Archive: 06/22/2007
Gallbladder removed through woman's mouth
An Oregon doctor is the first surgeon in the United States to remove a woman's gallbladder through her mouth.
Jun 22, 2007 |
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Microbiologist hits pay dirt
The current edition of science journal Nature describes how Macquarie University microbiologist Dr Belinda Ferrari has been the first scientist worldwide to culture a particular family of bacteria in the lab, by growing it in ...
Biology /
Jun 22, 2007 |
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Fujitsu Develops Technology for High-Reliability Gallium Nitride HEMT
Fujitsu Laboratories today announced the development of a new high-reliability technology for high power gallium nitride (GaN) high electron-mobility transistors (HEMT), paving the way for commercialization ...
Jun 22, 2007 |
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Atlantis Set to Land Today
Flight controllers decided to try landing at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., after weather failed to improve at Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 22, 2007 |
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Online Shoppers Trust Reputations of Sellers More at Amazon Than at eBay: Study
The right feedback design can be critical to the long-term success of online marketplaces and auction sites, and they can also help consumers become better shoppers, according to a study from the Sauder School of Business ...
Jun 22, 2007 |
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Mars Rover Laser Tool Ready for Testing
Mars mission Job One: Get there. Job Two: Find rocks and zap them with your laser tool. Now learn the nature of the debris by spectrographically analyzing the ensuing dust and fragments. It’s every kid’s dream, ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 22, 2007 |
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UCLA Study First to Show Autistic Brains Can Be Trained to Recognize Visual and Vocal Cues
To understand the meaning of a conversation, kids automatically do what adults do —besides processing the meaning of words, they unconsciously "read" the expression on a person's face and listen to their tone of voice, then ...
Jun 22, 2007 |
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Archeologists Turn to Professional MythBusters for Stone-Age Experiment
In the Stone Age, prehistoric peoples created weapons by making stone projectile points and affixing them to arrow and spear shafts. Until now, no one has researched the technological advantage or disadvantage ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jun 22, 2007 |
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Stem cells to repair damaged heart muscle
In the first trial of its kind in the world, 60 patients who have recently suffered a major heart attack will be injected with selected stem cells from their own bone marrow during routine coronary bypass surgery.
Jun 22, 2007 |
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Targeting key proteins of carcinogenesis
Misfolded and disused proteins are eliminated by a cellular shredder called the proteasome. The cell labels the proteins it wants to dispose with Ubiquitin (Ub) in order to avoid the unwanted degradation of still needed proteins. ...
Jun 22, 2007 |
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New vaccine prevents CMV infection and disease in mice
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences have patented a strategy for developing a human vaccine to prevent against Human Cytomegalovirus (hCMV) infection ...
Jun 22, 2007 |
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New nano-method may help compress computer memory
A team of chemists at Brown University have devised a simple way to synthesize iron-platinum nanorods and nanowires while controlling both size and composition. Nanorods with uniform shape and magnetic alignment ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jun 22, 2007 |
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Insulin pill may mean end to daily shots
A British company has developed an insulin pill that may provide better control of diabetes symptoms than daily insulin injections.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jun 22, 2007 |
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Great Lakes slowly losing water
Boaters on Lake Superior said the water is so low it appears the world's largest freshwater lake is disappearing.
Jun 22, 2007 |
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New Delhi eyes frogs to stop mosquitos
New Delhi officials are considering the import of thousands of mosquito-eating frogs to prevent an outbreak of dengue fever.
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Jun 22, 2007 |
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