Archive: 01/31/2008
Anti-parasite drug may provide new way to attack HIV
A drug already used to treat parasitic infections, and once looked at for cancer, also attacks the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in a new and powerful way, according to research published today online in the open access ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Jan 31, 2008 |
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Using musical chords to analyze and illustrate hydrogen molecule's response to laser pulses
For Kansas State University physics professor Uwe Thumm, confirmation of a theory about the behavior of small molecules became music to his ears -- literally. He and colleagues in Heidelberg, Germany, have shown how a hydrogen ...
Jan 31, 2008 |
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FDA issues contaminated cheese warning
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a consumer warning and recall of possibly contaminated Grassy Meadows Dairy Co. cheeses.
Jan 31, 2008 |
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Study: African fruit is untapped resource
A report suggests native African fruits are an untapped resource that could help combat malnutrition and boost rural development on the African continent.
Jan 31, 2008 |
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Diabetes makes it hard for blood vessels to relax
One way diabetes is bad for your blood vessels is by creating too much competition for an amino acid that helps blood vessels relax, researchers say.
Jan 31, 2008 |
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SanDisk Offers New 32- AND 16-Gigabyte SDHC and 8GB SDHC Plus Cards
Giving photo enthusiasts the freedom to take more pictures and shoot more video, SanDisk Corporation today increased both capacities and speeds in its SanDisk Ultra II line with the introduction of 32- and ...
Jan 31, 2008 |
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Probing Question: What is colorblindness?
Midnight Blue, Burnt Orange, Aquamarine. Since 1903, Crayola crayons -- with their fanciful names and hundreds of hues -- have introduced generations of American children to the nuanced beauty of the color spectrum. Imagine ...
Jan 31, 2008 |
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It’s All About Geometry: Protein Contact Surfaces Hold Key to Cures
Your mother always told you to do your geometry homework, and for scientists seeking new treatments for diseases like Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s, this advice turns out to be right on the mark.
Biology /
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Researchers find that humans are cause of diminishing water flow in the West
The Rocky Mountains have warmed by 2 degrees Fahrenheit. The snowpack in the Sierras has dwindled by 20 percent and the temperatures there have heated up by 1.7 degrees Fahrenheit.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 31, 2008 |
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DNA analysis unlocks students' pasts
For most of her life, Georgia State doctoral student Erin Harper thought of herself as African-American with French ancestry.
Biology /
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Youths in child welfare system behave better with early intervention
Children in the welfare system would have a better chance of staying out of trouble if their caregivers are trained in ways to prevent delinquent behavior before it festers, a new study says.
Jan 31, 2008 |
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Conservation strategies must shift with global environmental change, says CU-Boulder study
Sustaining and enhancing altered ecosystems has become the new mantra for conservation and restoration managers as ecosystems continue to change in response to global warming and other environmental changes, ...
Jan 31, 2008 |
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Scientists solve mystery of glassy water
Water has some amazing properties. It is the only natural substance found in all three states — solid, liquid and gas — within the range of natural Earth temperatures. Its solid form is less dense than its liquid form, which ...
Jan 31, 2008 |
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Inherited individual variations influence patterns of gene shuffling
The first large-scale, high-resolution study of human genetic recombination has found remarkably high levels of individual variation in genetic exchange, the process by which parents pass on a mosaic-like mixture of their ...
Jan 31, 2008 |
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21st century water management: Calculating with the unknown
Climate change is making a central assumption of water management obsolete: Water-resource risk assessment and planning are currently based on the notion that factors such as precipitation and streamflow fluctuate ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 31, 2008 |
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