NASA works to improve short-term weather forecasts
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 21, 2008 |
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Sometimes seconds count. If a furious, tornado-spitting thunderstorm was bearing down on your home town, a few moments might make all the difference in the world.
Study reveals air pollution is causing widespread and serious impacts to ecosystems
Jul 21, 2008 |
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If you are living in the eastern United States, the environment around you is being harmed by air pollution. From Adirondack forests and Shenandoah streams to Appalachian wetlands and the Chesapeake Bay, a ...
Researchers offer glimpse of rare mutant cells
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Jul 21, 2008 |
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MIT biological engineers have developed a new imaging system that allows them to see cells that have undergone a specific mutation.
Keeping up with your peers, securely
Technology / Computer Sciences
Jul 21, 2008 |
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Mobile peer-to-peer (P2P) applications allow a team or group to create new levels of ad hoc co-operation and collaboration around a specific, real-time goal. But developing compelling and secure applications is a challenge. ...
Outdoor enthusiasts scaring off native carnivores in parks
Jul 21, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Even a quiet stroll in the park can dramatically change natural ecosystems, according to a new study by conservation biologists from the University of California, Berkeley. These findings could have important ...
Nanotechnology: Learning from past mistakes
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jul 21, 2008 |
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A new expert analysis in Nature Nanotechnology questions whether industry, government and scientists are successfully applying lessons learned from past technologies to ensure the safe and responsible development of emergi ...
A new-generation of simpler sensors for detecting disease-causing microbes and toxins
Jul 21, 2008 |
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Scientists in Singapore are reporting development of a complete, palm-sized sensor that can detect disease-causing microbes, toxins, and other biological threats instantly without the need for an external ...
Gene panel predicts lung cancer survival, study finds
Jul 21, 2008 |
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Researchers from four leading cancer centers have confirmed that an analysis involving a panel of genes can be used to predict which lung cancer patients will have the worst survival. The finding could one day lead to a test ...
Memory impairment associated with sound processing disorder
Jul 21, 2008 |
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Mild memory impairment may be associated with central auditory processing dysfunction, or difficulty hearing in complex situations with competing noise, such as hearing a single conversation amid several other conversations, ...
Milestone for cannabinoid MS study
Jul 21, 2008 |
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The CUPID (Cannabinoid Use in Progressive Inflammatory brain Disease) study at the Peninsula Medical School in Plymouth has reached an important milestone with the news that the full cohort of 493 people with multiple sclerosis ...
Once suspect protein found to promote DNA repair, prevent cancer
Jul 21, 2008 |
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An abundant chromosomal protein that binds to damaged DNA prevents cancer development by enhancing DNA repair, researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center report online this week in the Proceedings of ...
NSF awards grant to track 'space weather' in Earth's near-space environment
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 21, 2008 |
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Global and real-time "space weather" observations of near-Earth space--and the solar storms that can knock out electric power grids--is about to happen for the first time, thanks to funding from the National ...
Promising results in deep brain stimulation for patients with treatment-resistant depression
Jul 21, 2008 |
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New data from a study of patients with treatment-resistant depression who underwent deep brain stimulation (DBS) in the subcallosal cingulate region (SCG or Cg25) of the brain shows that this intervention is generally safe ...
Carbon dioxide laser resurfacing may reduce wrinkles over long term
Jul 21, 2008 |
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Carbon dioxide laser resurfacing appears to be an effective long-term treatment for facial wrinkles, according to a report in the July/August issue of Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery.
Scientists identify how gastric reflux may trigger asthma
Jul 21, 2008 |
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Researchers at Duke University Medical Center appear to have solved at least a piece of a puzzle that has mystified physicians for years: why so many patients with asthma also suffer from GERD, or gastroesophageal reflux ...
