Archive: 04/20/2007
British dentists warned of vCJD risk
British dentists are being told not to re-use dental instruments from root canals because it could put patients at risk for mad cow disease.
Apr 20, 2007 |
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New pill would eliminate menstruation
A new birth control pill that stops menstruation completely is expected to be approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration next month.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Apr 20, 2007 |
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Doctors remove gallbladder through vagina
Doctors in New York have removed a woman's gall bladder vaginally with minimal external incisions.
Apr 20, 2007 |
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China meeting on space waste delayed
China, apparently fearing criticism of its recent satellite destruction, has put off hosting next week's global meeting on hazardous space waste.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 20, 2007 |
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Smith Micro Launches File Recovery Software Tool
Smith Micro has released its MediaRECOVER 4.0, a file-recovery software tool that enables users to recover their lost or corrupted digital media files.
Apr 20, 2007 |
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EMC Acquires Its Way to Juggernaut Status
These days, EMC looks a little like the Energizer Bunny - it keeps going, and going, and going - seemingly unstoppable.
Apr 20, 2007 |
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Chronic family turmoil and other problems cause physical changes
Adolescents who are chronically exposed to family turmoil, violence, noise, poor housing or other chronic risk factors show more stress-induced physiological strain on their organs and tissues than other young people.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 20, 2007 |
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Laser Acceleration of Electrons Excites Physicists
A new experiment aims to accelerate electrons using dark red light.
Apr 20, 2007 |
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Physicists Develop Force Law for Granular Impacts: Sand, Other Granular Matter's Behavior Is Better Defined
Sand. A single grain is tiny, but solid, and shares the physical properties of other solid matter. But pack or transport millions of grains together - as modern society does with coffee grounds, flour and industrial chemicals ...
Apr 20, 2007 |
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Researchers Report Ability to Detect Cancer at Earliest, Curable Stage
Researchers at the Moores Cancer Center at the University of California, San Diego report that they have developed a new method for detecting cancer very early in its development, when it consists of just a few cells. The ...
Apr 20, 2007 |
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Medical Textiles No Longer for 'External Use Only'
If you’ve ever had a broken arm – or a paper cut – you probably appreciated the healing role textiles played in your recovery. New types of materials are now being used to treat internal illnesses and injuries, making surgeries ...
Apr 20, 2007 |
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How cells deal with uncertainty
Researchers at McGill University have found that cells respond to their ever-changing environment in a way that mimics the optimal mathematical approach to doing so, also known as Bayes’ rule; an application of probability ...
Biology /
Apr 20, 2007 |
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Scientists discover vast intergalactic plasma cloud
Combining the world's largest radio telescope at Arecibo, Puerto Rico with a precision imaging, seven-antenna synthesis radio telescope at the Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory (DRAO), a team of researchers led by ...
Apr 20, 2007 |
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Brain networks strengthened by closing ion channels
Yale School of Medicine and University of Crete School of Medicine researchers report in Cell April 20 the first evidence of a molecular mechanism that dynamically alters the strength of higher brain network connections.
Apr 20, 2007 |
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Study shows how brain interprets surfaces
Imagine looking at a pool of spilled milk. Your brain knows that it's milk and not another white substance like sugar, or cottage cheese, but how does it know?
Apr 20, 2007 |
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