Archive: 05/25/2007
New method helps safeguard astronauts by forecasting space radiation hazards with up to one hour advance warnings
One of the greatest threats to human space exploration is the sudden, unpredictable occurrence of radiation outbursts from the Sun. Researchers have long sought a method for predicting when the hazardous particles ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 25, 2007 |
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NREL Updates National Solar Radiation Database
The Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and collaborators have updated the National Solar Radiation Database, a planning tool that provides critical information about the amount of solar ...
May 25, 2007 |
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Scientists Model Hepatitis C Virus
One of the most common life-threatening viral infections in the United States today is hepatitis C virus (HCV). The standard treatment is successful in only about 50 percent of treated HCV chronic patients, with no effective ...
May 25, 2007 |
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Quantum Dots Reach Clinical Lab
Bioconjugated quantum dots – luminescent nanoparticles linked to biological molecules – have shown great promise as tools for disease diagnosis and treatment, but their medical use has been limited by the lack of specific ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
May 25, 2007 |
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New Fabrication Technique Yields Nanoscale UV LEDs
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), in collaboration with scientists from the University of Maryland and Howard University, have developed a technique to create tiny, ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
May 25, 2007 |
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Scientists’ studies combat health threats
The outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in 2002 was a loud wake-up call for researchers studying infectious diseases. SARS infected more than 8,000 people, killed 10 percent of those infected and weakened ...
May 25, 2007 |
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ECP may be effective in treating Crohn's disease
(Washington, DC - May 23, 2007) -- Results from an international multi-center Phase II clinical trial suggest that extracorporeal photopheresis (ECP) may be effective in treating patients with clinically active (OR symptomatic) ...
May 25, 2007 |
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Experimental gene therapy 'abolishes' arthritis pain and lessens joint damage
[B]Work proceeding rapidly toward application for human trials[/B] Early-stage research has found that a new gene therapy can nearly eliminate arthritis pain, and significantly reduce long-term damage to the affected joi ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
May 25, 2007 |
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Adult stem cells from human cord umbilical cord blood successfully engineered to make insulin
In a fundamental discovery that someday may help cure type 1 diabetes by allowing people to grow their own insulin-producing cells for a damaged or defective pancreas, medical researchers here have reported that they have ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
May 25, 2007 |
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Telephone 'quitlines' may help dental patients stop smoking
Dentists may be able to help their patients stop smoking by referring them to tobacco-use telephone "quitlines," according to a pilot study published in the May issue of The Journal of the American Dental Association (JADA).
May 25, 2007 |
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NIST antenna calibrations extended to 60-110 GHz
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed a new "tabletop" sized facility to improve characterization of antennas operating in the 60 to 110 gigahertz (GHz) frequency range. This extended frequency ...
May 25, 2007 |
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New NIST reference material for peptide analysis
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued its first-ever reference material designed to improve the performance and reliability of experiments to measure the masses and concentrations of peptides ...
Biology /
May 25, 2007 |
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NIST atom interferometry displays new quantum tricks
Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated a novel way of making atoms interfere with each other, recreating a famous experiment originally done with light while ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
May 25, 2007 |
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Genome of Clostridium botulinum reveals the background to world's deadliest toxin
The genome of the organism that produces the world’s most lethal toxin is revealed today. This toxin is the one real weapon in the genome of Clostridium botulinum and less than 2 kg — the weight of two bags of sugar — is ...
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May 25, 2007 |
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Hepatitis B patients' understanding of infection and treatment deficient
Many patients with chronic hepatitis B are deficient in their understanding of the lifelong disease and often do not comply with the drug regimens necessary to control it, according to a new UCLA survey that suggests improved ...
May 25, 2007 |
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