Archive: 09/24/2007
Purdue receives $18M nanotechnology grant
Purdue University has received an $18.2 million grant to support U.S. National Nanotechnology Initiative computer simulations.
Sep 24, 2007 |
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Bacteria join ranks of lazy cheaters
Baseball had its steroids and Black Sox. Politics lived through Watergate. Wall Street has been riddled with insider trading scandals. And before we cast the first stone, who among us has never tried to get through an intersection ...
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Sep 24, 2007 |
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Research team says extraterrestrial impact to blame for Ice Age extinctions
What caused the extinction of mammoths and the decline of Stone Age people about 13,000 years ago remains hotly debated. Overhunting by Paleoindians, climate change and disease lead the list of probable causes. ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 24, 2007 |
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Nutrient pollution drives frog deformities by ramping up infections
High levels of nutrients used in farming and ranching activities fuel parasite infections that have caused highly publicized frog deformities in ponds and lakes across North America, according to a new study ...
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Sep 24, 2007 |
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What gives us sunburn protects crayfish against bacteria
The production of melanin gives us sunburns, but it also helps invertebrate animals to encapsulate attacking fungi and parasites. Uppsala University researchers, in collaboration with Korean and Thai colleagues, can now ...
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'Healthy' restaurants help make us fat, says a newl study
If you're like most, you eat worst at healthy restaurants. The "health halos" of healthy restaurants often prompt consumers to treat themselves to higher-calorie side dishes, drinks or desserts than when they eat at fast-food ...
Sep 24, 2007 |
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A search for biomarkers for early detection of colorectal cancer
Researchers at the Zhejiang University, Hangzhou have discovered that mimecan and Thioredoxin Domain-Containing Protein 5 (TXNDC5) were differentially expressed in colorectal adenoma. The research article describing this ...
Sep 24, 2007 |
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Spaceflight shown to alter ability of bacteria to cause disease
Space flight has been shown to have a profound impact on human physiology as the body adapts to zero gravity environments. Now, a new study led by researchers from the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University has shown ...
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Sep 24, 2007 |
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New paper examines dams' effects on California salmon
Spring-run Chinook salmon and other fish in the rivers of California’s Central Valley could be harmed by more water-storage dams, according to researchers at Duke University and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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Seeking Objects 'Weirder Than Black Holes'
Researchers from Duke University and the University of Cambridge think there is a way to determine whether some black holes are not actually black.
Sep 24, 2007 |
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Research shows how genetic mutation causes epilepsy in infants
New research from the Howard Florey Institute in Melbourne has shown why mutation in a single gene can cause epilepsy in infants.
Sep 24, 2007 |
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Rare albino ratfish has eerie, silvery sheen
A ghostly, mutant ratfish caught off Whidbey Island in Washington state is the only completely albino fish ever seen by both the curator of the University of Washington's 7.2 million-specimen fish collection ...
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Victimization for sexual orientation increases suicidal behavior in college students
The film and television series “M*A*S*H*” featured the song “Suicide is Painless,” but new research refutes that idea and indicates that being victimized because of sexual orientation is a chief risk factor for suicidal behavior ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 24, 2007 |
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Sizing cells up: Researchers pinpoint when a cell is ready to reproduce
For more than 100 years, scientists have tried to figure out the cell size problem: How does a cell know when it is big enough to divide? In research conducted in budding yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae), scientists at Rockefeller ...
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Motorola enables High Definition expansion with innovative MPEG-4 to MPEG-2 Receiver
Motorola, Inc. today announced a significant advance in video network delivery solutions with the introduction of the Motorola DSR-6000 series receivers, the first of a new generation of receiver-transcoders. The DSR-6000 ...
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