Samsung First to Mass Produce 16Gb NAND Flash Memory
Apr 30, 2007 |
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Samsung Electronics announced today that it has become the first to begin mass producing 16 gigabit NAND flash, the highest capacity memory chip now available. The company said it will fabricate the devices ...
Scientists make major advance in structural biology
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Apr 30, 2007 |
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Scientists from Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) and Rice University have discovered a new way to analyze the moving parts of large proteins – a breakthrough that will make it easier for structural biologists to classify ...
A cherry on top: Tart cherries may alter heart/diabetes factors
Apr 30, 2007 |
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Tart cherries may be good for more than just making pie, according to new data from an animal study conducted by University of Michigan Health System researchers and presented today at a major scientific meeting.
Fish oil may help kidney disease sufferers
Apr 30, 2007 |
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Fish oil, it's been touted as an answer to Alzheimers, arthritis and even weight-loss but now a Queensland University of Technology researcher will test its health benefits in people with chronic kidney disease.
Artificial snot enhances electronic nose
Apr 30, 2007 |
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Researchers at The University of Warwick and Leicester University have used an artificial snot (nasal mucus) to significantly enhance the performance of electronic noses.
What People Say May Not Be What They Know
Apr 30, 2007 |
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What a person says is not necessarily an indication of what that person knows because speech is motivated by social circumstances and the desire to influence the listener. Two researchers at the University of Missouri-Columbia ...
Scientists find new agent to fight genetic disorders -- Zorro-Locked Nucleic Acid
Apr 30, 2007 |
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A study to appear in the June 2007 issue of The FASEB Journal describes a new agent, called "Zorro-LNA," which has the potential to stop genetic disorders in their tracks. In the study, researchers from the Karolinska Institute ...
Your brain and hormones may conspire to make you fat
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 30, 2007 |
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Why do some people get fat even when they eat relatively little? What creates that irresistible urge for a bag of potato chips or a hunk of chocolate cake, as opposed to a nice crisp apple? Can food urges be irresistible?
Area of brain controlling the body’s response to exercise identified
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Apr 30, 2007 |
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The part of the brain which prepares our bodies for exercise, and controls our circulation and breathing while we exercise, has been identified by Oxford researchers.
South Florida heading for serious drought
Apr 30, 2007 |
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Despite heavy rains during the past month, scientists say South Florida is on its way to a serious drought.
'Supermap' of avian flu yields new info on source, spread
Apr 30, 2007 |
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Scientists here have designed a new, interactive map of the spread of the avian flu virus (H5N1) that for the first time incorporates genetic, geographic and evolutionary information that may help predict ...
Puzzling plankton yield secrets to role in evolution, global photosynthesis
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Apr 30, 2007 |
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The analysis of DNA sequences from tiny green algae have provided new insights into the mystery of how new species of plankton evolve—and further highlights their critical role in managing the global cycling of carbon.
Catching cancer's spread by watching hemoglobin
Apr 30, 2007 |
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In an advance that can potentially assist cancer diagnosis, a new optical technique provides high-resolution, three-dimensional images of blood vessels by taking advantage of the natural multiple-photon-absorbing properties ...
Response to gains or losses depends on age
Apr 30, 2007 |
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A U.S. study finds older adults have an asymmetric neural response to monetary gains and losses compared to the responses by adults aged 19-27 years.
Fast Search Sides with Newspapers in Web Sales War
Apr 30, 2007 |
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A Norwegian company that supplies search technology to business users is looking to help newspaper publishers make more money from online advertising without sharing it with big Internet services.
