Humans hard-wired to be generous
May 28, 2007 |
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A study by government scientists in Washington indicates humans are hard-wired to be unselfish.
NASA's FUSE satellite catches collision of titans
May 28, 2007 |
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Using NASA's Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE) satellite and ground-based telescopes, astronomers have determined, for the first time, the properties of a rare, extremely massive, and young binary ...
Star Cluster Holds Midweight Black Hole, VLA Indicates
May 28, 2007 |
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Astronomers using the National Science Foundation's Very Large Array (VLA) radio telescope have greatly strengthened the case that supermassive black holes at the cores of galaxies may have formed through ...
Screaming CMEs Warn of Radiation Storms
May 28, 2007 |
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A CME (Coronal Mass Ejection) is a solar body slam to our high-tech civilization. CMEs begin when the sun launches a billion tons of electrically conducting gas (plasma) into space at millions of miles per hour. A CME cloud ...
Spitzer nets thousands of galaxies in a giant cluster
May 28, 2007 |
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In just a short amount of time, NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has bagged more than a thousand previously unknown dwarf galaxies in a giant cluster of galaxies.
How to Spot the Speediest Black Holes
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 28, 2007 |
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Astronomers are hunting an elusive target: rogue black holes that have been ejected from the centers of their home galaxies. Some doubted that the quarry could be spotted, since a black hole must be gobbling matter from an ...
Magnetic 'handedness' could lead to better magnetic storage devices
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
May 28, 2007 |
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Better magnetic storage devices for computers and other electronics could result from new work by researchers in the United States and Germany.
New perspective on brain function now possible
May 28, 2007 |
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A newly started research collaboration between Karolinska Institutet and AstraZeneca has already generated results. For the first time, the conditions have been created to study one of the brain's most important neurotransmission ...
Researchers Find Deadly Prescription Drug Effects Six Years Before FDA
May 28, 2007 |
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Northwestern University's Charles Bennett, M.D., is a super sleuth of potentially deadly prescription drug reactions. He leads a national SWAT team of doctors called RADAR (Research on Adverse Drug Events and Reports) based ...
Exercise may slightly boost 'good' cholesterol levels
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Regular exercise appears to modestly increase levels of high-density lipoprotein, or "good," cholesterol, according to a meta-analysis study in the May 28 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
Skimmed milk -- Straight from the cow
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May 28, 2007 |
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Herds of cows producing skimmed milk could soon be roaming our pastures, reports Cath O’Driscoll in Chemistry & Industry, the magazine of the SCI. Scientists in New Zealand have discovered that some cows have ...
Northern Gardening Tips: When fruit trees don't bear fruit, what's the problem?
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May 28, 2007 |
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Do you have an apple tree that hasn't produced fruit, or a berry bush with no berries? There are several reasons why fruit trees or shrubs may not bear fruit, but you can sift through the alternatives and hopefully find an ...
New Technique for Keeping Blood Vessels Open
May 28, 2007 |
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Scientists at the University of Ulster are working on a new method of coating stents – the medical devices used to keep veins and arteries open – to prevent them blocking up.
UPI Poll: Chinese space program a threat
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 28, 2007 |
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More than 60 percent of respondents to a UPI-Zogby International polled said the Chinese space program represents a threat to U.S. security.
Link between mild infection and hypoxic apnoea
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Apnoea and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) represent major medical concerns in the neonatal population, and infection may play a crucial role in their pathogenesis. Scientists at Swedish medical university Karolinska ...
