Archive: 08/24/2007
Social parasites of the smaller kind
Cooperation is widespread in the natural world but so too are cheats – mutants that do not contribute to the collective good but simply reap the benefits of others’ cooperative efforts. In evolutionary terms, ...
Biology /
Aug 24, 2007 |
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Geoengineering plan is criticized
U.S. scientists criticized a geoengineering proposal that would emulate volcanic eruptions as a means of combating global warming.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 24, 2007 |
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Cancer Drugs That Block Blood Vessel Growth From Inside Cells May Lead to Serious Health Problems in the Long Term
Angiogenesis inhibitors, drugs that block a tumor's development of an independent blood supply, have been touted as effective cancer fighters that result in fewer side effects than traditional chemotherapy. However, a new ...
Aug 24, 2007 |
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Milestone in magnetic cooling
The first milestone in magnetic cooling has been achieved. Between 5 and 10 degrees of cooling – this was the success criteria for the first milestone in a project involving magnetic cooling at Risø National Laboratory – ...
Aug 24, 2007 |
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Columbia Law School Launches Free Database of U.S. Court Decisions
Aiming to make federal case law fast and easy to search, more accessible to the public – and free – Columbia Law School and the University of Colorado Law School have launched a Web site called AltLaw.org, ...
Aug 24, 2007 |
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On-Chip Silicon 'Microcoolers' for Microprocessor Hot Spots
As semiconductor-based technology has rapidly developed, producing ever smaller and faster silicon-chip computer processors, effectively cooling these chips has remained a problem. Now, researchers have developed a way to ...
Aug 24, 2007 |
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Giant panda can survive
The giant panda is not at an “evolutionary dead end” and could have a long term viable future, according to new research involving scientists from Cardiff University.
Biology /
Aug 24, 2007 |
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Researchers use novel approach to uncover genetic components of aging
People who live to 100 or more are known to have just as many—and sometimes even more—harmful gene variants compared with younger people. Now, scientists at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have ...
Biology /
Aug 24, 2007 |
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Ancient great ape fossil found in Africa
Scientists in Africa say they've have a found the fossil teeth of an ancient great ape that extends the human family tree millions of years.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Aug 24, 2007 |
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Report links power lines to cancer
An Australian study says living next to high-voltage power lines increases the risk of cancer.
Aug 24, 2007 |
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Shigella bacteria found in baby carrots
A California company is recalling bags of baby carrots because they may be contaminated with the bacteria Shigella.
Aug 24, 2007 |
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EU approves Avastin for lung cancer
The European Union has approved the anti-cancer drug Avastin as a first-line treatment for advanced lung cancer.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Aug 24, 2007 |
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Quantum light beams good for fast technology
Australian and French scientists have made another breakthrough in the technology that will drive next generation computers and teleportation. The researchers have successfully superposed light beams, which ...
Aug 24, 2007 |
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Out beyond the horizon: Tracking the elusive shipping container
The world is a very different place out beyond the horizon. Even as you read this, there are some 40,000 large cargo ships plying the world’s waterways and oceans, not to mention innumerable smaller merchant craft, all pulling ...
Aug 24, 2007 |
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Software coordinates 19 mirrors, focuses James Webb Space Telescope
Scientists and engineers have created and successfully tested a set of algorithms and software programs which are designed to enable the 19 individual mirrors comprising NASA's powerful James Webb Space Telescope ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 24, 2007 |
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