NASA to Begin Testing Engine That Will Power Ares Rockets
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 19, 2007 |
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In December, NASA will begin testing core components of a rocket engine from the Apollo era. Data from the tests will help NASA build the next generation engine that will power the nation's new Ares launch ...
Loma Prieta fault not so weak?
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 19, 2007 |
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A new study adds to evidence that the fault responsible for the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake is not as unusually weak as had been thought.
Jingle bells not merry for tone-deaf individuals
Dec 19, 2007 |
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A new neuroimaging study conducted by researchers from the Montreal Neurological Institute of McGill University and the Université de Montréal at the International laboratory for Brain Music and Sound Research (BRAMS), has ...
Researchers discover protein that controls bone growth
Dec 19, 2007 |
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A research team led by Dr. Pierre Moffatt of the Shriners Hospital for Children in Montreal and McGill University’s Department of Human Genetics has uncovered the molecular mechanism by which the protein osteocrin controls ...
Heart attack risk from smoking due to genetics
Dec 19, 2007 |
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Heart attacks among cigarette smokers may have less to do with tobacco than genetics. A common defect in a gene controlling cholesterol metabolism boosts smokers’ risk of an early heart attack, according to a new study in ...
Blood banks ban women from giving plasma
Dec 19, 2007 |
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Two Oklahoma blood banks are going to bar women from donating plasma because it may contain antibodies causing a rare complication.
Variable light illuminates the distribution of picophytoplankton
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Dec 19, 2007 |
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Tiny photosynthetic plankton less than a millionth of a millimeter in diameter numerically dominate marine phytoplankton. Their photosynthesis uses light to drive carbon dioxide uptake, fueling the marine food web over vast ...
Breath test can discriminate between a bacterial overgrowth and IBS
Dec 19, 2007 |
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The gastrointestinal (GI) tract is colonized by bacteria immediately after birth; Escherichia coli, Streptococci and Clostridi are the first bacteria harboured by the colon, followed by anaerobic Enterococci, Lattobacilli ...
Size doesn't matter to fighting fiddler crabs
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Dec 19, 2007 |
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A person’s home may be their castle and in the world of the fiddler crabs having the home advantage makes it a near certainty that you’ll win a battle against an intruder – regardless of your opponent’s size.
Does treating worms in people with HIV slow progression to AIDS?
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Dec 19, 2007 |
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Of the 25 million people infected with HIV-1 in Africa, as many as half are thought to be co-infected with worms (helminths), and there is evidence that these worms may result in a more rapid progression of HIV infection ...
Squirrels use snake scent
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Dec 19, 2007 |
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California ground squirrels and rock squirrels chew up rattlesnake skin and smear it on their fur to mask their scent from predators, according to a new study by researchers at UC Davis.
Two years in space for Galileo satellite
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 19, 2007 |
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On 28 December, it will be two years since GIOVE-A - the first Galileo satellite - was launched by a Soyuz rocket from Baikonur, in Kazakhstan. This satellite demonstrates the progress Europe has made in setting ...
Firefly genes allow testing of new therapy against lymphoma
Dec 19, 2007 |
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COLUMBUS, Ohio – Researchers here have figured out a way to use a firefly gene to let them see just how effective a new drug combination actually is against some forms of cancer and its serious complication.
Receptor protein appears to be key in breakdown of kidney filtration
Dec 19, 2007 |
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Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers have identified a new molecular pathway that appears to be involved in urinary protein loss (proteinuria). This early-stage kidney disease affects 100 million people around ...
'Jekyll and Hyde' bacteria offer pest control clue
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New research at York has revealed so-called ‘Jekyll and Hyde’ bacteria, suggesting a novel way to control insect pests without using insecticides.
