Archive: 10/9/2006
Expedition 14 gets ready for a short trip
Expedition 14 has completed its first full week solo on the International Space Station and was preparing Monday for an unusual excursion.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 09, 2006 |
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Sunday alcohol sales cause crash rise
A New Mexico study has found that alcohol-related car crash deaths have risen 49 percent since the state repealed a law prohibiting alcohol sales on Sundays.
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Primate expert discounts Hobbit discovery
A primate expert at Chicago's Field Museum says a tiny "Hobbit"-like species discovered in Indonesia has to be a pygmy version of modern humans.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Oct 09, 2006 |
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Child sleep breathing problems studied
A U.S. study suggests children with high blood pressure might be at risk for sleep breathing disorders.
Oct 09, 2006 |
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Too many U.S. kids lead stressful lives
The United States has strayed so far from the Victorian ideal of childhood that pediatricians should include "stress checks" in child exams, a report says.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 09, 2006 |
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Hot flash study examines diabetes
A University of Texas researcher has received funding to study if menopausal hot flashes can be controlled similar to sugar levels -- by diet and exercise.
Oct 09, 2006 |
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'Trapped Wave' Caused Unexpected Dennis Surge
When Hurricane Dennis passed North Florida on July 10, 2005, it caused a 10-foot storm surge in some areas along Apalachee Bay — about 3 to 4 feet more than forecasted— that couldn’t be explained only by the ...
Oct 09, 2006 |
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Photochemistry Creates Drug-Trapping Nanoparticles
Many of the most potent anticancer agents are poorly soluble in water, presenting a challenge for medicinal chemists who must develop methods of delivering these drugs in the watery environment of the human body. Nanoparticles ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Oct 09, 2006 |
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$100 Laptop May Be at Security Forefront
(AP) -- The $100 laptops planned for children around the world might turn out to be as revolutionary for their security measures as for their low-cost economics.
Oct 09, 2006 |
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HIV gets a makeover: A few adjustments to the AIDS virus could alter the course of research
The slow pace of AIDS research can be pinned, in no small part, on something akin to the square-peg-round-hole conundrum. The HIV-1 virus won’t replicate in monkey cells, so researchers use a monkey virus — ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Oct 09, 2006 |
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Caltech, UC Berkeley to Investigate How Brain Activity Controls Complex Behavior
A new $4.4-million grant from the National Science Foundation will allow researchers at the California Institute of Technology and the University of California, Berkeley, to develop techniques to turn brain cells on and off ...
Oct 09, 2006 |
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Nanocrystals Are Hot
Scientists at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have discovered that nanocrystals of germanium embedded in silica glass don't melt until the temperature rises almost 200 degrees ...
Oct 09, 2006 |
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Expression of a membrane protein in peripheral tissue linked to cancer: A novel tumour marker
Researchers at the Max Planck Institute of Experimental Medicine, in collaboration with the Department of Pathology at the Medical School of the Georg August University in Gottingen and the National Institute ...
Oct 09, 2006 |
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Sensory feedback during speech: The brain attunes to more than just sound
Using robotics to manipulate the brain's perception of jaw movement while words are spoken, researchers have deepened our understanding of the importance of non-auditory sensory cues in the brain's control of speech. The ...
Biology /
Oct 09, 2006 |
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Breast cancer researchers report new insights into ductal carcinoma in situ
New UC Davis research supports the recent hypothesis that both ductal carcinoma in situ and invasive breast cancer develop from the same breast cancer progenitor cells. The research was reported at the annual meeting of the ...
Oct 09, 2006 |
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