'Knockout' technique tested successfully on mice
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Allergies, like the common cold and asthma, have basically defied the best efforts of modern medicine to cure them. Now, a doctoral candidate at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem School of Pharmacy has come ...
Mothers' second-hand smoke exposure linked to psychological problems for kids
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Children whose mothers were exposed to second-hand smoke while they were pregnant have more symptoms of serious psychological problems compared to the offspring of women who had no prenatal exposure to smoke, according to ...
'Cars' imaging reveals clues to myelin damage
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Researchers have discovered that calcium ions could play a crucial role in multiple sclerosis by activating enzymes that degrade the fatty sheath that insulates nerve fibers.
Intel Accelerates High Performance Computing Clusters
Jun 27, 2007 |
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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.
Female iguanas pay high costs to choose a mate
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Picking a mate isn’t easy—if you are a female iguana. In a study published in the June 27th issue of the online, open-access journal PLoS ONE, Maren Vitousek of Princeton University and colleagues found that f ...
Scientists identify a mouse embryonic stem cell more like our own
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Scientists have discovered a new type of mouse embryonic stem cell that is the closest counterpart yet to human embryonic stem (ES) cells, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced today. The cells are expected to ...
Green Junta
Jun 27, 2007 |
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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 ...
Computer program makes night sky searchable
Technology / Computer Sciences
Jun 27, 2007 |
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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.
Outdoor alcohol ads boost kids' urge to drink
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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 ...
Strong Winds Fan Flames in Lake Tahoe Fire
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 27, 2007 |
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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 ...
NASA airborne expedition chases climate, ozone questions
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 27, 2007 |
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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 ...
New reovirus isolated
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CSIRO scientists have played a key role in discovering that bats are the likely host of a new virus that can cause a serious but apparently non-fatal respiratory tract illness in humans.
A genetic factor predicts prognosis in brain tumor patients
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PLoS ONE has just published a study which defines a gene locus on chromosome 1 that predicts prognosis of brain tumor patients and may even set the basis for the development of more efficient drugs to combat brain cancer.
Researchers find gene that spurs development of the epididymis
Jun 27, 2007 |
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Human sperm cells travel up to 6 meters in their transit from testes to penis, and most of that journey occurs in the epididymis, a tightly coiled tube that primes the cells for their ultimate task: fertilization. ...
FDA approves quick malaria test
Medicine & Health / Medications
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the Binax NOW Malaria Test, the first rapid test authorized for laboratory use in the United States.
