Archive: 11/30/2006
Complaints about memory are associated with Alzheimer-related brain damage
Researchers at Rush University Medical Center found that having complaints about memory problems is associated with changes in the brain related to Alzheimer's disease. They reported their findings in the November 2006 issue ...
Nov 30, 2006 |
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Ancient British artifacts to be displayed
An ancient curse inscribed on a sheet of lead is one of several treasures going on display from a British archaeological dig.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Nov 30, 2006 |
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New York trans fat ban expected to pass
New York restaurants are lobbying the city council in hopes of overriding a ban on trans fats that is expected to pass the board of health.
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Scientist spin human brain cell silicone
British scientists say they have succeeded in spinning fine threads of biocompatible silicone that contain viable living human brain cells.
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Protein protects against nerve degeneration
A protein called NMNAT protects against nerve cell degeneration in fruit flies and mice, said Baylor College of Medicine researchers in a report in the Public Library of Science Biology that appears online today.
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Nov 30, 2006 |
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Probing Question: What makes somebody a morning person or a night owl?
I'm a dyed-in-the-wool morning guy: up at 5, nodding off by 9 p.m. My college-freshman son, on the other hand, is the proverbial night owl: up around noon, and I don't even want to know when he gets to bed.
Nov 30, 2006 |
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Modeling Mineral Formation with X-rays
Some of the hardest and sturdiest materials aren’t made in the factory; they’re made inside the bodies of animals. Biominerals are commonly used for support and protection, forming in teeth, bones, and shells ...
Nov 30, 2006 |
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New Horizons Gets First Glimpse of Pluto
The New Horizons team got a faint glimpse of the mission's distant, main planetary target when one of the spacecraft's telescopic cameras spotted Pluto for the first time.
Nov 30, 2006 |
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Scientists Want to Solve Puzzle of Excess Water Vapor Near Cirrus Clouds
A number of researchers in recent years have reported perplexing findings of water vapor at concentrations as much as twice what they should be in and around cirrus clouds high in the atmosphere, a finding that could alter ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 30, 2006 |
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School may ban unvaccinated students
A Cook County, Ill., Public Health Department official says the county may ban students not vaccinated for whooping cough from public schools.
Nov 30, 2006 |
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Swedish ESA astronaut is ready to fly
European Space Agency astronaut Christer Fuglesang is about to become the first Swedish and the first Nordic astronaut in space.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 30, 2006 |
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Exercise when young may reduce risk of fractures later in life
Running and jumping during childhood is more than child's play; it provides lifelong benefits for future bone health and appears to reduce the risk of fractures later in life according to a Journal of Bone ...
Nov 30, 2006 |
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It's a gamble: Econophysicists meld science, economics
Predicting financial markets is more of a gamble than traditional economists will admit, and making sense of such numbers is more like trying to decipher noise blasting from a loudspeaker, says one University of Houston econophysicist, ...
Nov 30, 2006 |
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New finding points way to foiling anthrax's tricks
University of California, Berkeley, chemists have discovered a trick that anthrax bacteria use to make an end run around the body's defenses, but which may turn out to be their Achilles' heel.
Nov 30, 2006 |
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UCR Studying Self-Organizing Smart Wireless Networks
For wireless multihop networks to be used by thousands, the network has to be able to self-organize, which is what University of California, Riverside researchers are developing at the Bourns College of Engineering.
Technology / Computer Sciences
Nov 30, 2006 |
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