Persistent smokers may have higher risk to become depressed than never smokers
May 21, 2007 |
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Based on a Finnish study, persistent smokers may have higher risk to become depressed in comparison to never smokers. Also those smokers who quit have an elevated risk of depressive symptoms in short run. However, in long ...
K-State biologist hopes mosquito can break viral chain
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May 21, 2007 |
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Most people do their best to avoid mosquitoes. But this summer Rollie Clem will play the wary host to his own homegrown swarm of Aedes aegypti, the yellow fever mosquito. He's made a room ready for them, and even a menu.
Archeologists find late 1500s shipwreck
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
May 21, 2007 |
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Archeologists in Britain have revealed the findings from a shipwrecked Tudor warship believed to have sunk around the year 1592.
Microsoft's FCS Only Partially Delivers the Goods
May 21, 2007 |
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Review: eWEEK Labs found that Microsoft's new Forefront Client Security package meets only the baseline requirements for an enterprise security solution.
Wearing Your Wireless
May 21, 2007 |
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Movies and television have educated us more than we know. Thanks to detective thrillers, we understand about the drama of "wearing a wire." But a NASA-sponsored technology is paving the way for all of us to ...
Chenango dry pet food recall is expanded
May 21, 2007 |
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the expansion of a voluntary dry pet food recall initiated by Chenango Valley Pet Foods.
How does day length affect aggression in mice? It's in the genes
May 21, 2007 |
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Imagine if a naturally occurring chemical in your body could help make you feel more calm and relaxed – but it would only work during the long days of summer. The same chemical would, instead, make you aggressive and nasty ...
Parkinson's protein protects neurons from stress induced cell death
May 21, 2007 |
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The scientists could show that Parkin prevents the induction of neuronal cell death. As reported in the Journal of Neuroscience, the protein activates a survival mechanism which had been known for its prominent role in imm ...
Researchers Growing Bone in a Lab
May 21, 2007 |
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As the nation ages, an estimated 44 million Americans, including at least half of those ages 50 and older, are at risk for osteoporosis, making their bones fragile and vulnerable to serious fractures.
Google Cautious on Microsoft Patent Claims
May 21, 2007 |
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Chris DiBona, open-source programs manager at Google, says the jury is still out on Microsoft's recent claims that free and open-source software violates 235 Microsoft patents.
HP Switches Key to CERN's LHC Project
May 21, 2007 |
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CERN's own network upgrade in support of the Large Hadron Collider project involved more than just connecting the 8,000 PC processors it is using at its data center.
Galileo rubidium clocks – a year of in-orbit experience
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 21, 2007 |
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Europe’s first satellite-borne rubidium clocks have been in orbit for over a year. There is good news for the building of the Galileo system: the results obtained from GIOVE-A’s first year of operations show ...
Bigelow laboratory scientists doach to study marine microbes
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May 21, 2007 |
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In a paper published this month in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Dr. Ramunas Stepanauskas and Dr. Michael Sieracki have proven a new method of identifying genetic codes of ocean microbes from a sing ...
MIT reports key pathway in synaptic plasticity
May 21, 2007 |
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Scientists are keenly studying how neurons form synapses--the physical and chemical connections between neurons--and the "pruning" of neural circuits during development, not least because synaptic abnormalities may partially ...
Caffeine powder is recalled
May 21, 2007 |
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Spectrum Laboratory Products Inc. is recalling its Caffeine Citrated Powder due to potential potency issues.
