Archive: 07/25/2007
Researchers Develop Tool to Assess Supernetwork Efficiency and Vulnerability
Natural disasters, accidents and the failure of aging equipment can have serious consequences for transportation networks, electrical power supply chains and telecommunications networks. University of Massachusetts Amherst ...
Jul 25, 2007 |
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Sony's Digital Living System Combines Home Theater Functionality with the Brains of a PC
The new Sony's VAIO XL1 Digital Living System brings all of your entertainment into the living room and lets you manage it with a remote control.
Jul 25, 2007 |
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Obesity is 'socially contagious', study finds
Are your friends making you fat? Or keeping you slender? According to new research from Harvard and the University of California, San Diego, the short answer on both counts is "yes."
Jul 25, 2007 |
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Managers Review Endeavour Readiness
The flight readiness review for the upcoming STS-118 mission is under way at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 25, 2007 |
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STMicroelectronics and IBM to Collaborate on Chip Technology
STMicroelectronics and IBM today announced that the two companies have signed an agreement to collaborate on the development of next-generation process technology -- the "recipe" that is used in semiconductor development ...
Jul 25, 2007 |
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New spinal cord injury therapy developed
U.S. medical scientists have developed a new spinal cord therapy that helps the body permanently recovery from such injuries.
Jul 25, 2007 |
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Gene-transcription machinery seen poised for action, held in check until needed
For some time, scientists have been tracking down the sequence of biochemical steps required to attract and assemble at the head end of a gene the molecular machinery needed to transcribe that gene to put to work the information ...
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Jul 25, 2007 |
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Learning a second language -- Is it all in your head?
Think you haven't got the aptitude to learn a foreign language? New research led by Northwestern University neuroscientists suggests that the problem, quite literally, could be in your head.
Jul 25, 2007 |
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Wasps used to fight soybean aphids
U.S. agricultural scientists are using Chinese wasps to battle infestations of Asian soybean aphids.
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Jul 25, 2007 |
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Transportation researchers to test Toyota plug-in hybrid vehicles
The University of California, Berkeley, has been awarded $750,000 to conduct, along with project partner groups, the first real-world tests of and research with an automaker-produced, plug-in hybrid electric passenger vehicle ...
Jul 25, 2007 |
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Diversified imports can help stabilize natural gas supplies, new study finds
The findings of a working group at Stanford's Energy Modeling Forum may surprise policymakers, who often think that energy independence is the only way to secure energy supplies.
Jul 25, 2007 |
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Resisting peer pressure: new findings shed light on adolescent decision-making
The capacity to resist peer pressure in early adolescence may depend on the strength of connections between certain areas of the brain, according to a study carried out by University of Nottingham researchers.
Jul 25, 2007 |
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NASA Announces Next Undersea Exploration Mission Dates and Crew
NASA will send three astronauts and a Constellation Program aerospace engineer into the ocean depths off the Florida coast from Aug. 6 to 15. They will test lunar exploration concepts and a suite of medical objectives for ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 25, 2007 |
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Groundbreaking research changing geological map of Canada
Researchers exploring a remote terrain in Arctic Canada have made discoveries that may rock the world of Canadian geology.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 25, 2007 |
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Do cigarettes help smokers cope with stress?
Many smokers excuse their habit by claiming that smoking relieves their feelings of stress. In fact, the stress they feel may just be one of the short-term symptoms of withdrawal, if they haven't smoked for a while.
Jul 25, 2007 |
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