Archive: 06/27/2007
Alzheimer's drug begins human trials
Human clinical trials are under way for a U.S. drug to treat Alzheimer's disease, based on the design of a Purdue University researcher.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jun 27, 2007 |
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Men and women equally transmit genetic risk of MS to their children
Men and women with multiple sclerosis (MS) equally transmit the genetic risk of the disease to their children, according to a study published June 27, 2007, in the online edition of Neurology, the medical journal of the American ...
Jun 27, 2007 |
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IBM Triples Performance of World's Fastest Supercomputer
IBM’s newest supercomputer, Blue Gene/P, is nearly three times as fast as its predecessor and is designed to fit in smaller spaces and use less electricity than other commercially available models.
Jun 27, 2007 |
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Brain scans show meditation changes minds, increases attention
For hundreds of years, Tibetan monks and other religious people have used meditation to calm the mind and improve concentration. This week, a new study shows exactly how one common type of meditation affects the brain.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 27, 2007 |
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An alternative theory on cancer
Thirty-six years into the war on cancer, scientists have not only failed to come up with a cure, but most of the newer drugs suffer from the same problems as those available in the pre-war days: serious toxicity, ...
Jun 27, 2007 |
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Samsung Announces Advanced Multi-standard, Multi-band Mobile TV Chipset
Samsung Electronics announced the industry's first 65 nanometer (nm) multi-standard channel decoder (S3C4F31) and multi-band radio frequency (RF) tuner (S5M8602) chipset which supports multi digital mobile ...
Jun 27, 2007 |
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Ion flow through membrane channels is dictated by particle size
Ion channels are small passageways that control the movement of electrically charged particles across a cell’s membrane. But they’re persnickety gatekeepers: Each channel allows only one kind of ion to flow through. Now, ...
Biology /
Jun 27, 2007 |
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Intel Accelerates High Performance Computing Clusters
Intel Corporation today announced new technologies that will advance and accelerate growth of high-performance computing (HPC) – from deskside supercomputers to high-end petaflop-sized clusters.
Jun 27, 2007 |
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Astronomer Offers New Theory Into 400-year-old Lunar Mystery
Columbia astronomy professor Arlin Crotts thinks he has solved a 400-year-old mystery: the origin of strange optical flashes often reported as appearing on the moon’s surface.
Jun 27, 2007 |
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Computer program makes night sky searchable
Computer science PhD candidate Dustin Lang has embarked on his own Star Trek as part of astronometry.net, a collaboration between computer scientists at U of T and astronomers at New York University.
Technology / Computer Sciences
Jun 27, 2007 |
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Strong Winds Fan Flames in Lake Tahoe Fire
A fire raging out of control just southwest of Lake Tahoe is threatening homes and has burned close to 3,100 acres since it was first reported on Sunday, June 24, 2007, according to the National Interagency ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 27, 2007 |
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NASA airborne expedition chases climate, ozone questions
NASA's Tropical Composition, Cloud and Climate Coupling (TC4) field campaign will begin this summer in San Jose, Costa Rica, with an investigation into how chemical compounds in the air are transported vertically into the ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 27, 2007 |
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Green Junta
A radical suggestion for creating a global infrastructure that is both sustainable and green might rely on nations working together to find a solution to a range of potentially devastating problems, according to Cardiff University's ...
Jun 27, 2007 |
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Outdoor alcohol ads boost kids' urge to drink
In the world depicted in an alcohol billboard, bikini-clad babes clutch icy bottles, frothy beer flows over frosty mugs and the slogan reads, “Life is good.” Ads like these may target adults, but children are getting the ...
Jun 27, 2007 |
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Scientists discover role of enzyme in DNA repair
Scientists from the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), National Cancer Institute (NCI), and Integrative Bioinformatics Inc. have made an important discovery about the role of an ...
Jun 27, 2007 |
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