After launching Wednesday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan the ISS Progress 24 is approaching the International Space Station. At 10 p.m. EST the new cargo carrier will link up with the station’s ...
Comet McNaught - A First Light Present for STEREO
Jan 19, 2007 |
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This image of Comet McNaught comes from the Heliospheric Imager on one of the STEREO spacecraft, taken Jan. 11, 2007. To the right is the comet nucleus, so bright it saturates the detector creating a bright ...
Leopards lose habitat to humans in India
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Jan 19, 2007 |
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Residents of rural towns in India have killed two rare leopards after the cats left their mountain habitats presumably to search for food.
Flushing toilet takes medical prize
Jan 19, 2007 |
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Public sanitation, including the flushing toilet, was picked as the greatest medical breakthrough since 1840 in an international poll released in London.
Study looks at traffic death risks
Jan 19, 2007 |
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Eighteen-year-old males are as risky behind the wheel as 80-year-old females, says a new traffic study from Pittsburgh's Carnegie Mellon University.
Male fish turn to cannibalism when uncertain of paternity
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Jan 19, 2007 |
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A study from the February issue of the American Naturalist is the first to demonstrate that male fish are more likely to eat their offspring when they have been cuckolded during the act of spawning. Moreov ...
A New Year for BaBar and PEP-II
Jan 19, 2007 |
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With electrons and positrons flowing, BaBar and PEP-II are celebrating a new year with a new run.
Learning the language of gene expression
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Jan 19, 2007 |
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Researchers have taken a major step towards understanding the language of gene regulation in the fruitfly Drosophila and they expect the technique to be rapidly applicable to understanding the effects of genome variation ...
Right counter height can improve fingerprint capture
Jan 19, 2007 |
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Once a tool primarily used by law enforcement, biometric technologies such as fingerprint readers increasingly are being used by governments and private industry for a personal ID that can't easily be forged or stolen. But, ...
Cause of bird flu outbreak tracked
Jan 19, 2007 |
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Agriculture officials in Japan say a bird flu outbreak last week involved a highly virulent strain of the flu virus.
Aspirin saves lives of cancer patients suffering heart attacks, despite fears of bleeding
Jan 19, 2007 |
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Many cancer patients who have heart attacks often are not treated with life saving aspirin given the belief in the medical community that they could experience lethal bleeding. Researchers at The University of Texas M. D. ...
Virus hits DC airport hotel
Jan 19, 2007 |
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Public health workers Friday tried to track down the source of a contagious virus that sickened guests and workers at a hotel near Washington.
Combination therapy spares some head and neck patients from surgery
Jan 19, 2007 |
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Giving patients with head and neck cancer a combination of chemotherapy and radiation therapy controls the cancer and allows many patients to avoid additional surgery to the neck, according to a study presented at the plenary ...
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