Want to save polar bears? Follow the ice
May 30, 2007 |
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[B]WCS launches project to save bears where ice will remain[/B] In the wake of the U.S. government’s watershed decision to propose listing the polar bear as "Threatened" under the Endangered Species Act, the Wildlife Con ...
Sandia/Boeing collaboration targets aircraft fuel cell application
May 30, 2007 |
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Sandia National Laboratories and Boeing are collaborating on a project looking at the feasibility of using a hydrogen-powered fuel cell for providing backup power in aircraft.
Researchers Sometimes Encounter What They're Not Looking For
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When researchers from the Sharon Lawler lab, Department of Entomology, University of California, Davis, hike into the wilds to do ecological research, sometimes they feel as if they're being watched.
Gene expression patterns predict rapid decline in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis patients
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Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic lung disease typically characterized by the slow but progressive onset of shortness of breath or cough. Most patients live about five years after diagnosis. However, according ...
Entrepreneurship can triumph over globalization
May 30, 2007 |
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Embracing innovation is the only way for Western businesses to succeed in the global market, says Indiana University economics Professor David Audretsch, whose new book, The Entrepreneurial Society, is due for release in ...
SEMATECH and NIST Collaborate on Chemical Analysis of Advanced Gate Dielectrics
May 30, 2007 |
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Nitrogen incorporation in thin HfO2/SiO2 film systems representative of high-k gate dielectric layers in advanced metal-oxide semiconductor field-effect transistors (MOSFETs) has been investigated by synch ...
Molecular motors may speed nutrient processing
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Matthew Tyska, Ph.D., recalls being intrigued, from the first day of his postdoctoral fellowship in 1999, with a nearly 30-year-old photograph. It was an electron micrograph that showed the internal structures of an intestinal ...
Cytomegalovirus exacerbates atherosclerosis through an autoimmune mechanism
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Atherosclerosis is the main cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Classic risk factors including smoking, diabetes, hypertension and high cholesterol levels are known to play a pivotal role in the pathogenesis of the ...
Daily forecasts track smoke from southern fires
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 30, 2007 |
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At the request of the Georgia State Department of Health, scientists with the Southern Research Station Smoke Management Team located at the Center for Forest Disturbance Science in Athens, GA, are producing daily smoke forecasts ...
NASA embarks on cutting-edge polar exploration and research
May 30, 2007 |
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NASA has selected 33 new scientific investigations to fund that will advance interdisciplinary studies of Earth's polar regions and the objectives of the International Polar Year (IPY). The three-year projects, supported ...
Growth factors and environment combine to increase brain maturation
May 30, 2007 |
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A new study showing that growth factors and the environment combine to increase brain maturation appears in the May 30th issue of the online, open-access journal PLoS ONE. The study was conducted by Francesca Ciucci, Elena ...
'Virtual Patient' to simulate real-time organ motions for radiation therapy
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Rensselaer researchers awarded major NIH grant to develop 4-D virtual patient model With a $2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), researchers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute ...
Talking sex on the factory floor in China
May 30, 2007 |
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Young, single women in urban China are aware of contraceptive methods but some may be too shy to ask for them, research published in the online open access journal BMC Health Services Research reveals. Young women want more ...
Older Motorists Improve Driving Performance with Physical Conditioning
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Older people who performed a physical conditioning program developed by researchers at Yale School of Medicine were able to maintain or enhance their driving performance, potentially leading to a safer and more independent ...
The scientist and the contortionist
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Watching a ballet dancer or circus acrobat perform, who hasn't winced at the thought of trying to replicate the impossible flexibility on display? Emilie Mackie '07, a neuroscience major, wondered what exactly is happening ...
