New tool for 'right first time' drug manufacture
Sep 22, 2008 |
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A technology which provides high quality images of the crystallisation process marks the next step towards a 'right first time' approach to drug manufacture, according to engineers at the University of Leeds.
To queue or not to queue?
Sep 22, 2008 |
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If there's one thing that separates humankind from the animals, it's that human beings wait in lines. To make a deposit at the bank, to pay for groceries, even to vote -- we've all learned to queue, one behind the other. ...
Long-term study shows effect of climate change on animal diversity
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Sep 22, 2008 |
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Two species of giraffe, several rhinos and five elephant relatives, along with multitudes of rodents, bush pigs, horses, antelope and apes, once inhabited what is now northern Pakistan.
New research could lead to a vaccine for pneumococcus disease
Sep 22, 2008 |
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New research has shown how the immune system detects and destroys the bug, pneumococcus, which could help in the development of a new vaccine against the disease.
Hidden infections crucial to understanding, controlling disease outbreaks
Sep 22, 2008 |
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Scientists and news organizations typically focus on the number of dead and gravely ill during epidemics, but research at the University of Michigan suggests that less dramatic, mild infections lurking in large numbers of ...
IU sends innovative technology to Antarctica to speed polar research
Sep 22, 2008 |
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Environmental scientists studying the world's shrinking polar ice sheets will soon get a substantial boost in computing power thanks to IU's Polar Grid Project.
New approach to treating cystic fibrosis lung infection shows promise
Sep 22, 2008 |
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Researchers at the University of Calgary have found a new method of fighting severe lung infections in people with cystic fibrosis (CF). These findings are published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA, this w ...
Warning over polyclinics and super-surgeries
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 22, 2008 |
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Research carried out at the University of Leicester by Carolyn Tarrant and Tim Stokes, of the Department of Health Sciences, and Andrew Colman, of the School of Psychology, suggests that polyclinics and super-surgeries are ...
New insights could lead to a better pneumococcal vaccine
Sep 22, 2008 |
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Discovery of a new, previously unknown mechanism of immunity suggests that there may be a better way to protect vulnerable children and adults against Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcal) infection, say researchers at ...
Researchers Get to Root of Nematode Genome
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Sep 22, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- North Carolina State University scientists and colleagues have completed the genome sequence and genetic map of one of the world's most common and destructive plant parasites – Meloidogyne ...
Study examines cost-effectiveness of HIV monitoring strategy in countries with limited resources
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Sep 22, 2008 |
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In a computer-based model evaluating the benefits and costs of three types of HIV disease monitoring strategies, early initiation of antiretroviral therapy and monitoring using the CD4 count, a measure of immune system function, ...
National survey finds information tech and business alignment a struggle for American companies
Sep 22, 2008 |
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The Society for Information Management (SIM) has released an important part of its annual survey results, reporting that IT executives continue to identify lack of IT and business alignment as the top concern for companies. ...
New study highlights risk of fake popup warnings for Internet users
Sep 22, 2008 |
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A new study by researchers at North Carolina State University shows that most Internet users are unable to distinguish genuine popup warnings messages from false ones – even after repeated mistakes. The fake ones were designed ...
Researchers discover new drug target for inflammatory disease
Sep 22, 2008 |
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UC Davis researchers have defined a cellular process that promotes inflammation and, at the same time, found an important starting point for identifying and testing new drugs for diseases such as sepsis, rheumatoid arthritis, ...
Toward a fast, life-saving test for identifying the purity of heroin
Sep 22, 2008 |
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Scientists in Spain are reporting an advance toward a new method for determining the purity of heroin that could save lives by allowing investigators to quickly identify impure and more toxic forms of the ...
