Combination vaccine protects monkeys from ebola and Marburg viruses
Medicine & Health / Medications
Feb 26, 2008 |
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An experimental, combination vaccine against Ebola and Marburg viruses using virus-like particles (VLPs) provides complete protection against infection in monkeys. Researchers from the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute ...
Toshiba Launches New 1.8-inch HDD with Serial ATA Interface
Feb 26, 2008 |
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Toshiba Corp. today announced new 1.8-inch hard disk drives (HDD) that integrate a performance enhancing serial ATA interface: the MK1216GSG offers a storage capacity of 120GB, while the MK8016GSG has a capacity ...
Scripps expedition provides new baseline for coral reef conservation
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Feb 26, 2008 |
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An ambitious expedition led by scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego to a chain of little-known islands in the central Pacific Ocean has yielded an unprecedented wealth of information ...
Facial asymmetry persists despite surgery to correct congenital deformity
Feb 26, 2008 |
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Adults and teens that underwent surgery as infants to correct a congenital condition that causes the forehead and face to appear uneven still have a degree of facial asymmetry years later, according to new research led by ...
New research examines commonly used toxin
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Feb 26, 2008 |
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New Research at the University of Calgary, Faculty of Kinesiology suggests that Botulinium type-A toxin (BTX-A) passes easily to surrounding muscles and is more difficult to control once injected than many people suspect. ...
NASA, Grumman sign radar development pact
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 26, 2008 |
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The U.S. space agency and the Northrop Grumman Corp. signed an agreement to develop systems to explore life and climate on Earth and other planets.
Minimally invasive fibroid treatment fares well in multicenter trial
Feb 26, 2008 |
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A new multicenter trial found that uterine artery embolization (UAE) is a good alternative to hysterectomy in women with symptomatic fibroids. The findings of the Embolisation versus Hysterectomy (EMMY) Trial appear in the ...
Voyage to Southern Ocean aims to study air-sea fluxes of greenhouse gases
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Feb 26, 2008 |
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Scientists will embark this week from Punta Arenas, Chile, on the tip of South America, to spend 42 days amid the high winds and waves of the Southern Ocean. Here they hope to make groundbreaking measurements ...
The digital home: An all-in-one device
Feb 26, 2008 |
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Cable clutter and interface problems will soon be a thing of the past. In the living room of the future, all devices are connected wirelessly and can be easily operated via the television set. Fraunhofer researchers and their ...
Drug for anemic cancer patients raises risk of death
Feb 26, 2008 |
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Millions of cancer patients take drugs to boost their red blood cells and health when they become anemic after chemotherapy. But a new study by Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine shows these drugs, called ...
Sum Cheong Lung-brand dried fish recalled
Feb 26, 2008 |
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the recall of Sum Cheong Lung-brand dried fish due to possible contamination.
NASA adds technologies Web feature
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 26, 2008 |
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The U.S. space agency has added an interactive program to its Web site, allowing users to discover some of the space technologies that now impact daily life.
Scientists unravel the genetic coding of the pea
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Feb 26, 2008 |
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The pea is one of many important crop species that is unsuited to the Agrobacterium-based genetic modification techniques that are commonly used to work with crops. Researchers, reporting in the open access journal Genome ...
Researchers study coastal community bounce back
Feb 26, 2008 |
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Two LSU researchers are taking what might be the most comprehensive approach ever to determine how some coastal communities bounce back from disaster.
Attack of the invasive garden ants
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Feb 26, 2008 |
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An ant that is native to Eurasia is threatening to become the latest in a procession of species to invade Europe, as a result of inadvertent human introduction. Research published in the online open access ...
