Possible pet-human bacteria link studied
Mar 22, 2006 |
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Scientists at an international conference in Atlanta say they're investigating a possible link between antibiotic resistance in pets and pet owners.
Study: Soil erosion threatens human health
Mar 22, 2006 |
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A Cornell University scientist says soil around the world is being swept and washed away 10 to 40 times faster than it's being replenished.
New light on muscle efficiency: it is not the power-plant
Mar 22, 2006 |
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A recent study from Scandinavia shows that the well-known differences between individuals in the efficiency of converting energy stored in food to work done by muscles are related to muscle fibre type composition and to the ...
Tectonic 'wrinkles' in Crater De Gasparis
Mar 22, 2006 |
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This image, taken by the Advanced Moon Imaging Experiment (AMIE) on board ESA's SMART-1 spacecraft, shows Crater De Gasparis on the Moon.
Larry's cool change good for reef
Mar 22, 2006 |
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Cyclone Larry has been a nightmare on land but underwater, it may have helped save the Great Barrier Reef from disaster. University of Queensland coral reef expert Professor Ove Hoegh-Guldberg said Larry's ...
NASA's Space Technology 5 Satellites Soar Into Space
Mar 22, 2006 |
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NASA's Space Technology 5 successfully launched today at 9:04 a.m. EST, from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., on a Pegasus XL rocket.
CSIRO Builds Smart Energy System
Mar 22, 2006 |
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CSIRO technology will help to reduce black-outs and improve the reliability and efficiency of the electricity grid while reducing greenhouse emissions. It will also complement smart electricity meters promising consumers ...
Scientists find another key to HIV success
Mar 22, 2006 |
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Weill Cornell Medical College scientists say they've determined a protein produced by HIV infected cells prevents immune B cells from producing antibodies.
Networks -- in science and in life
Mar 22, 2006 |
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Links are a prerequisite for success. Top performers, for example, are often distinguished by their well-developed social networks. Still more important, links help to maintain our physical and mental health. However, the ...
Scientists fine-tuning methods for Stardust analysis
Mar 22, 2006 |
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On Sunday, January 15, NASA's Stardust mission landed safely with the first solid comet fragments ever brought back to Earth. Members of the mission's Preliminary Examination Team, including several from the ...
Going underground
Mar 22, 2006 |
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A major project to create 3D underground maps of the UK has begun, which will save the UK millions of pounds in road maintenance.
The Web: Software, on demand
Mar 22, 2006 |
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Major software players like Microsoft Corp., Oracle and SAP have started responding soberly to a trend that has been slowly escalating for years: selling "on demand" software. Such software is sold over the Internet, exactly ...
EU presses for broadband's way forward
Mar 22, 2006 |
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Great as the World Wide Web may be as a source of entertainment and information, it's not enough for people to go online. Rather, Internet access is only truly useful with a broadband connection rather than by dialup, and ...
The WHO awaits bird-flu samples from China
Mar 22, 2006 |
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The Geneva-based World Health Organization says it's awaiting delivery of about 20 bird flu virus samples that China has, so far, refused to supply.
Ideas on gas-giant planet formation take shape
Mar 22, 2006 |
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Rocky planets such as Earth and Mars are born when small particles smash together to form larger, planet-sized clusters in a planet-forming disk, but researchers are less sure about how gas-giant planets such as Jupiter and ...
