Archive: 09/27/2007
On demand FB cell phone replays created
People attending Purdue University home football games this fall might be the first U.S. college fans able to call up instant replays on their cell phones.
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ISS crew repositions Soyuz spacecraft
The Expedition 15 crew of the International Space Station moved a docked Soyuz TMA-10 spacecraft Thursday to make room for the Expedition 16 crew's arrival.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 27, 2007 |
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Meningitis outbreak in Indiana school dist
Seven cases of viral meningitis have been reported in Indiana's Boone County.
Sep 27, 2007 |
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Research cautions to catch-and-release in less than 4 minutes
Recreational fishing that involves catch-and-release may seem like just good fun, and that released fish go on to live happily ever after, but a recent study at the University of Illinois shows that improper handling techniques ...
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Sep 27, 2007 |
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Climate may increase heat-related deaths by 2050s
While some uncertainty does exist in climate projections and future health vulnerability, overall increases in heat-related premature mortality are likely by the 2050s, according to a recent study by Columbia University’s ...
Sep 27, 2007 |
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Wasp genetics study suggests altruism evolved from maternal behavior
Researchers at the University of Illinois have used an innovative approach to reveal the molecular basis of altruistic behavior in wasps. The research team focused on the expression of behavior-related genes ...
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Sep 27, 2007 |
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Carbon Dioxide Underground Storage Feasible Using 'Off-the-Shelf' Technology from Oil Industry
Despite the sobering amount of carbon dioxide needing storage to reduce greenhouse gases, funneling the offensive chemical underground remains technologically possible for the oil industry, says Dr. Steven ...
Sep 27, 2007 |
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Carbon Nanotubes Have Room for Multifunctionality
In the quest to turn carbon nanotubes from nanoscale wonder into clinically useful drug and imaging agent delivery agents, researchers have often added polymer coatings to the outside of the nanotubes in order to render them ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Sep 27, 2007 |
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Nanoparticles Yield Safer Light-Activated Cancer Therapy
Photodynamic therapy, in which light activates a chemical known as a photosensitizer, triggering the production of cell-killing reactive oxygen, has proven itself as an effective therapy for a limited number of cancers.
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Sep 27, 2007 |
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'Rusting' Also Describes How Methamphetamine Harms
Rochelle Schwartz-Bloom, a Duke University pharmacology professor who left the lab bench to focus on science education, has developed a tactic for keeping students hands in the air at the end of class.
Sep 27, 2007 |
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Opportunity Reaches First Target Inside Crater
NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has reached its science team's first destination for the rover inside Victoria Crater, information received from Mars late Tuesday confirms.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 27, 2007 |
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'Towering' Achievement for Goddard's Visualization Studio
"Towers in the Tempest," a NASA visualization that illustrates the complex science of hurricane hot towers, has been selected for an award by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and Science Magazine's fifth ...
Sep 27, 2007 |
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SOHO Mission Discovers Rare Comet
The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) has discovered a rare periodic comet. SOHO has already discovered more than 1,350 comets during its mission, but this is the first time one of its discoveries ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 27, 2007 |
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New Cambridge University star catalogue 'most accurate ever'
For thousands of years, people all over the world have gazed at the night sky and wondered just how far they would have to travel to reach the stars.
Sep 27, 2007 |
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Experimental drug boosts survival in recurrent ovarian cancer
New clinical data showed an experimental drug called pertuzumab prolonged the survival time for women with recurrent ovarian cancer, a University of Alabama at Birmingham doctor said recently.
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