Growth in Amazon Cropland May Impact Climate and Deforestation Patterns
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 19, 2006 |
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Scientists using NASA satellite data have found that clearing for mechanized cropland has recently become a significant force in Brazilian Amazon deforestation. This change in land use may alter the region's ...
Better Grades And Greater Incentives Help Explain Why Women Outpace Men In College Degrees
Sep 19, 2006 |
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Girls have long gotten better grades than boys in all levels of school. But while at one time few women used those academic skills to get degrees, new research suggests that growing incentives are helping draw women to college ...
Perceived facial similarities studied
Sep 19, 2006 |
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U.S.-led research has found judgments of facial similarity are highly predictive of genetic similarity.
Mars mission Risk 29: Scientists research ways to reduce radiation-induced brain damage
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 19, 2006 |
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Among the gravest risks of a manned flight to Mars ranks the possibility that massive amounts of solar and cosmic radiation will decimate the brains of astronauts, leaving them in a vegetative state, if they survive at all.
More AIDS patients die of other causes
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Sep 19, 2006 |
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New York's Bureau of HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control report has said it is becoming less common for AIDS patients to die of causes related to the disease.
Researchers establish scientific link between acne treatment and depression
Medicine & Health / Medications
Sep 19, 2006 |
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A drug commonly used to treat severe acne can lead to depressive behaviour in mice, according to research published in the journal Neuropsychopharmacology.
IBM and Telenor Develop Mobile Devices and Networks That Learn and Adapt
Sep 19, 2006 |
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IBM and Telenor have developed new mobile communications technology for global business users that will allow mobile devices and networks to automatically learn about their users' whereabouts and preferences as they commute, ...
A wolf in sheep’s clothing: plague bacteria reveal one of their virulence tricks
Biology /
Sep 19, 2006 |
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The bacterium that causes the plague belongs to a virulent family of bacteria called Yersinia, a group that also includes a pathogen responsible for food poisoning. These bacteria insert into their host cells ...
New tool aids cost estimates for complex projects
Sep 19, 2006 |
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Consider the following scenario: A project manager at a major aerospace company is about to bid on the development of a new air fighter for the U.S. Air Force.
UF survey: State’s insurance crisis tops list of real estate trends
Sep 19, 2006 |
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Florida’s vast real estate market and ultimately the economy of the state are threatened by spiraling insurance rates, says a University of Florida researcher.
Expedition 14 to Arrive at Space Station Early Wednesday
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 19, 2006 |
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The Soyuz TMA 9 spacecraft carrying the Expedition 14 crew continues its chase of the International Space Station. The Soyuz is scheduled to dock with the station at 1:24 a.m. EDT Wednesday.
Mouse Strain With Gene Stutter Will Help Leukemia Research
Sep 19, 2006 |
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Cancer researchers have developed a new strain of mice that should help reveal how an unusual change in a certain gene contributes to a particularly deadly form of acute myeloid leukemia (AML).
MetOp launch campaign resumed
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 19, 2006 |
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With the launch of MetOp now set for 7 October at 18:28 CEST, the MetOp satellite is out of storage and preparations for launch are well underway at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
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