New treatment yields complete regression of a human cancer in mice
Apr 23, 2007 |
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A simple modification in an anti-cancer treatment currently in clinical trials substantially improves the drug’s effectiveness and reduces side effects in experiments with laboratory mice, researchers are reporting in an ...
Lessons to be learned from society of robots
Apr 23, 2007 |
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An Exeter political philosopher is embarking on an exciting project researching an artificial society of robots. As part of a team of academics from six universities, Robin Durie will be looking at how ‘artificial culture’ ...
WiFi could be health risk at schools
Apr 23, 2007 |
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British health officials want an investigation into possible hazards of wireless communication, which is increasingly being used in British schools.
One of life's most common compounds causes allergic inflammation
Apr 23, 2007 |
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The beetle’s back and the crab’s shell owe their toughness to a common compound called chitin that now appears to trigger airway inflammation and possibly asthma, UCSF scientists have found.
Samsung Develops New, Highly Efficient Stacking Process for DRAM
Apr 23, 2007 |
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Samsung Electronics today announced that it has developed the first all-DRAM stacked memory package using ‘through silicon via’ (TSV) technology, which will soon result in memory packages that are faster, ...
Lean for life
Apr 23, 2007 |
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Infant formula and other baby foods that provide permanent protection from obesity and diabetes into adulthood could be on shop shelves soon, reports Lisa Melton in Chemistry & Industry.
India launches first commercial rocket
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 23, 2007 |
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India's first commercial rocket was fired into space Monday, carrying a 776-pound Italian satellite that will collect data on the origins of the universe.
A steady, high-fat diet is bad, but the news gets worse
Apr 23, 2007 |
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So much for the adage, ‘All things in moderation.’ Researchers at the University of Calgary have found that people who consume a single, high-fat meal are more prone to suffer the physical consequences of stress than those ...
Cell phone signals could provide bird’s-eye view of crises and emergency response
Technology / Computer Sciences
Apr 23, 2007 |
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Someday, emergency response teams handling a crisis like Hurricane Katrina, or even a major traffic jam, may coordinate their responses using a system that projects a bird’s-eye view of human movement by tracking cell phone ...
Doctors: Britain's healthcare system sick
Apr 23, 2007 |
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Britain's free healthcare system is a mirage, charges a report released Monday by leading doctors.
Got brain? Neural mechanisms play role in healthy bone growth
Apr 23, 2007 |
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Scientists searching for a gene therapy to control obesity have unexpectedly discovered a way that the brain regulates bone growth, a finding that shines new light on osteoporosis and other bone-robbing diseases.
Does migraine protect your memory?
Apr 23, 2007 |
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Women with a lifetime history of migraine showed less of a performance decline over time on cognitive tests than women who didn’t have migraines. Researchers say medications for migraine, diet and behavior changes may play ...
Study links faulty DNA repair to Huntington's disease onset
Apr 23, 2007 |
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Huntington’s disease, an inherited neurodegenerative disorder that affects roughly 30,000 Americans, is incurable and fatal. But a new discovery about how cells repair their DNA points to a possible way to ...
New use found for tunneling microscope
Apr 23, 2007 |
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Dutch researchers have found a new use for scanning tunneling microscopes: visualizing individual catalysts at work at a solid-liquid interface.
Motile Cilia Go With the Flow
Biology /
Apr 23, 2007 |
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Cilia, tiny hair-like structures that propel mucus out of airways, have to agree on the direction of the fluid flow to get things moving. Researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies discovered ...
