Position sensors: magnets know their place
Feb 25, 2008 |
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Non-contact position sensors are small but important parts of many modern machines. Researchers have used a phenomenon known as magnetoresistance to develop a practical, low-cost position sensor that performs ...
High zinc status in lung cells slows growth and induces DNA damage-induced gene expression
Feb 25, 2008 |
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Researchers at the University of Maryland at College Park have discovered that Normal Human Bronchial Epithelial (NHBE) cells cultured in medium with elevated zinc level, at the high end of plasma zinc attainable by oral ...
Tracking your carbon footprint
Feb 25, 2008 |
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An innovation called Carbon Hero may help reduce global warming by making people more aware of their carbon footprint. Regional prize winner in the 2007 European Satellite Navigation Competition, sponsored ...
Toward a healthier food for Fido: Corn provides promising fiber alternative
Feb 25, 2008 |
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In addition to helping fill gasoline tanks with alcohol-based fuel, corn may have a new role in filling Fido’s bowl with more healthful food, nutritional biochemists in Illinois are reporting. They found that ...
Japan facing vaccination lawsuits
Medicine & Health / Medications
Feb 25, 2008 |
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The Japanese government is bracing for a flood of damage suits from hundreds of people who contracted hepatitis B through mandatory childhood vaccinations.
IMEC obtains record conversion efficiency of 24.7% for GaAs solar cells on Ge substrate
Feb 25, 2008 |
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IMEC has realized a single-junction GaAs solar cell on a Ge substrate with a record conversion efficiency of 24.7%. The efficiency was measured and confirmed by NREL (National Renewable Energy Laboratory, ...
GP's databases could identify tens of thousands with undiagnosed diabetes in UK
Feb 25, 2008 |
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Researchers who examined blood test records in a survey of over 3.6 million patient records held by UK GP surgeries have found thousands of cases of probable undiagnosed diabetes. This could help identify tens of thousands ...
Scientists unveil draft sequence of corn genome
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Feb 25, 2008 |
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A team of scientists led by Washington University in St. Louis has begun to unlock the genetic secrets of corn, a crop vital to U.S. agriculture. The researchers have completed a working draft of the corn genome, an accomplishment ...
Acne may prevent people from participating in sport and exercise, says research
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 25, 2008 |
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Acne patients who are highly anxious about their skin condition say they are less likely to participate in sport or exercise, according to new research at the University of Bath (UK).
Anti-HIV gel proven safe, tolerable for women
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Feb 25, 2008 |
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An experimental anti-HIV gel is safe for women to use on a daily basis, according to researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.
More elderly Americans are living with heart failure
Feb 25, 2008 |
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The number of elderly individuals newly diagnosed with heart failure has declined during the past ten years, but the number of those living with the condition has increased, according to a report in the February 25 issue ...
About one-quarter of women with HIV want to become pregnant
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Feb 25, 2008 |
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About one in four women who have tested positive for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) expect pregnancy and motherhood to be a part of their future, recent research suggests.
NASA names new space shuttle manager
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 25, 2008 |
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The U.S. space agency has named John Shannon as its new space shuttle program manager.
Germany may drop biofuel boost
Feb 25, 2008 |
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Germany may drop plans to double the amount of biofuels in gasoline after warnings that more than a million cars aren't biofuel compatible.
DNA tests at center of growing crisis
Feb 25, 2008 |
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The growing costs of U.S. healthcare and health insurance have led to a drop in the number of people getting precautionary DNA tests, a report said Sunday.
