NASA Scientists Get First Images of Earth Flyby Asteroid
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Scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., have obtained the first images of asteroid 2007 TU24 using high-resolution radar data. The data indicate the asteroid is somewhat asymmetrical ...
Lessons from evolution applied to national security and other threats
Jan 28, 2008 |
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Could lessons learned from Mother Nature help airport security screening checkpoints better protect us from terror threats? The authors of a new book, Natural Security: A Darwinian Approach to a Dangerous World, believe they ...
Elephant engineers
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It is like the premise of a popular home improvement show: in the before photos, the surroundings are undesirable and in the after shot there’s lots of attractive spaces to grab a meal, start a family and relax in seclusion ...
Downsized heart aids bypass surgery
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An estimated one in 20 patients undergoing a common operation to boost blood supply to the heart and to ward off repeat heart attacks may do better if their surgeons also remold the heart to a near normal size, by cutting ...
Number of Russian women smokers has doubled since Soviet collapse
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The number of Russian women who smoke has more than doubled since the collapse of the Soviet Union, according to new research.
Regular marijuana use increases risk of hepatitis C-related liver damage
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Patients with chronic hepatitis C (HCV) infection should not use marijuana (cannabis) daily, according to a study published in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, the official journal of the American Gastroenterological Associ ...
Gray's medical work called world-changing
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British anesthesiologist Thomas Cecil Gray, who left behind the legacy of his revolutionary "Liverpool Technique," has died at age 94.
Pancreatic cancer: The smaller the tumor, the better your chances, study shows
Jan 28, 2008 |
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The odds of surviving cancer of the pancreas increase dramatically for patients whose tumors are smallest, according to a new study by researchers at Saint Louis University and the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston – ...
Zoologists: Lusty voles, mindless of danger, mate like rabbits
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Jan 28, 2008 |
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Forgetful Casanovas are lucky in love. At least that’s how University of Florida researchers interpret the results of new research on the mating habits and nervous systems of prairie voles. An article about the research, ...
Researchers confirm genetic alteration that triggers prostate cancer in mice and man
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A team of researchers led by Valeri Vasioukhin, Ph.D., and Peter Nelson, M.D., both investigators in the Human Biology Division at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, has confirmed that a molecular change found in human ...
Infrastructure not ready for all the ethanol to be produced in '08
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By the end of 2008, the United States will have the capacity to produce 13 billion gallons of ethanol, but a Purdue University expert said the maximum ethanol the market can handle is 12 billion gallons, and perhaps considerably ...
Morphine dependency blocked by single genetic change
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Morphine’s serious side effect as a pain killer – its potential to create dependency – has been almost completely eliminated in research with mice by genetically modifying a single trait on the surface of neurons. The study ...
Cranes near end of assisted migration
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Jan 28, 2008 |
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A group of 17 young whooping cranes, led by light aircraft, have nearly reached the end of their 1,200-mile migration to the Florida coast.
Some Purdue chicken breasts are recalled
Jan 28, 2008 |
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The U.S. Food Safety and Inspection Service announced the recall of about 24,710 pounds of boneless, skinless chicken breasts due to a labeling error.
Structural study of anthrax yields new antibiotic target
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Researchers studying anthrax knew they were onto something when they discovered an opponent the bacterium couldn’t outwit. Probing a bit deeper, they discovered this was because the attacker was interacting ...
