Important mechanism identified in the formation of blood vessels
Jan 29, 2007 |
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All tissues, sick and healthy alike, need a blood supply to survive and grow. The key to many medical problems, like preventing tumour development, is therefore to obstruct the spread of the blood vessels. Research scientists ...
Mutant gene may have affected Abe Lincoln
Jan 29, 2007 |
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U.S. scientists say they might have discovered the origin of a disease identified in 11 generations of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln's family.
Donald Osterbrock, astronomer, dies at 82
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Donald Osterbrock, former director of Lick Observatory in California and author of a textbook on gaseous nebulae, has died at 82.
Diagnosis by Patterned Paper
Jan 29, 2007 |
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Testing biological fluids such as blood and urine is essential for both diagnostics and routine checks. In remote, non-industrialized regions or for emergency on-the-spot diagnosis, current methods of laboratory analysis ...
Nestle blamed in Mich. water level battle
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Environmental groups and residents in Michigan's Newaygo County are up in arms against Nestle Waters North America over lower water levels in the area.
Storage of greenhouse gasses in Siberian peat moor
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 29, 2007 |
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Wet peat moorlands form a sustainable storage place for the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide but are also a source of the much stronger greenhouse gas methane. According to Dutch researcher Wiebe Borren, peat moorlands will ...
Epson, Fujitsu Announce Results of Joint Project to Develop Next-Generation FRAM Technology
Jan 29, 2007 |
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Seiko Epson and Fujitsu today announced the results of their joint project to develop next-generation Ferrorelectric Random Access Memory (FRAM) technology.
Space shuttle launch rescheduled
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 29, 2007 |
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NASA says the launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis to the International Space Station on mission STS-117 will occur March 15 -- one day earlier than planned.
Researchers Create New Method for Uncovering Natural Products from Mystery ‘Orphan Genes’
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Microorganisms have a proven track record for producing powerful molecules useful in antibiotics, as anticancer agents, and in treating human diseases.
In many habitats, competition is the drama, but benefactors set the stage
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Is the world basically good or basically bad? It appears that in the natural world the answer is "basically good." Positive interactions in which plants and animals benefit from association with one another create the basis ...
