Archive: 09/21/2006
Fat, thin caterpillars are studied
A U.S.-led international team of scientists says there's no obesity epidemic among insects and the researchers believe they now know why.
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Statistics found biomedically effective
U.S. scientists say they have used "recursive partitioning" to identify a mix of neuroendocrine and immune markers that frequently predict mortality.
Sep 21, 2006 |
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San Diego hospital sanctioned
The Sharp Memorial Hospital of San Diego, Calif., has been publicly sanctioned and put on probation by the federal contractor in charge of transplant programs.
Sep 21, 2006 |
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Oxen feared extinct may never have existed
U.S. scientists say a species of ox discovered in Cambodia in 1937 and hailed as one of the 20th century's most famous finds might never have existed.
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Japan urged to end cruel dolphin hunts
An international consortium of scientists is organizing a campaign to halt the annual Japanese dolphin hunts that are said to be extremely cruel.
Sep 21, 2006 |
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E. coli found in water near spinach fields
California officials say the E. coli bacterium recently discovered in U.S.-produced bags of spinach is found in nearly all Salinas Valley waterways.
Sep 21, 2006 |
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Self-Aligning Liquid Crystal Technique Could Simplify Manufacture of Display Devices
A new technique for creating vertical alignment among liquid crystal molecules could allow development of less-costly flexible displays and lead to a better understanding of the factors that govern operation ...
Sep 21, 2006 |
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First Evidence Found of Mirror Neuron’s Role in Language
What do we find so gripping about a good book, the kind that makes us stay up later than we should to find out what happens to hero or heroine?
Sep 21, 2006 |
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Powerful people take more risks
Powerful people view life through rose-colored glasses, with their more optimistic outlook ultimately leading them to engage in riskier behavior.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 21, 2006 |
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PASER: A Novel Acceleration Scheme Demonstrated
A group of scientists from the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology has used the Accelerator Test Facility (ATF) at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory to demonstrate, for the first time, the ...
Sep 21, 2006 |
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True or False? How Do We Know?
Innocent or guilty? A jury's finding can depend on the recollection of an eyewitness to crime, but memory is a tricky thing. In the past 20 years, the notion of false memory has moved from the psychology laboratory to the ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 21, 2006 |
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Feminist view of the body
We do not just have bodies; we are bodies. Dutch researcher Silvia Stoller used this proposition from phenomenology as a basis for studying the theories of three influential feminist philosophies. Her study sheds new light ...
Sep 21, 2006 |
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Ultrafast star escapes black hole
At last astronomers have a method to accurately measure the speed of stars within a galaxy containing a black hole. Dutch researcher Alessia Gualandris developed the algorithm for this in cooperation with the Astronomical ...
Sep 21, 2006 |
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One protein, two channels: Scientists explain mechanism in aquaporins
Using computer simulations and experimental results, researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the University of Arizona have identified a key component of the gating mechanism in aquaporins that controls ...
Sep 21, 2006 |
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'Extreme Physics' Observatory Ready for Final Assembly
The primary instrument for NASA’s Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) arrived at General Dynamics, Scottsdale, Ariz., on September 18 for mounting onto the spacecraft.
Sep 21, 2006 |
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