Archive: 07/23/2007
Researchers work toward spark-free, fuel-efficient engines
In an advance that could help curb global demand for oil, MIT researchers have demonstrated how ordinary spark-ignition automobile engines can, under certain driving conditions, move into a spark-free operating ...
Jul 23, 2007 |
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Russia prepares for volcano eruption
Residents of Kamchatka in far eastern Russia are on alert for yet another volcano eruption.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 23, 2007 |
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Ground beef in Michigan is recalled
The U.S. Food Safety and Inspection Service announced the voluntarily recall of about 26,669 pounds of ground beef products distributed in Michigan.
Jul 23, 2007 |
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Next generation nuke plant designs sought
The U.S. Department of Energy is looking for industry teams to help conceptually design the department's "Next Generation Nuclear Plant."
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Jul 23, 2007 |
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Diet and regular soft drinks linked to increase in risk factors for heart disease
Drinking more than one soft drink daily — whether it’s regular or diet — may be associated with an increase in the risk factors for heart disease, Framingham researchers reported in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart ...
Jul 23, 2007 |
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Unintended pregnancy predicts feelings that parenting is a burden
The relationship between a mother and her infant is believed by many to be the foundation of healthy childhood development, but researchers at the University of Missouri-Columbia have found pregnancy acceptance to be the ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 23, 2007 |
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Polymer opal films shed new kind of light on nature
Imagine cleaning out your refrigerator and being able to tell at a glance whether perishable food items have spoiled, because the packaging has changed its color, or being able to tell if your dollar bill is counterfeit simply ...
Jul 23, 2007 |
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Childhood sun exposure may lower risk of MS
People who spent more time in the sun as children may have a lower risk of developing multiple sclerosis (MS) than people who had less sun exposure during childhood, according to a study published in the July 24, 2007, issue ...
Jul 23, 2007 |
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Brain abnormalities found in people with writer's cramp
People with serious cases of writer’s cramp have brain abnormalities, according to a study published in the July 24, 2007, issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. People with writer’s cramp ...
Jul 23, 2007 |
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U of M researchers discover new method to combat HIV
Researchers at the University of Minnesota’s Center for Drug Design have developed a new method to combat HIV/AIDS, potentially replacing the traditional cocktail drug approach.
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Jul 23, 2007 |
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Fruit fly gene from 'out of nowhere' is discovered
Scientists thought that most new genes were formed from existing genes, but Cornell researchers have discovered a gene in some fruit flies that appears to be unrelated to other genes in any known genome.
Biology /
Jul 23, 2007 |
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Astronomers Discover Supergiant Star Spews Molecules Needed for Life
University of Arizona astronomers who are probing the oxygen-rich environment around a supergiant star with one of the world's most sensitive radio telescopes have discovered a score of molecules that include ...
Jul 23, 2007 |
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Self-Assembling Nanoparticles Image Tumor Cells
By taking advantage of the full range of ways in which molecules can interact with and bind to one another, a team of investigators at the Carolina Center of Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence has created nanoparticles that ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jul 23, 2007 |
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Atomic layer deposition fuels future solutions to nation's energy challenges
More efficient and less costly solar cells, solid-state lighting and industrial catalysts are potential applications of atomic layer deposition (ALD), a technique that researchers at Argonne National Laboratory ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jul 23, 2007 |
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Archaeologists find key to Devon's Medieval past
University of Exeter archaeologists may have found the key to Stokenham’s Medieval manor house. Along with local schools and members of the community, the team has been digging a site in the South Hams village throughout ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jul 23, 2007 |
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