Archive: 01/24/2007
Chopping off protein puts immune cells into high gear
The complex task of launching a well-organized, effective immune system attack on specific targets is thrown into high gear when either of two specific enzymes chop a protein called LAG-3 off the immune cells leading that ...
Jan 24, 2007 |
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Stereotypes may affect female math ability
A U.S. study suggests implicit stereotypes and gender identification may affect female math performance.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 24, 2007 |
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Landmark health study to be made in India
U.S. scientists are starting a landmark genetic study to determine the linkage between lead exposure and children's intellectual development in India.
Jan 24, 2007 |
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NASA schedules four ISS spacewalks
NASA astronauts are to conduct an unprecedented series of four spacewalks during the next month at the International Space Station.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 24, 2007 |
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New approach to science education proposed
A world-renowned U.S. scientist says he is plotting a revolution -- a revolution in the way children around the world are taught science.
Jan 24, 2007 |
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European star 'roadmap' project started
A British astronomer has been selected to lead a Pan-European project in developing a "roadmap to the stars."
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 24, 2007 |
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NASA creates microscopic technology for Webb Space Telescope
NASA engineers and scientists have created something that will give better information about far away galaxies. This new creation, which will be in a future space telescope, is so tiny that it's the width of ...
Jan 24, 2007 |
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Should Humans Give Overheated Species a Lift?
As the Earth warms up (2006 was the hottest year on record in America and the hottest in Britain since 1659), ecologists expect many plants and animals to move up, too -- up north and uphill, to locations where temperatures ...
Jan 24, 2007 |
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HiRISE Camera Shows Mojave Crater Peak is High and Dry
The HiRISE camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter took a huge, detailed image of Mars' Mojave crater on Jan. 7, 2007.
Jan 24, 2007 |
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SanDisk, Toshiba to Launch 56-Nanometer, 16-Gigabit High-Performance NAND Flash Memory
SanDisk today announced that it expects to see the launch of the next generation of NAND flash memory this quarter as it begins the transition from 70 nanometer (nm) to 56nm multi-level cell (MLC) flash memory chips at Fab ...
Jan 24, 2007 |
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Scientists discover new species of distinctive cloud-forest rodent
A strikingly unusual animal was recently discovered in the cloud-forests of Peru. The large rodent is about the size of a squirrel and looks a bit like one, except its closest relatives are spiny rats.
Biology /
Jan 24, 2007 |
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Doubling Vehicle Fuel Efficiency Could Cut Carbon Dioxide Emissions by 10 Percent
In his State of the Union address tonight, President George W. Bush is expected to call for Americans to slash gasoline consumption by up to 20 percent by 2017.
Jan 24, 2007 |
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Toward Building Molecular Computers
Don't throw away your laptop yet, but there's a promising new high-tech invention being announced this week. Researchers have created a memory circuit the size of a white blood cell that has enough capacity ...
Jan 24, 2007 |
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Silicon medicines may be effective in humans
As carbon-based life forms, humans and other animals, invariably, are treated for disease with the help of carbon-based medicines. But now, in a promising new study, scientists have shown that silicon — the stuff of computer ...
Jan 24, 2007 |
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New technique for easily identifying explosives in luggage
Scientists in Japan have developed a new technique for sensing explosives in luggage and landmines. The paper, published today in the Institute of Physics journal Superconductor Science and Technology descri ...
Jan 24, 2007 |
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