Geographer designs computer model to predict crowd behavior
Technology / Computer Sciences
May 21, 2007 |
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Patterns of human behavior and movement in crowded cities – the tipping point at which agitated crowds become anti-social mobs, the configuration of civic areas as defensible spaces that also promote free speech, the design ...
K-State attosecond research could aid Homeland Security
May 21, 2007 |
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Building a new laser-like X-ray source powerful and quick enough to capture fast motion in the atomic world is a big job. But Zenghu Chang, Kansas State University professor of physics, and his team of physicists and engineers ...
Three Gorges Dam shrinking Yangtze delta
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 21, 2007 |
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Chinese scientists have determined how China's Three Gorges Dam -- the world's largest dam -- affects downstream sediment delivery in the Yangtze River.
Three Wishes for a Future Internet? GENI Project Will Soon Be At Your Command
Technology / Computer Sciences
May 21, 2007 |
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If the proverbial genie gave Internet users three wishes for an improved network what would they ask for? Peace of mind about secure financial transactions" Protection from hackers? Inventive new applications ...
Handheld device 'sees' damage in concrete bridges, piers
May 21, 2007 |
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Engineers at MIT have developed a new technique for detecting damage in concrete bridges and piers that could increase the safety of aging infrastructure by allowing easier, more frequent, onsite inspections ...
Coal-to-liquids plant is considered
May 21, 2007 |
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The U.S. Department of Energy has issued a feasibility study for a commercial 50,000-barrel-a-day coal-to-liquids facility in the Illinois coal basin.
Jet lag: It's all about chemical reactions in cells
May 21, 2007 |
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Circadian clocks regulate the timing of biological functions in almost all higher organisms. Anyone who has flown through several time zones knows the jet lag that can result when this timing is disrupted.
Study: Water chemical can cause cancer
May 21, 2007 |
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U.S. government scientists have found evidence the chemical hexavalent chromium in drinking water causes cancer in lab animals.
Repair of DNA by Brca2 gene prevents medulloblastoma
May 21, 2007 |
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Investigators at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have gained some of the first major insights into how certain genes known to prevent cancer also guide the normal development of the nervous system before birth and during ...
Hotter is better for removing allergens in laundry
May 21, 2007 |
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A new study finds that the heat setting you choose when doing laundry makes all the difference when it comes to killing dust mites.
Some vitamin supplements don't protect against lung cancer
May 21, 2007 |
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A study of more than 75,000 adults found that taking supplemental multivitamins, vitamin C and E and folate do not decrease the risk of lung cancer. The findings are being reported at the American Thoracic Society 2007 International ...
Anti-cancer gene: not what it was thought
May 21, 2007 |
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U.S. scientists say a gene thought to be essential in helping chemotherapy kill cancer cells, might actually help them thrive.
SID 2007: Samsung Shows 70" 120 Hz Full-HD LCD, Flexible Color E-paper Display and 40" LED-backlit 'Display of Year'
May 21, 2007 |
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Samsung Electronics is exhibiting two of its leading display products, as well as a few highly promising concept prototypes at the 45th annual Society for Display (SID) 2007 exhibition (Long Beach, CA, May ...
Biting Discovery: Entomologist Finds Host of New Aquatic Insect Species in Thailand
Biology /
May 21, 2007 |
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While in Thailand, a University of Missouri-Columbia researcher found a treasure trove of previously unknown information about aquatic insects in the country. In the process, he learned firsthand that a few of these little ...
Geoscience converges under pressure
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 21, 2007 |
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The contents of the deep Earth affect the planet as a whole, including life at its surface, but scientists must find unusual ways to "see" it. Only recently have researchers been able to produce the extreme temperatures and ...
