Cells selectively absorb short nanotubes
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Mar 30, 2007 |
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DNA-wrapped single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) shorter than about 200 nanometers readily enter into human lung cells and so may pose an increased risk to health, according to scientists at the National ...
Researchers Identify Connection between Sleep Disruption and Increased Cardiovascular Risk
Mar 30, 2007 |
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Researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine have discovered that sleep disruption in seemingly healthy subjects is associated with increased clotting of the blood, which has previously ...
Scientists identify how development of different species uses same genes with distinct features
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Mar 30, 2007 |
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Biologists at New York University have identified how different species use common genes to control their early development and alter how these genes are used to accommodate their own features. The findings, which were discovered ...
Something fishy in human blood could save lives
Mar 30, 2007 |
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Thousands of people with liver and kidney disease die every year from too much ammonia in their blood, and scientists from the United States and Japan have found a possible solution. In the April 2007 issue of The FASEB Journal ...
Research project tackles 'regeneration' gap
Mar 30, 2007 |
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Researchers at the McKnight Brain Institute of the University of Florida have initiated a project to treat human brain and other diseases by plundering the secrets of regeneration from creatures with remarkable powers of ...
Rosetta and New Horizons watch Jupiter in joint campaign
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 30, 2007 |
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ESA’s Rosetta and NASA’s New Horizons are working together in their joint campaign to observe Jupiter. A preliminary analysis of the data from Rosetta’s Alice ultraviolet spectrometer indicates that the data ...
BI Landscape Is A-Changin'
Mar 30, 2007 |
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New technologies and mergers put the business intelligence sector on verge of an evolution.
New Adaptive Optics technique demonstrated
Mar 30, 2007 |
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On the evening of 25 March 2007, the Multi-Conjugate Adaptive Optics Demonstrator (MAD) achieved First Light at the Visitor Focus of Melipal, the third Unit Telescope of the Very Large Telescope (VLT). MAD allowed the scientists ...
TJX Intruder Had Retailer's Encryption Key
Mar 30, 2007 |
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Not that the culprit necessarily needed it. Data was apparently taken during the card-approval process before it was encrypted. These are among the latest details in what is almost certainly the worst retail data breach ever. ...
RIM: BlackBerry is a Platform
Mar 30, 2007 |
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In his keynote address at CTIA 2007, RIM founder and co-chief executive Mike Lazaridis gave some examples of how wireless push e-mail became an actual platform, one that developers can use to create new and interesting software ...
Alcatel Rolls Out Spring Line of Fashion Phones
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Mar 30, 2007 |
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Alcatel, a French/Chinese phone maker is making a big splash in the U.S. this year, with twenty – yes, twenty – phones for the U.S. market. The look? Chic and stylish.
Gateway Offers New Small Form Factor PC
Mar 30, 2007 |
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The company believes the new PC lineup, the E-2610, which comes with Intel's Core 2 Duo processors and 945G chip set, will appeal to specific verticals, such as education.
Former Presidents Bush and Clinton Seek Unity Through Wireless
Mar 30, 2007 |
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The pair says the wireless industry should focus on ways to use technology to help grow the global economy.
HP to Launch Printer Management Tool Designed for SMBs
Mar 30, 2007 |
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HP has designed a new printer management tool that allows small and midsize businesses to manage up to 15 HP LaserJet printers and multi-function printers.
Wolves remain elusive in lower Michigan
Biology /
Mar 30, 2007 |
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Michigan wildlife officials said they are convinced there are gray wolves in the Lower Peninsula even though no one has spotted a pack.
