Researchers use metamaterials to alter light's path, speed
Jul 21, 2006 |
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Physicist Costas Soukoulis and his research group at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory on the Iowa State University campus are having the time of their lives making light travel backwards at negative speeds ...
Dark and distant heavenly bodies revealing the secrets of star and galaxy formation
Jul 21, 2006 |
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Today (21 July), British astronomers are releasing the first data from the largest and most sensitive survey of the heavens in infrared light to scientists across Europe. The UKIRT Infrared Deep Sky Survey ...
Protein-Nanoparticle Material Mimics Human Brain Tissue
Jul 21, 2006 |
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A composite material consisting of a horse protein and metallic nanoparticles displays magnetic properties very similar to those of human brain tissue, scientists have found. The work, published in the June 20 online edition ...
Scientists Discover Key to Growing New Stem Cells
Jul 21, 2006 |
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Scientists at Duke University Medical Center have demonstrated they can grow human stem cells in the laboratory by blocking an enzyme that naturally triggers stem cells to mature and differentiate into specialized cells.
Scientists Link Wind Shift, Medieval Mega-drought in Sandhills
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 21, 2006 |
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Today, Nebraska’s Sandhills, a region of gently rolling sand dunes blanketed with prairie grasses and wetlands that cover a quarter of the state, provide ideal habitat for wildlife and livestock. During medieval times 800 ...
Researchers develop new tool to watch real-time chemical activity in cells
Jul 21, 2006 |
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Attempts to identify potential drugs that interfere with the action of one particular enzyme linked to heart disease and similar health problems led scientists at Johns Hopkins to create a new tool and new ...
Report: Drug errors common, at times fatal
Jul 21, 2006 |
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Every day one hospital patient is the victim of at least one drug overdose or medication mistake, a national report says.
Study: Energy drinks won't keep you alert
Jul 21, 2006 |
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Researchers in England say for young people caffeine is probably better than sugar if you want to stay alert.
Frozen, raw chicken entrees sicken 29
Jul 21, 2006 |
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State health department officials are blaming undercooked frozen chicken dinners for sickening more than two dozen people in Minnesota since August.
New study fuels Louisiana subsidence controversy
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 21, 2006 |
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While erosion and wetland loss are huge problems along Louisiana's coast, the basement 30 to 50 feet beneath much of the Mississippi Delta has been highly stable for the past 8000 years with negligible subsidence ...
Large British child-cancer study published
Jul 21, 2006 |
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British scientists say children from affluent families in less densely populated environments are at high risk of childhood cancers.
Gluing Cells
Jul 21, 2006 |
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The adhesion and growth of cells on solid carriers is required for many applications. Laboratory-cultured tissues, diagnosis chips, and biosensors all have something in common: Cells need to be attached to the surface.
Space flight firm moving to Roswell, N.M.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 21, 2006 |
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Sounding more science fiction than science fact, a space flight firm is moving its headquarters from Colorado to Roswell, N.M.
Fight over water allocation in Oregon
Jul 21, 2006 |
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The federal government is being asked to hold a summit to address how to allocate contested water supplies in the Klamath River Basin in Oregon and California.
Wireless World: PDA makers eye small firms
Jul 21, 2006 |
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Christopher Bennett started two small businesses this year and recently made the executive decision to drop the BlackBerry wireless device he had been using to communicate with his clients and his partner. The entrepreneur ...
