Archive: 09/22/2006
New device tests uncertainty principle with new precision
In the submicroscopic world -- the domain of elementary particles and individual atoms -- things behave in the strange, counter-intuitive fashion governed by the principles of quantum mechanics. Nothing (or ...
Sep 22, 2006 |
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AIDS economic impact has hefty tab
The estimated economic cost of HIV and AIDS in the United States is about $36.4 billion annually, federal government researchers say.
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Sep 22, 2006 |
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British doctors argue over Caesareans
More experienced doctors present during the final stages of labor would mean a lot less emergency Caesarean sections, a British report says.
Sep 22, 2006 |
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$100 million gift given to fight cancer
The Starr Foundation has donated $100 million to promote cancer research at four New York institutions and one in Massachusetts.
Sep 22, 2006 |
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Dig uncovers 200-year-old rectory in Mo.
Archaeologists have found the remains of an 18th century rectory used by French missionaries in what is now a park in a St. Louis suburb.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Sep 22, 2006 |
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Stolen U.S.bone grafts sold to British
Bone grafts allegedly stolen in the United States have gone to at least 40 British patients, it was reported Friday.
Sep 22, 2006 |
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China has its worst spell of acid rain
China had its worst spell of acid rain in August with Beijing among the hardest hit, the China Meteorological Administration said Friday.
Sep 22, 2006 |
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Research breakthrough for the protein factories of tomorrow
Using a kind of molecular ‘hip joint operation,’ researchers at Uppsala University have succeeded in replacing a natural amino acid in a protein with an artificial one. This step forward opens the possibility of creating ...
Biology /
Sep 22, 2006 |
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Surprises from the Edge of the Solar System
Almost every day, the great antennas of NASA's Deep Space Network turn to a blank patch of sky in the constellation Ophiuchus. Pointing at nothing, or so it seems, they invariably pick up a signal, faint but ...
Sep 22, 2006 |
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When nerve cells can’t make contact
Using an animal model, brain researchers in Göttingen have examined the effects of mutations that cause autism in humans. These are mutations in the genes which carry the building instructions for proteins ...
Sep 22, 2006 |
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A new understanding of how cells defend themselves against bacterial pore-forming toxins
Biologists at the EPFL (Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne) have unveiled a new twist in a metabolic pathway that cells use to defend themselves against toxins made by disease-causing bacteria.
Biology /
Sep 22, 2006 |
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Leicester scientist watch mother nature breathing in
Earth Observation Scientists at the University of Leicester have been able to measure from space for the first time signals showing the amount of carbon dioxide taken up by plants, in a project hailed by the Natural Environment ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 22, 2006 |
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Bigger is not necessarily better -- in hydrogen storage
University of Nottingham scientists have made a breakthrough which could help in the development of the next generation of environmentally-friendly cars. Their latest findings on hydrogen storage could be crucial in the development ...
Sep 22, 2006 |
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Satellites reveal that green means rain in Africa
Scientists from the NERC – funded Climate and Land Surface Interactions Centre (CLASSIC) have found that the presence of green vegetation has a major influence on the amount of rain that falls in the Sahel region of Africa, ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 22, 2006 |
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Lighting up the heart
A major breakthrough in research could lead to improved recovery of the heart when it is re-started after a heart attack or cardiac surgery.
Sep 22, 2006 |
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