Personal TV Channels: Guiding you through a multi-channel universe
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Finding your way through the ever-growing amount of TV content can be frustrating, especially when all you want to do is watch your favorite show. Now Philips has found a way to make everyone’s TV experience ...
Discovery may pave the way for a new class of diabetes drugs
Aug 30, 2007 |
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A multidisciplinary team led by researchers at the University of California, San Diego has determined the structure of a protein found in cells that shows potential as a target for the development of new drugs to treat diabetes.
Microfluidic chambers advance the science of growing neurons
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Researchers at the University of Illinois have developed a method for culturing mammalian neurons in chambers not much larger than the neurons themselves. The new approach extends the lifespan of the neurons at very low densities, ...
Inhaling nitric oxide helps transplant success
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Administering inhaled nitric oxide (NO) during surgery helps protect liver transplant patients from organ failure, according to a new study from researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB).
NASA Satellite Captured the Life and Death of Hurricane Dean
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 30, 2007 |
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By Friday, August 24, 2007, the remnants of Dean were dissipating off the western Mexican coast.
Study: Doctors favoring Botox patients
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A U.S. study says it is easier to get an appointment for a Botox shot for wrinkles than to see a doctor for what could be a cancerous mole.
Pancreatic cancer fights off immune attack
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Scientists of the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum) and the Heidelberg University Hospitals have discovered that pancreatic cancer attracts regulatory T cells, which suppress the activity of ...
Databases must balance privacy, utility, says statistics professor
Technology / Computer Sciences
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Agencies like the U.S. Census Bureau produce a voluminous amount of data, much of which is of tremendous value to social scientists and other researchers. But the data also includes personal information that, under the law, ...
Lead may have hastened Beethoven's death
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An Austrian scientist says a sample of composer Ludwig van Beethoven's hair taken after his death indicates medical treatment hastened his death.
Washington state has fourth lowest child poverty rate in U.S.
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Washington State now has the fourth lowest child poverty rate in the nation, tied with Hawaii. Last year, Washington ranked 21st in the U.S.
Iowa State researcher studies the sustainability of the bioeconomy
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This spring farmers responded to the ethanol industry's demand for grain by increasing their corn acreage by 19 percent over last year, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates.
Edible films to kill E. coli on tap
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Scientists at New Jersey's Rutgers University and in other labs are developing edible films and powders that kill E.coli and Salmonella.
Eco-tilling detects herbicide resistance early
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A new molecular tool to help farmers address one of the major threats to conventional agricultural practices - herbicide resistance – has been developed by Australian and Japanese researchers.
Disease resistance may be genetic
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According to a study in Evolution, resistance to certain infectious diseases may be passed genetically from parent to child. The genetic resistance may be beneficial to families as those with the gene are both unlikely to suf ...
Gene signature spells poor outcome
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Other than visually inspecting the disease, doctors have no genetic blueprint to classify melanomas, a lethal form of skin cancer. Tumors generally are ranked by how deeply the growth has invaded underlying skin tissue. ...
