Archive: 06/19/2008
System constraints forcing Canadian physicians to become medical brokers in prioritizing
[B]Hip/knee replacement candidates[/B] Health-care system constraints combined with a lack of a uniform referral process are leaving Ontario physicians brokering which patients are in greatest need of hip and knee replacement, a s ...
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Weight gain within the normal range increases risk of chronic kidney disease
[B]Even lean individuals who gain weight are at risk[/B] Healthy individuals who gain weight, even to a weight still considered normal, are at risk for developing chronic kidney disease (CKD), according to a study appearing in ...
Jun 19, 2008 |
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Canada-India RFID project looks to improve traffic flow, reduce pollution
RFID technology may provide the key to better traffic management and improved pollution control in Canada, India and worldwide.
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Air travelers, astronomers stand to benefit from research on atmospheric turbulence
Anyone who frequently travels by airplane has likely experienced clear-air turbulence. It's the kind of jarring turbulence that can quickly turn a smooth flight into a bumpy ride, often causing aircraft to drop anywhere from ...
Jun 19, 2008 |
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Lost in the supermarket?
[B]Why the 'cheap food revolution' hasn't reached poor countries[/B] Most people don't think twice as they pass spring apples from the southern hemisphere as they enter the supermarket, but they are participating in a c ...
Jun 19, 2008 |
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Looking for New Light
In many ways, astronomers are in the dark about asteroids. In the dark depths of the Kuiper Asteroid Belt beyond Neptune's orbit, and even in the nearby Main Belt between Jupiter and Mars, most asteroids are too small to ...
Jun 19, 2008 |
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Study provides a first look at ammonia volatilized from surface applied urea
The question of how much nitrogen is lost from fertilizer urea when it is applied to the soil surface comes up with growers and fertilizer dealers every season and is the focus of a Montana Agricultural Experiment Station ...
Jun 19, 2008 |
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Known Genetic Risk Alzheimer's In Whites Also Places Blacks At Risk
A commonly recognized gene that places one at risk for Alzheimer’s disease does not discriminate between blacks and whites, according to new research led by Florida State University.
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Flexible design in airports essential for courting low-cost airlines
The leading low-cost airlines with a preference for small, inexpensive airports are now the largest airlines in the United States and Europe, according to an MIT expert on airport design and operations, who said that airport ...
Jun 19, 2008 |
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Unable to focus? Welcome to our distracted society's attention deficit
[B]Understanding the science of attention and technology's role in eroding -- and perhaps someday improving -- our ability to focus[/B] Cell phones, Blackberries, e-mail, laptops allowing people to bring their work anywhere, new ...
Jun 19, 2008 |
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Allergy expert has advice for flood victims
As if the emotional and financial impact of flood damage isn't bad enough, floodwaters can also bring health problems. H. James Wedner, M.D., professor of medicine and chief of the Division of Allergy and Immunology at Washington ...
Jun 19, 2008 |
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Gallons per mile would help car shoppers make better decisions
Posting a vehicle's fuel efficiency in "gallons per mile" rather than "miles per gallon" would help consumers make better decisions about car purchases and environmental impact, researchers from Duke University's Fuqua School ...
Jun 19, 2008 |
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Exciton-based circuits eliminate a 'speed trap' between computing and communication signals
Particles called excitons that emit a flash of light as they decay could be used for a new form of computing better suited to fast communication, physicists at UC San Diego have demonstrated.
Jun 19, 2008 |
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Ice cores map dynamics of sudden climate changes
New, extremely detailed data from investigations of ice cores from Greenland show that the climate shifted very suddenly and changed fundamentally during quite few years when the ice age ended. Researchers ...
Jun 19, 2008 |
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Scientists fix bugs in our understanding of evolution
[B]A new computational tool allows the most accurate insights into evolution ever[/B] What makes a human different from a chimp? Researchers from the European Molecular Biology Laboratory's European Bioinformatics Ins ...
Jun 19, 2008 |
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