NIST releases final WTC 7 investigation report
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The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today released its final report on the Sept. 11, 2001, collapse of the 47-story World Trade Center building 7 (WTC 7) in New York City. The final report ...
Fountain of Youth to be found in the anthill?
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Aging – we are all doing it. It is relentless and terminal. Auguries and alchemists, mendicants and magicians, philosophers and science fiction writers, researchers and plastic surgeons have employed all their ...
Brain reorganizes to adjust for loss of vision
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A new study from Georgia Tech shows that when patients with macular degeneration focus on using another part of their retina to compensate for their loss of central vision, their brain seems to compensate ...
Sweet success for new stem cell ID trick
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Biomaterial scientists in Manchester believe they have found a new way of isolating the ‘ingredients’ needed for potential stem cell treatments for nerve damage and heart disease.
Want to win friends and influence people? Use Facebook and IM, studies suggest
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(PhysOrg.com) -- It's an age-old question: How do you get a new acquaintance to like you? Jeff Hancock, associate professor of communication, says that he and his research team have found in two studies that ...
Research finds way to double rice crops in drought-stricken areas
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University of Alberta research has yielded a way to double the output of rice crops in some of the world's poorest, most distressed areas.
Uncertainty can be more stressful than clear negative feedback
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 20, 2008 |
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We are faced with uncertainty every day. Will our investments pay off? Will we get the promotions we are hoping for? When faced with the unknown, most people experience some degree of anxiety and discomfort. Exactly how much ...
11,000 alien species invade Europe
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For the first time it is now possible to get a comprehensive overview of which alien species are present in Europe, their impacts and consequences for the environment and society. More than 11,000 alien species have been ...
Pure insulin-producing cells produced in mouse
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Singapore researchers have developed an unlimited number of pure insulin-producing cells from mouse embryonic stem cells (ESCs).
Type of breast reconstruction impacts radiation therapy outcomes
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For breast cancer patients who underwent a mastectomy who undergo radiation therapy after immediate breast reconstruction, autologous tissue reconstruction provides fewer long-term complications and better cosmetic results ...
Racialized communication met with silence in the classroom
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A new article in the journal Communication, Culture & Critique illustrates the ways some college students bear the costs of silence-mediated racialized communication in their everyday classroom activities. Specifically, the es ...
Surgeons perform world's first pediatric robotic bladder reconstruction
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A 10-year-old Chicago girl born with an abnormally small bladder that made her incontinent has become the first patient to benefit from a new robotic-assisted bladder-reconstruction method developed by surgeons ...
NRL scientists study cracks in brittle materials
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The Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) is part of an international team of scientists that is learning more about how cracks form in brittle materials. The team used both computer modeling and experimentation to investigate ...
Foundations for the World Wide Grid
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The dream of using the internet to allow people to access as much computer processing and storage power as they need, when they need it, is a step closer thanks to European researchers.
The flash before the flood
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 20, 2008 |
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Flash floods are the most common natural disaster in the United States, and because of their unpredictability they're the leading weather-related cause of death for Americans. They usually arrive with little or no warning, ...
