Major mid-century influenza epidemics caused by novel hybrid viruses
Feb 29, 2008 |
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Reassortment of the influenza A virus occurs frequently throughout its evolutionary history, according to a new study published February 29 in the open-access journal PLoS Pathogens.
New study shows low-fat diets more likely to reduce risk of heart disease than low-carb diets
Feb 29, 2008 |
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Low-fat diets are more effective in preserving and promoting a healthy cardiovascular system than low-carbohydrate, Atkins’-like diets, according to a new study by researchers at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee.
Biomagnetics developed for use in new breast cancer tests
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Feb 29, 2008 |
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A team from UCL has developed a new medical device which will make the early detection of breast cancer more cost effective and easier to administer. The team - which won a prestigious Brian Mercer Feasibility ...
Carbon calculator provides personalized footprint
Feb 29, 2008 |
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Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, have created a carbon calculator that shows people as well as cities and businesses how their lifestyles contribute to global warming and identifies areas ...
Certain vitamin supplements may increase lung cancer risk, especially in smokers
Feb 29, 2008 |
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Vitamin supplements do not protect against lung cancer, according to a study of more than 77,000 vitamin users. In fact, some supplements may even increase the risk of developing it.
Emails show Microsoft's Vista problems
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E-mails suggest Microsoft executives struggled to make Windows Vista work on their own computers after it was released, a published report said.
SSRL Beamline 13 Achieves First Light
Feb 29, 2008 |
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On February 14, the first light shone into the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory's newest beamline. Beamline 13, which has been under construction for the past two years, will allow new types of soft ...
Plant growth experiment starts in Columbus
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 29, 2008 |
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ESA astronaut Léopold Eyharts has activated the first experiment inside the European Columbus laboratory. The WAICO experiment, which investigates the effect of gravity on plant root growth, has started inside ...
Children with autism may learn from 'virtual peers'
Feb 29, 2008 |
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Using “virtual peers” -- animated life-sized children that simulate the behaviors and conversation of typically developing children -- Northwestern University researchers are developing interventions designed ...
Saturn dominates during March, while Jupiter moves onto the stage
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 29, 2008 |
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Saturn will be easily visible almost all night during March, glowing bright yellow among the stars of the constellation Leo the Lion. Saturn will outshine Leo's brightest star, Regulus, nearby to the right ...
Study identifies reasons patients referred late to nephrologists
Feb 29, 2008 |
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Some patients with kidney disease aren’t referred to kidney specialists in time to delay disease progression and improve their prognosis for a variety of reasons, according to researchers at Wake Forest University School ...
Device allows scientists to control gene activity across generations of cells
Biology /
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Just as cells inherit genes, they also inherit a set of instructions that tell genes when to become active, in which tissues and to what extent. Now, Rockefeller University researchers have built a device that, by allowing ...
Suicide rates among young Scottish men fall by over 40 percent
Feb 29, 2008 |
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In the 1980s and 90s, Scotland was known for its alarmingly high suicide rate. But since 2000, suicide rates have fallen sharply. A study published in the online open access journal BMC Public Health found this reduction is ass ...
Stakeholders use science to find common ground on wood supply from forests
Feb 29, 2008 |
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Northern Arizona University has released a report that identifies the potential volume of wood resources available from more than 2 million acres of Arizona forests, representing the first major agreement among groups typically ...
Technology uses live cells to detect food-borne pathogens, toxins
Feb 29, 2008 |
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Researchers have developed a new technology that can simultaneously screen thousands of samples of food or water for several dangerous food-borne pathogens in one to two hours.
