Archive: 12/21/2007
Cornell researcher seeks clues to how tuberculosis infects cells
Cornell researchers are using advanced genetic techniques to better understand the relationship between the bacteria that cause tuberculosis and the human immune system defense cells that engulf them.
Dec 21, 2007 |
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Resolutions should include your computing life, too
Changing computer habits rarely makes the list of top New Year's Resolutions, but there are three digital resolutions you should make to have a happier 2008, says Gerry McCartney, vice president for information technology ...
Dec 21, 2007 |
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Shopping on-line reduces a midnight clear's carbon dioxide
Holiday shoppers who do most of their gift gathering on-line are saving more than wear and tear on their toes. They are also trimming emissions of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere by nearly half a million ...
Dec 21, 2007 |
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New Wireless Devices Could Help Consumers Keep Track of their Vital Signs
Forget about videogames or driving directions. Paul Blair thinks the next ‘killer’ mobile applications will be for monitoring your health. The Calit2 staff researcher should know; he is working on a range ...
Dec 21, 2007 |
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Mars rovers find new evidence of 'habitable niche'
Inch by power-conserving inch, drivers on Earth have moved the Mars rover Spirit to a spot where it has its best chance at surviving a third Martian winter -- and where it will celebrate its fourth anniversary ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 21, 2007 |
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Workplace, community engagement key to interracial friendship
People who are involved in community organizations and activities and who socialize with their co-workers are much more likely to have friends of another race than those who do not, according to a landmark study of interracial ...
Dec 21, 2007 |
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Psychologists explore public policy and effects of media violence on children
Although hundreds of studies link media violence to aggression in children and adolescents, most public policy attempts to reduce children's media violence exposure in the U.S. have failed. Efforts to restrict children's ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 21, 2007 |
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Cancer stem cells: know thine enemy
Stem cells -- popularly known as a source of biological rejuvenation -- may play harmful roles in the body, specifically in the growth and spread of cancer. Amongst the wildly dividing cells of a tumor, scientists have located ...
Dec 21, 2007 |
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Songbirds offer clues to highly practiced motor skills in humans
The melodious sound of a songbird may appear effortless, but his elocutions are actually the result of rigorous training undergone in youth and maintained throughout adulthood. His tune has virtually “crystallized” by maturity. ...
Dec 21, 2007 |
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ASML, Zeiss and Canon Cross-license Lithography Equipment Patent Portfolios
ASML Holding NV and Carl Zeiss SMT today announce that each has signed an agreement with Canon for the global cross-license of patents in their respective fields of semiconductor lithography and optical components, used to ...
Dec 21, 2007 |
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LIGO Sheds Light on Cosmic Event
An analysis by the international LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory) Scientific Collaboration has excluded one previously leading explanation for the origin of an intense gamma-ray burst that occurred ...
Dec 21, 2007 |
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Airport security measures not backed by solid evidence
There is no solid evidence that the huge amounts of money spent on airport security screening measures since September 11th are effective, argue researchers in this week’s Christmas issue of the BMJ.
Dec 21, 2007 |
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Many common medical beliefs are untrue
Should we drink at least eight glasses of water a day? Does shaving hair cause it to grow back faster or coarser? Does reading in dim light ruin your eyesight?
Dec 21, 2007 |
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Gene neighbors may have taken turns battling retroviruses
A cluster of antiviral genes in humans has likely battled retroviral invasions for millions of years. New research by Sara Sawyer, Ph.D., a postdoctoral research fellow in the Basic Sciences Division at Fred Hutchinson Cancer ...
Dec 21, 2007 |
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Light powered platinum more targeted and 80 times more powerful than similar cancer treatments
Researchers from the Universities of Warwick, Edinburgh, Dundee and the Czech Republic’s Institute of Biophysics have discovered a new light-activated platinum-based compound that is up to 80 times more powerful than other ...
Dec 21, 2007 |
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