Fermi nuke plant used wrong test for years
Feb 22, 2007 |
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The U.S.-based Union of Concerned Scientists says the Fermi Nuclear Power Plant near Detroit used the wrong backup systems safety test for 20 years.
Research ties harmless viruses to cancer
Feb 22, 2007 |
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Research led by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) may link viruses that have been considered harmless to chromosomal instability (CIN) and cancer. "If the model that we propose is correct, protecting the body against viruses, ...
Study: Inhabitants of early settlement were desperate to find metals
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Feb 22, 2007 |
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A new study provides evidence that the last inhabitants of Christopher Columbus’ first settlement desperately tried to extract silver from lead ore, originally brought from Spain for other uses, just before abandoning the ...
New use for waste cooking oil is found
Feb 22, 2007 |
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U.S. scientists say waste cooking oil from restaurant deep fryers -- known as "yellow grease" -- could be transformed into therapeutic cosmetics.
Hubble Telescope Celebrates SN 1987A's 20th Anniversary
Feb 22, 2007 |
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Twenty years ago, astronomers witnessed one of the brightest stellar explosions in more than 400 years. The titanic supernova, called SN 1987A, blazed with the power of 100 million suns for several months following ...
LA region's garages suffering identity crisis, say UCLA researchers
Feb 22, 2007 |
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Forget hot tubs beckoning sybaritic adults, garages brimming with impressive cars and families frolicking on verdant lawns. From their clutter-strewn garages to their mostly lovely but abandoned yards, busy Southern California ...
How stem cells are regulated
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Feb 22, 2007 |
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Researchers from Biotech Research & Innovation Centre (BRIC) at University of Copenhagen have identified a new group of proteins that regulate the function of stem cells. The results are published in the new issue of Cell.
Poll: Bush not trusted on healthcare
Feb 22, 2007 |
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A new poll suggests that U.S. citizens do not trust U.S. President George Bush to reform the nation's healthcare system while 50 percent trust the Democrats.
'Bridge' protein spurs deadliest stages of breast cancer
Feb 22, 2007 |
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A protein known for its ability to "bridge" interactions between other cellular proteins may spur metastasis in breast cancer, the disease’s deadliest stage, a study from Burnham Institute for Medical Research has found.
Scientists produce neurons from human skin
Feb 22, 2007 |
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Scientists from Université Laval’s Faculty of Medicine have succeeded in producing neurons in vitro using stem cells extracted from adult human skin. This is the first time such an advanced state of nerve cell differentiation ...
Killing the messenger RNA -- But which one?
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Feb 22, 2007 |
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Tiny molecules called microRNAs, only 19 to 21 nucleotides in length, are able to effectively silence sometimes large sets of genes. They do this by specifically binding to and neutralizing another form of RNA called messenger ...
Students thrilled by Glenn's tale of orbit
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 22, 2007 |
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Nearly 300 students were spellbound at an Ohio theater when astronaut and former U.S. Sen. John Glenn, D-Ohio, described his 1962 space flight.
Opening and closing the genome
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Feb 22, 2007 |
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At any given time, most of the roughly 30,000 genes that constitute the human genome are inactive, or repressed, closed to the cellular machinery that transcribes genes into the proteins of the body. In an average cell, only ...
E. coli bacteria migrating between humans, chimps in Ugandan park
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Feb 22, 2007 |
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Scientists from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana have found that people employed in chimpanzee-focused research and tourism in a park in western Uganda are exchanging gastrointestinal bacteria ...
Lower carbon dioxide emissions from coal-fueled power plants possible with technology development
Feb 22, 2007 |
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A more economical technology for a 90 percent reduction of carbon dioxide emissions from coal-fueled power plants is being developed by a chemical engineer and his colleagues at The University of Texas at Austin as part of ...
