Always keeping a safe distance
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Oct 24, 2006 |
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Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics in Dresden, Germany, along with a colleague from the University of Florida in the US, have been carrying out research into how ...
Macaws face possible extinction
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Oct 24, 2006 |
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A U.S. bird expert says one of the world's most colorful birds -- the macaw, the largest member of the parrot family -- is in danger of becoming extinct.
NASA revisiting life on Mars question
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 24, 2006 |
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NASA scientists in Washington are re-thinking whether they missed life on the Mars when they conducted initial Viking experiments 30 years ago.
New, hands-on science demos teach young students how volcanoes 'blow their tops,' spew lava
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 24, 2006 |
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A popular volcano demonstration in grade school science class rivets students' attention as it spews bubbly liquid over a tabletop, but it comes up short in explaining all the ways that volcanoes form and evolve.
Soot from wood stoves in developing world impacts global warming more than expected
Oct 24, 2006 |
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New measurements of soot produced by traditional cook stoves used in developing countries suggest that these stoves emit more harmful smoke particles and could have a much greater impact on global climate change ...
Wireless Nanotech Sensors Could Monitor Power Systems 24/7
Oct 24, 2006 |
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As electric power this week returned to the last of the homes and businesses in Western New York affected by the devastating October snowstorm, researchers at the University at Buffalo were discussing how tiny, nanoscale ...
Study: Cell phones reduce sperm counts
Oct 24, 2006 |
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A study debuted in New Orleans has suggested that electromagnetic radiation from cell phones may have an effect on a man's sperm count.
AIDS drugs reveal leprosy infections
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Oct 24, 2006 |
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Experts in New York and around the world have said antiretroviral treatments have revealed hidden cases of leprosy in some AIDS patients.
12 cases of brain disease after vaccines
Oct 24, 2006 |
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said 12 cases of a neurological disorder have been reported following the application of a meningococcal vaccine.
Global Warming And Your Health
Oct 24, 2006 |
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Global warming could do more to hurt your health than simply threaten summertime heat stroke, says a public health physician. Although heat related illnesses and deaths will increase with the temperatures, climate change ...
Mate-Seeking Fruit Flies Fooled by Silkworm Scent
Biology /
Oct 24, 2006 |
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U.S. researchers at the University of California-Davis say they have successfully tricked fruit flies into believing silkworm moths are potential mates.
Study reveals many people with epilepsy risk driving to get to work
Oct 24, 2006 |
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Even though they are at high risk for car accidents, many people with epilepsy whose seizures are poorly controlled continue to drive, according to a new University of Florida study.
Doctors use, study alternative cancer test
Oct 24, 2006 |
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Doctors across the United States are beginning to use an alternative method to help detect breast cancer that a mammogram may have missed.
Scientists unravel 'molecular inch-worm' structure of walking-pneumonia bacterium
Biology /
Oct 24, 2006 |
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Researchers at the University of Georgia, using glow-in-the-dark proteins and microcinematography, have helped unravel the development and function of a complex organelle in the bacterium that causes “walking pneumonia.”
Bad air pervades in half of Chinese cities
Oct 24, 2006 |
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China said Tuesday air quality is moderately or seriously polluted in nearly half of its cities, with particulate matter being the chief culprit.
