Archive: 09/28/2007
Researchers investigate new suspect in West Nile deaths of pelicans
Veterinary entomologist Greg Johnson of Montana State University said earlier this year that he considered the possibility that lice were transmitting West Nile virus to pelicans. He became suspicious after collecting very ...
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Researchers use remote sensing technology to go back in time on the Ethiopian Plateau
The cliffs that rise above the Blue Nile contain 750 million years of exposed geologic history. But it’s what’s happened in the past 6 million years that intrigues Dr. Mohamed Abdelsalam, an associate professor of geology ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 28, 2007 |
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Neuroscientists connect neural activity and blood flow in new brain stimulation technique
Neuroscientists at the University of California, Berkeley, have for the first time measured the electrical activity of nerve cells and correlated it to changes in blood flow in response to transcranial magnetic ...
Sep 28, 2007 |
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NASA's Ion Engine Breaks Performance Record
An ion engine prototype developed at NASA's Glenn Research Center has now accumulated more than 12,000 hours of operation and processed over 245 kilograms of xenon, setting a record for most propellant throughput ever demonstrated ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 28, 2007 |
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Playing video games reduces sex differences in spatial skills
University of Toronto researchers have discovered that differences between men and women on some tasks that require spatial skills are largely eliminated after both groups play a video game for only a few hours. The research, ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 28, 2007 |
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Women have a poorer quality of life after a stroke than men, study reveals
A new University of Nottingham study has found that women have a poorer quality of life than men following a stroke.
Sep 28, 2007 |
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'Dead time' limits quantum cryptography speeds
Quantum cryptography is potentially the most secure method of sending encrypted information, but does it have a speed limit" According to a new paper by researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology and ...
Sep 28, 2007 |
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Measurements from the edge: magnetic properties of thin films
Materials researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, together with colleagues from IBM and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, have pushed the measurement of thin films to the ...
Sep 28, 2007 |
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Improving doctor-patient communication yields significant health benefits
A UCSF research team has developed a simple tool that can improve the effectiveness of communication between doctors and patients about prescribed medications and result in dramatic improvements in health and safety.
Sep 28, 2007 |
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Surprise in the organic orchard -- a healthier worm in the apple
Insects can catch more than a cold from certain viruses. Some viruses can be lethal to pest species - turning their insides to soup - without harming beneficial insects or other organisms. Hence they are used ...
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Recovery from acid rain 'much slower than expected'
Acid rain was one of the world’s worst pollution problems of the 1970s and 1980s, affecting large areas of upland Britain, as well as Europe and North America.
Sep 28, 2007 |
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Mysterious energy burst stuns astronomers
Astronomers studying archival data from an Australian radio telescope have discovered a powerful, short-lived burst of radio waves that they say indicates an entirely new type of astronomical phenomenon.
Sep 28, 2007 |
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Water forms floating 'bridge' when exposed to high voltage
While it's one of the most important and abundant chemical compounds on Earth, water is still a puzzle to scientists. Much research has been done to uncover the structure of water beyond the H2O scale, whi ...
Sep 28, 2007 |
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The beat goes on with AKAP18
A protein, known as AKAP18, could help the heart to beat faster in response to adrenaline or noradrenaline, according to a study published online this week in EMBO reports.
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Dysfunctional families and bad neighborhoods may worsen asthma in children and adolescents
A lack of family support and problems in one’s neighborhood are associated with greater asthma symptoms in children and adolescents, according to researchers in Vancouver, Canada.
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