Archive: 06/29/2007
New Undersea Images Challenge Prevailing Ideas About the Antarctic Ice Sheet
Using echo-sounding equipment to create images and maps of areas below the ocean floor, researchers have begun to unravel a new story about the Antarctic Ice Sheet.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 29, 2007 |
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Now anxious people can help themselves
People suffering from anxiety disorders can help themselves using approaches based on cognitive behavioural therapies (CBT), according to a new book by a University of Manchester psychologist.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 29, 2007 |
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Undifferentiated Networks Would Require Significant Extra Capacity
A new study by researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, AT&T Labs, and the University of Nevada, Reno suggests that an Internet where all traffic is treated identically would require significantly more capacity than ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Jun 29, 2007 |
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Hubble Catches Jupiter Changing Its Stripes
Massive Jupiter is undergoing dramatic atmospheric changes that have never been seen before with the keen "eye" of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope.
Jun 29, 2007 |
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Critical protein prevents DNA damage from persisting through generations
A protein long known to be involved in protecting a cell from genetic damage has been found to play an even more important role in protecting the cell’s offspring. New research shows that the protein, known ...
Biology /
Jun 29, 2007 |
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AMD to Ship Industry's First Native x86 Quad-Core Processors In August
AMD announced today that Quad-Core AMD Opteron processors, code-named “Barcelona,” are planned for shipment in both standard and low power versions at launch later this summer.
Jun 29, 2007 |
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'Modular' Leukemia Drug Shows Promise In Early Testing
A new type of engineered drug candidate has shown promise in treating chronic lymphocytic leukemia in both test tube and early animal tests, a new study shows.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jun 29, 2007 |
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Risky Descent
NASA's Mars rover Opportunity is scheduled to begin a descent down a rock-paved slope into the Red Planet's massive Victoria Crater. This carries real risk for the long-lived robotic explorer, but NASA and ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 29, 2007 |
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Drivers Unwanted: MIT 'Robocar' takes a spin
A team of MIT faculty and researchers including 20 students are working toward what could be the car of the future: a vehicle that drives itself, with people as passengers.
Jun 29, 2007 |
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Edmonton city site was dinosaur dining room
A dinosaur bone bed in southwest Edmonton that served as a feeding area for the direct ancestor of Tyrannosaurus rex has revealed that two dinosaurs, thought to have lived in different eras, actually lived ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jun 29, 2007 |
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Pioneering 3D view of near-Earth magnetic 'dance'
Scientists have obtained the first-ever 3D picture of interconnected magnetic ‘dances’ in near-Earth space, known as magnetic reconnection events.
Jun 29, 2007 |
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NASA satellite captures first view of 'night-shining' clouds
A NASA satellite has captured the first occurrence this summer of mysterious iridescent polar clouds that form 50 miles above Earth's surface.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 29, 2007 |
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Surgeons fail to report accidents
A report says more than half of U.S. surgical residents fail to report when they accidentally stick themselves with needles and sharp instruments.
Jun 29, 2007 |
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States look at ways to ease Medicaid cuts
At least four U.S. states have passed budget measures to increase dispensing fees for Medicaid prescriptions.
Jun 29, 2007 |
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Pallid sturgeon spawning in Missouri River
The rare pallid sturgeon has started spawning in the Missouri River between South Dakota and Nebraska, scientists said.
Biology /
Jun 29, 2007 |
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