Archive: 09/29/2006
Molecular scissors help cancer cells break out and spread
A University of Michigan research team has identified how cancer cells employ a sort of molecular scissors to cut their way out of tumors and begin spreading throughout the body.
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Smoking Out Space Fires
If you've ever burned your dinner, you know how startling a smoke alarm can be. Now, imagine you're 220 miles away from Earth in an orbiting lab when the alarm sounds. Fires are no laughing matter on Earth, ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 29, 2006 |
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HP to Acquire VoodooPC
HP today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire VoodooPC, a leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance and personalized gaming computer systems.
Sep 29, 2006 |
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Painting by numbers
Professor Richard ffrench-Constant of the University of Exeter in Cornwall has worked with an international team of experts to ‘decode’ the patterns on butterflies’ wings.
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Japanese Researchers Develop Portable 3D Display System
NTT DoCoMo, Inc. announced today that it has co-developed a portable, seven-inch 3D display system with Associate Professor Yasuhiro Takagi of Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology. Both still images and video can ...
Sep 29, 2006 |
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MIT laser method unveils ultrafast photochemical reactions
MIT researchers have made a fundamental advance in understanding how different environments affect chemical reactions by devising a novel way to observe ultrafast photochemical reactions--reactions induced ...
Sep 29, 2006 |
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Study defines effective microbicide design for HIV/AIDS prevention
Duke University biomedical engineers have developed a computer tool they say could lead to improvements in topical microbicides being developed for women to use to prevent infection by the virus that causes AIDS.
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Sep 29, 2006 |
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Anatomy of a Discovery
"The seeds of great discoveries are constantly floating around us, but they only take root in minds well prepared to receive them." Joseph Henry, American physicist (1797-1878)
Sep 29, 2006 |
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Swedish researcher launches unique search engine for the Web
Sweden-based company Polar Rose will soon be introducing a Web-based search engine that can find photographs of people by analyzing pictures and identifying faces. The search engine-which will be the first of its kind in ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Sep 29, 2006 |
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Australia, South Africa, short-listed for giant telescope
Australia and South Africa have been short-listed as the countries to host the Square Kilometre Array (SKA), a giant next-generation radio telescope being developed by scientists in 17 countries.
Sep 29, 2006 |
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An Infectious Agent of Deception, Exposed Through Proteomics
Salmonella bacteria, infamous for food poisoning that kills hundreds of thousands worldwide, infect by stealth. They slip unnoticed into and multiply inside macrophages, the very immune system cells the body relies on to ...
Biology /
Sep 29, 2006 |
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Close-up on highlands near crater Pentland
This high-resolution image, taken by the advanced Moon Imaging Experiment (AMIE) on board ESA’s SMART-1 spacecraft, shows an area close to crater Pentland on the Moon.
Sep 29, 2006 |
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Nanometer bridge combines magnetic and electronic worlds
A gadolinium layer of no more than one nanometer in thickness is capable of combining the magnetic world with electronics. In this way, it will be possible to put a magnetic memory element directly to a silicon transistor: ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Sep 29, 2006 |
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Drug fools immune system to fight allergy
A Swiss company is testing a hay fever drug that tricks the human immune system into acting as if it has been exposed to an infectious agent found in dirt.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Sep 29, 2006 |
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Brisk workout needed to cut cancer risk
At least half an hour of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity five or more days a week is needed to reduce cancer risk, the American Cancer Society says.
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