Archive: 11/19/2007
MIT sees acceleration in US greenhouse emissions
U.S. greenhouse gas emissions could grow more quickly in the next 50 years than in the previous half-century, and technological change may cause increased emissions rather than control them, according to a new study by an ...
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China's great dam in midst of eco-debate
The year-old Three Gorges Dam along the Yangtze River has spawned environmental problems such as water pollution and landslides, Chinese officials admitted.
Nov 19, 2007 |
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Huge yawn locks jaw, chokes man
A British man was rushed to the hospital after his monster yawn locked his jaw, blocking his ability to breathe or swallow.
Nov 19, 2007 |
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British docs repair bad plastic surgeries
More people crossing the English Channel for less expensive plastic surgery wind up having repair work done when they return, a British survey said.
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WHO probes illness outbreak in Angola
The World Health Organization says it is searching for the origin of a mystery illness that has struck more than 370 people in Angola.
Nov 19, 2007 |
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Energy Dept. issues boiler, furnace guides
Energy efficiency standards for residential furnaces and boilers were pumped up Monday by the U.S. Department of Energy.
Nov 19, 2007 |
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Gene therapy safety trial for childhood blindness under way
Three decades have passed since gene therapy pioneer William W. Hauswirth, Ph.D., and his colleagues at the University of Florida began work on a virus that could safely deliver corrective genes into living animals.
Nov 19, 2007 |
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New guideline for how to treat a person's first unprovoked seizure
A guideline developed by the American Academy of Neurology recommends a routine electroencephalogram (EEG) and brain scans be considered when diagnosing and treating adults who experience their first unprovoked seizure. ...
Nov 19, 2007 |
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Combining medications often best strategy to battle rheumatoid arthritis
For patients with rheumatoid arthritis, combining one well-known, lower-cost synthetic drug with one of six biologic medications often works best to reduce joint swelling or tenderness, according to a new report by researchers ...
Nov 19, 2007 |
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Researchers Create Robot Driven by Moth's Brain
In a notion taken from science fiction afficionados, University of Arizona researchers presented a robot that moves by using the brain impulses of a moth at the 37th annual Society for Neuroscience meeting ...
Nov 19, 2007 |
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PET scans show gene therapy normalizes brain function in Parkinson's patients
Brain scans used to track changes in a dozen patients who received an experimental gene therapy show that the treatment normalizes brain function - and the effects are still present a year later.
Nov 19, 2007 |
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Do We Need the Bells and Whistles? Educational Toys May Be Coal in the Holiday Stocking
The recent recalls of various children’s toys have parents and would-be Santas leery this holiday season, but it may just be the thing to push consumers to be more creative about the toys they buy their young ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 19, 2007 |
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Bacteria shed light on an important group of human proteins
A collaboration between researchers in Switzerland, the UK and France has led to the solution of the first crystal structure of a member of the Rhesus protein family and thereby shed new light on a group of proteins of great ...
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New research helps explain how tumors go undetected by the body
Scientists studying how immune cells are regulated in healthy individuals, have made a key discovery in understanding why tumours may go undetected by the immune system and remain untreated by the body’s own ...
Nov 19, 2007 |
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NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX GPU Comes to Notebooks
This holiday season a new era of PC games, featuring advanced new graphics effects, will immerse gamers in cinematic realism like never before. Games like Crysis, Unreal Tournament 3, and Call of Duty 4 are ...
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