Flying Into a Thunderstorm
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 19, 2007 |
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Shakespeare's King Lear shouted to the heavens for a thunderstorm to vent its fury on him. A team of NASA scientists is hoping for precisely the same thing. They'd like a few really furious thunderstorms to ...
Expert to provide update after 'worst tomato virus' hits California
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Jul 19, 2007 |
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Robert Gilbertson, plant pathology professor at the University of California, Davis, will provide the update on the status of Tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV) after it was found for the first time in California. The ...
Scientists clarify molecular basis of interferon action
Jul 19, 2007 |
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Scientists at the University of California, Santa Barbara have made a significant discovery relating to viral infections in humans.
Endeavour Crew Wraps Up Dress Rehearsal
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 19, 2007 |
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Led by Commander Scott Kelly, the seven-member STS-118 crew participated this morning in a full dress rehearsal for launch aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour.
Debate on ethics of tobacco funding
Jul 19, 2007 |
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University of California officials said they will discuss in September whether it will accept additional research funding from the tobacco industry.
Masquerading in murky waters
Biology /
Jul 19, 2007 |
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Finding a decent, honest mate is challenging enough without the added problem of reduced visibility caused by human-induced changes to the aquatic environment.
Obesity found to be a risk factor for multiple myeloma
Jul 19, 2007 |
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An obese person is more likely than a lean person to develop multiple myeloma, according to researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, and Harvard School of Public Health.
Scientists a step closer to understanding how anaesthetics work in the brain
Jul 19, 2007 |
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An important clue to how anaesthetics work on the human body has been provided by the discovery of a molecular feature common to both the human brain and the great pond snail nervous system, scientists say today. Researchers ...
Mathematical model identifies genes which battle hepatitis C
Jul 19, 2007 |
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Joint research by Dr. Leonid Brodsky, of the Institute of Evolution of the University of Haifa, and Dr. Milton Taylor, of Indiana University, led to the discovery of a mathematical method which can identify which genes in ...
Brain discovery could fight deadly tumors
Jul 19, 2007 |
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MIT researchers have identified a critical link between two proteins found in brain tumors, a discovery that could eventually help treat a form of brain cancer that kills 99 percent of patients.
'Preconditioning' helps protect brain's blood vessels from stroke
Jul 19, 2007 |
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Challenging brain tissue with a small noxious stimulus beforehand gives it a resilience that can lessen damage to blood vessels during a stroke, report researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City.
Advice, devices ineffective in preventing worker back pain
Jul 19, 2007 |
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Back pain is the number one cause of worker-compensation complaints, second only to the common cold in causing lost workdays. Consequently, employers and regulators have pushed training programs to teach specific lifting ...
FDA issues hot dog chili sauce warning
Jul 19, 2007 |
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the recall of 10-ounce cans of possibly contaminated hot dog chili sauce sold under various brand names.
Mate selection is costly to female iguanas
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Jul 19, 2007 |
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U.S. scientists have found female iguanas in the Galapagos Islands expend a lot of energy picking a mate -- and that can have very negative results.
Molecular detectors may refine cancer treatment
Jul 19, 2007 |
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University of Florida researchers have successfully used molecular probes to detect subtle differences in leukemia cells from patient samples, an achievement that could lead to more effective ways to diagnose and treat cancer.
