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Dutch zoo breeds own jellyfish

Marine biologists at a Dutch zoo say they have succeeded in the difficult task of breeding jellyfish in captivity.

Biology /

created Sep 29, 2007 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (7) | comments 0

FDA cracks down on hydrocone products

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says it will start taking enforcement action against companies marketing unapproved hydrocodone products.

Medicine & Health / Other

created Sep 29, 2007 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

'Bad carbs' not the enemy, UV professor finds

The latest common wisdom on carbohydrates claims that eating so-called “bad” carbohydrates will make you fat, but University of Virginia professor Glenn Gaesser says, “that’s just nonsense.” Eating sandwiches with white bread, ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 29, 2007 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (40) | comments 0

Ultrasound plus mammography finds more cancers, but increases false positives

Adding ultrasound to mammography finds more cancers than mammography alone, but also substantially increases the number of false positives, according to first-year results from a three-year study of the two tests.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Sep 29, 2007 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Carnegie Mellon researchers create new scanning system

Indiana Jones, step aside. Carnegie Mellon University’s Yang Cai is developing new technology that could revolutionize the way archeologists work.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Sep 29, 2007 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (7) | comments 0

New discovery may improve treatment of one of the world's leading causes of blindness

An inflammatory eye condition that is one of the world’s leading causes of blindness could be treated much more effectively and easily thanks to a new discovery here.

Medicine & Health / Research

created Sep 29, 2007 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Breaking the barrier toward nanometer X-ray resolution

A team of researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory have overcome a major obstacle for using refractive lenses to focus x-rays. This method will allow the efficient focusing ...

Physics / General Physics

created Sep 29, 2007 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (17) | comments 1


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