Polymers show promise for lab-on-a-chip technology
Aug 30, 2006 |
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Researchers are touting the use of liquid crystalline polymers (LCP) as a viable tool for use in devices such as the sought-after lab-on-a-chip technology.
Arkansas rice farmers file a lawsuit
Aug 30, 2006 |
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A group of Arkansas rice farmers has filed a state lawsuit against Bayer CropScience and Riceland Foods Inc., concerning genetically modified rice.
IBM, Chartered, Infineon And Samsung Announce Process And Design Readiness For Silicon Circuits On 45nm Low-Power Techno
Aug 30, 2006 |
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IBM, Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing, Infineon Technologies, and Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. today announced first silicon-functional circuits and the availability of design kits based on their collaboration for 45nm ...
Bacteria beat the heat
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How do some microorganisms manage to exist and even thrive in surroundings ranging from Antarctica to boiling hot springs? A team of scientists from the Weizmann Institute's Plant Sciences Department, led by Prof. Avigdor ...
Scientists study robot-human interactions
Aug 30, 2006 |
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British scientists are studying how people interact with robots to determine what future machines should look like and how they should behave.
Motorcycle helmet laws found effective
Aug 30, 2006 |
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A U.S. study suggests states not requiring motorcycle riders to wear helmets may be contributing to unnecessary deaths, hospitalizations and disabilities.
Understanding of How Cells Turn Cancerous Advances at UCR
Aug 30, 2006 |
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Researchers at the University of California, Riverside have uncovered a key step in how healthy cells protect themselves from mutating into cancerous tumor cells.
Atmospheric ozone recovering in mid-latitudes, report shows
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 30, 2006 |
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Concentrations of atmospheric ozone -- which protects Earth from the sun's ultraviolet radiation -- are showing signs of recovery in the most important regions of the stratosphere above the mid-latitudes in ...
Scientist-astronaut sends T-cells into space
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A former astronaut and researcher at the San Francisco VA Medical Center will be traveling to the Cosmodrome space-launch site at Baikonur, Kazakhstan, this Saturday, Sept. 2, 2006, to prepare a crucial experiment designed ...
Nobel Prize winner Melvin Schwartz dies
Aug 30, 2006 |
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Melvin Schwartz, who shared the 1988 Nobel Prize in physics for creating the first high-energy neutrino beam, has died at his Twins Falls, Idaho, home at 73.
U.S. starts diabetes research program
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As U.S. students begin another school year, hundreds of sixth graders will be taking part in a wide-ranging diabetes study.
British hospitals struggle to feed elderly
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British officials say hospitals are struggling to make sure elderly patients are fed properly.
Study finds that vioxx reduces the risk of colorectal polyps
Aug 30, 2006 |
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A researcher from Dartmouth reports the results of a clinical trial that shows that the cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) inhibitor rofecoxib (VIOXX®) reduces the risk of colorectal adenomas, or polyps. Polyps are benign tumors that ...
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