Woodburn, Ore.: a microcosm of immigrant shifts in America
Mar 19, 2008 |
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Travelers on I-5 know that Woodburn, Ore., is home to the region's largest tax-free outlet center. A University of Oregon researcher, however, turns away from the mall to study the heart of town, which, she says, provides ...
Sleep deprivation used to diagnose sleepwalking
Mar 19, 2008 |
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Somnambulism (sleepwalking), which usually involves misperception and unresponsiveness to the environment, mental confusion and amnesia about sleepwalking episodes, affects up to 4 percent of adults. There has been a sharp ...
Jules Verne reaches 'parking' orbit
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 19, 2008 |
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Jules Verne ATV has today reached a parking position 2000 km ahead of the International Space Station. Europe's ISS re-supply spacecraft will wait at this holding point for the completion of the STS-123 Space ...
Suicide More Likely Among Divorced Immigrants
Mar 19, 2008 |
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Divorced immigrants are more than twice as likely to commit suicide as native-born Americans who are divorced, according to a study of Riverside County residents co-authored by UC Riverside sociology professor Augustine J. ...
Older drugs no match against drug-resistant infections
Mar 19, 2008 |
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As antibiotics lose their punch, a team of researchers at McMaster University discovered "old" drugs that doctors are turning to also have built-in problems in thwarting infectious diseases.
Hispanics with clogged arteries at greatest risk of stroke, heart attack
Mar 19, 2008 |
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Hispanics who have even a small amount of plaque build-up in the neck artery that supplies blood to the brain are up to four times more likely to suffer or die from a stroke or heart attack than Hispanics who do not have ...
A built-in strategy for transgene containment
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Mar 19, 2008 |
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A method of creating selective terminable transgenic rice was reported by the scientists of Zhejiang University in this week’s PLoS ONE. Unintended spreading of transgenic rice by pollen and seed dispersal is a major concer ...
Rare butterfly experiences baby boom
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Mar 19, 2008 |
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Southern California biologists are searching for new places to release a bumper crop of endangered Palos Verdes blue butterflies.
Millionaire health clinic opens
Mar 19, 2008 |
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A medical clinic offering five-star hotel service has opened in Moscow with an eye on Russia's millionaire class.
Scientists see Norwalk virus' Achilles heel
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Mar 19, 2008 |
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Using the Canadian Light Source synchrotron, an international team led by University of Calgary researcher Ken Ng has determined the detailed structure of the enzyme the Norwalk virus uses to make copies of its genetic code ...
Korean adoptees in US seek identity via peers or cultural exploration
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Finding out "Who am I?" for Korean adoptees, many of them orphaned, following the Korean War in the 1950s was a struggle when adulthood hit for many in the 1970s, but the road has since gotten smoother with exploration of ...
Mekong schistosomiasis is more widespread than previously thought
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A new genetic analysis, published March 19th in the open-access journal PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, suggests that the parasitic worm Schistosoma mekongi is more widespread than previously thought. According to the ...
Food For Life spelt bread is recalled
Mar 19, 2008 |
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the voluntary recall of Food For Life brand spelt grain bread due to a labeling error.
Robot fetches objects with just a point and a click
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Robots are fluent in their native language of 1 and 0 absolutes but struggle to grasp the nuances and imprecise nature of human language. While scientists are making slow, incremental progress in their quest ...
