Archive: 02/28/2007
New AMD 690 series chipset released
AMD today introduced the AMD 690 series chipset, the company’s first chipset to bring together the combined strengths of AMD CPU and platform technology with the industry-leading features of the ATI Radeon ...
Feb 28, 2007 |
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Change urged in analgesic prescriptions
The American Heart Association wants U.S. physicians to change the way they prescribe analgesics for patients with, or at risk for, heart disease.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Feb 28, 2007 |
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Celebrity endorsement efficacy questioned
British and Swiss researchers have found advertisements featuring celebrity endorsements might be less effective than those featuring ordinary people.
Feb 28, 2007 |
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Light wine intake is associated with longer life expectancy in men
Drinking a little alcohol every day, especially wine, may be associated with an increase in life expectancy. That’s the conclusion of Dutch researchers who reported the findings of their study today at the American Heart ...
Feb 28, 2007 |
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Enter 'Junior': Stanford team's next-generation robot joins DARPA Challenge
When five autonomous vehicles, including the Stanford Racing Team's winning entry "Stanley," finished the 2005 Grand Challenge in the still Nevada desert, they passed a milestone of artificial intelligence. ...
Feb 28, 2007 |
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Scientists Expand Microbe 'Gene Language'
An international group of scientists has expanded the universal language for the genes of both disease-causing and beneficial microbes and their hosts. This expanded "lingua franca," called The Gene Ontology ...
Biology /
Feb 28, 2007 |
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Disease Causing Irish Potato Famine Came From South America, Scientist Says
Scientists at North Carolina State University have discovered that the fungus-like pathogen that caused the 1840s Irish potato famine originally came from the Andes of South America.
Biology /
Feb 28, 2007 |
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Transportation study receives outstanding paper award
Got a train to catch? The walk to the nearest stop has been put under scientific scrutiny, looking at distances involved and the environment along the way.
Feb 28, 2007 |
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New evidence that global warming fuels stronger Atlantic hurricanes
Atmospheric scientists have uncovered fresh evidence to support the hotly debated theory that global warming has contributed to the emergence of stronger hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Feb 28, 2007 |
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Key protein for hepatitis C virus entry identified
For as many as 200 million people worldwide infected with hepatitis C, a leading cause of chronic liver disease, treatment options are only partially effective. But new research by Rockefeller University scientists ...
Feb 28, 2007 |
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Angry? Breathing Beats Venting
While it is a common assumption that an angry person needs to blow off steam or risk going through the roof, research in psychology shows just the opposite. According to University of Arkansas psychologist Jeffrey M. Lohr, ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 28, 2007 |
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New Horizons Spacecraft Gets Boost From Jupiter for Pluto Encounter
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft successfully completed a flyby of Jupiter early this morning, using the massive planet's gravity to pick up speed for its 3-billion mile voyage to Pluto and the unexplored Kuiper ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 28, 2007 |
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Envisat still going strong after five successful years
Launched from Kourou in French Guiana on the night of 28 February 2002, ESA’s Envisat spacecraft marks its fifth year in space. Having orbited Earth more than 26 000 times, the world’s largest and most complex ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 28, 2007 |
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Toward tapping the potential of 'stranded' natural gas
Newly discovered chemical catalysts may be an answer to the century-long search for economical ways of using natural gas now burned or "flared" as waste in huge quantities, scientists in the United States and Germany report. ...
Feb 28, 2007 |
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Iron in Northwest rivers fuels phytoplankton, fish populations
A new study suggests that the iron-rich winter runoff from Pacific Northwest streams and rivers, combined with the wide continental shelf, form a potent mechanism for fertilizing the nearshore Pacific Ocean, leading to robust ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Feb 28, 2007 |
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