Archive: 08/22/2006
Breast cancer: A market-driven industry
A Canadian scientist is questioning the effectiveness of privately funded efforts to stop the epidemic of breast cancer among North American women.
Aug 22, 2006 |
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U.S. expands tsunami warning system
The U.S. National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration says it has expanded its network of deep-ocean buoys to guard against tsunamis.
Aug 22, 2006 |
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Breed of mice created for leukemia study
A study by U.S. cancer scientists at Ohio State University shows a new strain of mice offers the first real animal model for an incurable chronic leukemia.
Aug 22, 2006 |
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Immune system's HIV troubles discovered
Scientists at Boston's Massachusetts General Hospital say they have discovered why the immune system cannot fight the HIV virus.
Aug 22, 2006 |
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Study shows writing about a romantic relationship may help it last longer
Writing about one’s romantic relationship may help it last longer, researchers at The University of Texas at Austin report in this month’s issue of Psychological Science.
Aug 22, 2006 |
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Chemical Cause of Antarctic Ozone Hole Discovered 20 Years Ago This Month
Twenty years ago this month, government and university scientists ventured to Antarctica to study the cause of a hole in the stratospheric ozone layer over the southernmost continent. Those observations were ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 22, 2006 |
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Wal-Mart can be good news, bad news to communities, ISU researcher says
According to an Iowa State University professor who has researched the chain's grocery division, Wal-Mart remains as strong as ever in grocery because of its efficient supply chain management strategies that allows it to ...
Aug 22, 2006 |
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Snap judgments decide a face's character, psychologist finds
We may be taught not to judge a book by its cover, but when we see a new face, our brains decide whether a person is attractive and trustworthy within a tenth of a second, according to recent Princeton research.
Aug 22, 2006 |
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Georgia Tech Investigates Liquid Crystal Polymer for NASA Applications
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have received funding from the NASA/Earth Science Technology Office to evaluate a material called liquid crystal polymer (LCP) for electronics applications ...
Aug 22, 2006 |
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South African Clone of Penn State Telescope Makes First Scientific Discovery
The new Southern African Large Telescope (SALT), an international partnership that includes Penn State, has released its first public research results, which will be published in the journal Monthly Notices of ...
Aug 22, 2006 |
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Canadian diamonds found to be oldest on Earth
For the first time, scientists have dated diamonds from the recently discovered diamond fields in Canada’s Northwest Territories and have found them to be the oldest precisely dated diamonds on Earth. They ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 22, 2006 |
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Researchers harness the power of bacteria
Looking for alternatives to world reliance on fossil fuels for energy, an interdisciplinary team of University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers is studying ways to generate electricity by feeding a species of photosynthetic ...
Aug 22, 2006 |
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Dogs 'cheated' on famous intelligence test
Chimpanzees and two-year-old children are as clever as each other but dogs are not as smart as previously thought, according to a University of Queensland study.
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Aug 22, 2006 |
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Chinese students more organized, less imaginative than American counterparts
Chinese children want to learn practical knowledge in an organized environment, while their American counterparts prefer a more imaginative school environment, a University of Florida study suggests.
Aug 22, 2006 |
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Terence Tao, 'Mozart of Math,' Is UCLA's First Mathematician Awarded the 'Nobel Prize in Mathematics'
Terence Tao became the first mathematics professor in UCLA history to be awarded the prestigious Fields Medal, often described as the "Nobel Prize in mathematics," during the opening ceremony of the International ...
Aug 22, 2006 |
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