Archive: 10/25/2006
Studies: Med disparities by race persist
Racial minorities are less likely than whites to have major surgeries at the hospitals where those operations are performed best, a U.S. study said Wednesday.
Oct 25, 2006 |
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Trotting with emus, walk with dinosaurs
Scientists are watching emus to learn more about dinosaurs that once trotted along a long-lost U.S. coastline during the Middle Jurassic period.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Oct 25, 2006 |
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Study: Water helps weight loss
Studies presented at a meeting of the Obesity Society in Boston have suggested that water helps weight loss and low-fat foods may hinder it.
Oct 25, 2006 |
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NASA OKs construction of satellite
NASA has approved construction of a satellite that will scan the entire sky in infrared light to detect cool stars and bright galaxies.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 25, 2006 |
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Human virus makes fat stem cells fatter
U.S. research showing how a human virus targets fat stem cells to produce more, fatter, fat cells is providing insights into the study of obesity.
Oct 25, 2006 |
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Facts About Prostate Cancer and Its Treatment
In 2006, about 235,000 Americans will be diagnosed with prostate cancer, making it the most common cancer among males. If caught early, prostate cancer is very treatable and usually curable.
Oct 25, 2006 |
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One-of-a-kind magnet open for science
The world's most powerful pulsed, nondestructive magnet is now ready to explore the frontiers of high magnetic field science - after 10 years of research, major instrument development, and construction.
Oct 25, 2006 |
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NASA Posts Panorama to Celebrate Rover's 1,000th Martian Day
NASA's long-lived Mars Exploration Rover Spirit will finish its 1,000th Martian day Thursday, continuing a successful mission originally planned for 90 Martian days.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 25, 2006 |
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Immune cell communication key to hunting viruses,
Immunologists at the Kimmel Cancer Center at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia have used nanotechnology to create a novel "biosensor" to solve in part a perplexing problem in immunology: how immune system cells ...
Oct 25, 2006 |
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Twenty-two Projects Keep Supercomputer Super Busy
With 54 teraflops of computing power, Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Cray XT3 is helping solve scientific grand challenges, but scheduling the many research projects and keeping the massive machine operating at peak capacity ...
Oct 25, 2006 |
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New, bigger barnacle discovered on Florida’s east coast
A bigger barnacle than Florida has seen before has made its way to the state’s east coast. Experts aren’t sure what the oversized Megabalanus coccopoma’s impact will be, but it’s been spotted this month in St. Augustine and ...
Biology /
Oct 25, 2006 |
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Pollinators help one-third of world's crop production, says new study
Pollinators such as bees, birds and bats affect 35 percent of the world's crop production, increasing the output of 87 of the leading food crops worldwide, finds a new study published today (Wednesday, Oct. ...
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Oct 25, 2006 |
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Astronomers weigh 200-million-year-old baby galaxies
Astronomers have taken amazing pictures of two of the most distant galaxies ever seen. The ultradeep images, taken at infrared wavelengths, confirm for the first time that these celestial cherubs are real. ...
Oct 25, 2006 |
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Researchers decipher the shape of the sodium/potassium ion pump
Proteins studding the surface of cell membranes are vital to the cell, transmitting signals and maintaining equilibrium by moving charged molecules — ions — from one side to the other. Some of these proteins ...
Oct 25, 2006 |
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HFI-1 gene has key role in both oxygen sensing, heat shock pathway
University of Oregon researchers have found an unexpected regulatory link between cellular responses to hypoxia and heat shock. Central to the discovery is a gene known as Hypoxia-Inducible Factor-1 (HIF-1) that is critical ...
Oct 25, 2006 |
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