Archive: 08/21/2006
Fraud in construction linked to pollution
Chinese officials are blaming fraudulent project approval procedures and slow construction of pollution control facilities for increased pollution.
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Korea to sell programmable robot
South Korean scientists say they plan to begin marketing an advanced robot that can be programmed by personal computers.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Aug 21, 2006 |
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No Hobbits in this Shire
The skeletal remains found in a cave on the island of Flores, Indonesia, reported in 2004, do not represent a new species as then claimed but are some of the ancestors of modern human pygmies who live on the ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Aug 21, 2006 |
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Nanoparticle Enables Light-Activated Ovarian Cancer Detection and Therapy
By combining a compound produced by the plant St. John’s wort with polymeric nanoparticles, researchers at the University of Geneva in Switzerland have developed a promising method for treating ovarian tumors using light. ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Aug 21, 2006 |
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Playing possum: one love or free love?
Why are some males faithful, stay-at-home partners while others sleep around, with no strings attached? In mountain brushtail possums, it turns out to depend on how disturbed their home is.
Biology /
Aug 21, 2006 |
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Study shows how cigarette smoke blocks cell repair
Cigarette smoke can turn normal breast cells cancerous by blocking their ability to repair themselves, eventually triggering tumor development, University of Florida scientists report.
Aug 21, 2006 |
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Samsung Develops First 70-inch LCD TV Panel
Samsung Electronics has developed the first 70-inch LCD panel for use in the consumer TV market. Currently, the largest LCD TV screen size is 65 inches. The company will unveil its 70-inch LCD HDTV at the ...
Aug 21, 2006 |
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Britain disallowing two cancer drugs
The watchdog for Britain's National Health Service won't allow doctors to prescribe two new drugs for the treatment of advanced colorectal cancer.
Aug 21, 2006 |
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Rabbit flu takes British farmer's life
A 29-year-old farmer is believed to be Britain's first fatal case of rabbit flu.
Aug 21, 2006 |
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It's a record summer for some turtles
Italian scientists say an endangered species of marine turtle -- loggerhead turtles -- are appearing along Italy's southern shores in increasing numbers.
Biology /
Aug 21, 2006 |
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Researchers reverse Friedreich's ataxia defect in cell culture
In the new study, Scripps research team tested a variety of compounds that inhibited a class of enzymes known as histone deacetylases in a cell line derived from blood cells from a Fredreich's ataxia sufferer. One of these ...
Biology /
Aug 21, 2006 |
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Study identifies molecular process underlying leukemia
New research from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has identified a molecular process in cells that is crucial to the development of two common leukemias. The findings help explain how fundamental cell processes ...
Aug 21, 2006 |
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'Frozen' natural gas discovered at unexpectedly shallow depths
An international team of research scientists has reported greater knowledge of how gas hydrate deposits form in nature, subsequent to a scientific ocean-drilling expedition off Canada's western coast.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 21, 2006 |
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New methods for screening nanoparticles
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have developed a screening method to examine how newly made nanoparticles interact with human cells following exposure for various times and doses.
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Aug 21, 2006 |
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Giant chambers to test climate change effects on native trees
A climatic time machine has been built at the University of Western Sydney's Hawkesbury Campus to mimic a world facing new environmental conditions.
Biology /
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