Archive: 06/24/2008
Extension has tomato-handling tips for consumers
The discovery of Salmonella in certain tomato varieties has caused a series of food-poisoning outbreaks throughout the United States and put the media and the public's eye on food safety. Renee Boyer, consumer ...
Jun 24, 2008 |
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Major progress in technology needed for 25 percent renewable energy use to be affordable
Dramatic progress in renewable energy technology is needed if the United States desires to produce 25 percent of its electricity and motor vehicle fuel from renewable sources by 2025 without significantly increasing consumer ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Jun 24, 2008 |
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NAE identifies messages for improving public understanding of engineering
WASHINGTON -- Encouraging young people to make a difference in the world through an engineering career is more likely to attract them than emphasizing the challenge of math and science skills, says a new report from the National ...
Jun 24, 2008 |
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Laser surgery probe targets individual cancer cells
Mechanical engineering Assistant Professor Adela Ben-Yakar at The University of Texas at Austin has developed a laser "microscalpel" that destroys a single cell while leaving nearby cells intact, which could improve the precision ...
Jun 24, 2008 |
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Marine organisms could hold the secret to reducing cancer
Research into why a tea derived from an ancient crop from the western Pacific could be responsible for reducing the risk of cancer, is being conducted by Aberdeen experts.
Jun 24, 2008 |
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High intensity training helps heart patients
Cardiac patients from the community are benefiting from new exercise rehabilitation research at the University’s Exercise and Sport Science Division.
Jun 24, 2008 |
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Microchip is helping restore vision to the blind
Last year, Wentai Liu watched as surgeons implanted a microchip he had designed into the eye of a blind patient. For Liu, a professor of electrical engineering in the Baskin School of Engineering at the University of California, ...
Jun 24, 2008 |
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Therapy Preventing Brain Damage in Cardiac Arrest Patients
Therapeutic cooling, a technique used at University Medical Center, is helping to prevent brain damage in cardiac arrest patients.
Jun 24, 2008 |
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Breakthrough for schools now possible
A long running study has found that the English education system has the potential to turn around problems endured by schools in areas of high deprivation.
Jun 24, 2008 |
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Phoenix Lander Prepares for Microscopy, Wet Chemistry on Mars
NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has delivered a scoop of Martian soil from the "Snow White" trenches to the optical microscope for analysis tomorrow, June 24, the 29th Martian day of the mission, or Sol 29.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 24, 2008 |
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Bird watchers, space technology come together in Montana State University study
Almost every June for 30 years, Terry McEneaney drove around Yellowstone National Park and listed every bird he heard along three routes. Park ornithologist at the time, he would drive to a designated spot and identify the ...
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Jun 24, 2008 |
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The truth about drug innovation
A new report co-authored by Manhattan Institute senior fellow Benjamin Zycher, and Joseph DiMasi, and Christopher-Paul Milne, researchers from the Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development, examines case histories for ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jun 24, 2008 |
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Alzheimer's disease as a case of brake failure?
[B]A loss of protein function in neurons may lead to dementia[/B] Rutgers researcher Karl Herrup and colleagues at Case Western Reserve University have discovered that a protein that suppresses cell division in brain cel ...
Jun 24, 2008 |
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Hidden facial cheek fat compartments are key to youthful appearance
Rejuvenating newly identified fat compartments in the facial cheeks can help reduce the hollowed look of the face as it ages, according to new research by plastic surgeons at UT Southwestern Medical Center.
Jun 24, 2008 |
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New cardiovascular score developed to improve heart attack and stroke detection
A new and more accurate method of assessing people at risk from cardiovascular disease (CVD) is set to improve national diagnosis rates and identify those at risk among black and minority ethnic groups.
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