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 Study explores plausibility of bulbs and tubers in the diet of early human ancestors(PhysOrg.com) -- It was a dirty job, but somebody had to do it. Anthropologist Nathaniel J. Dominy of the University of California, Santa Cruz, has advanced the investigation of the diet of early human ancestors ... |
AOL shutting 3 services to cut costs, focus on ads(AP) -- AOL is shutting three data-storage services, including one of the Internet's earliest photo-sharing sites, as it seeks to cut costs and focus resources on its advertising opportunities. |
Rising energy, food prices major threats to wetlands as farmers eye new areas for cropsCritical food shortages and growing demand for bio-fuels and hydro-electricity due to high fossil fuel prices rank among the greatest threats today to the preservation of precious wetlands worldwide as farmers and developers ... |
Intel Outlines Plans for New Category of Smarter, Purpose-Built 'System on Chip' DesignsAs Internet access continues to be added to all kinds of computers and devices, Intel executives outlined a plan to use its chip design expertise, factory capacity, advanced manufacturing techniques and the economics of Moore's ... |
 Scientists solve 30-year-old aurora borealis mysteryUCLA space scientists and colleagues have identified the mechanism that triggers substorms in space; wreaks havoc on satellites, power grids and communications systems; and leads to the explosive release of ... |
 Electron microscopy enters the picometer scaleJülich scientists have succeeded in precisely measuring atomic spacings down to a few picometres using new methods in ultrahigh-resolution electron microscopy. This makes it possible to find out decisive parameters ... |
Limiting fructose may boost weight lossOne of the reasons people on low-carbohydrate diets may lose weight is that they reduce their intake of fructose, a type of sugar that can be made into body fat quickly, according to a researcher at UT Southwestern Medical ... |
 New life given to ancient Egyptian texts stored at Stanford for decadesThey're torn and faded and have the woven texture of a flattened Triscuit. At first glance, the ancient Egyptian texts look like scraps of garbage. And more than 2,000 years ago, that's exactly what they were—discarded ... |
 Graphics processing installation to boost Argonne's Blue Gene/P visualization capabilities(PhysOrg.com) -- The IBM Blue Gene/P Intrepid at the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility (ALCF), located at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory, will soon have the data analytics ... |
 'Nanonet' circuits closer to making flexible electronics realityResearchers have overcome a major obstacle in producing transistors from networks of carbon nanotubes, a technology that could make it possible to print circuits on plastic sheets for applications including ... |
Durham scientists to tackle CO2 storage in global warming challengeScientists at Durham University (UK) are working on new ways of storing CO2 emissions underground to help in the fight against global warming. |
Building a better telecom systemHurricane Katrina helped University of Texas professor, Alexis Kwasinski, formulate a new plan for the U.S. telecom system: a de-centralized power architecture that would have kept the lights and phones on in New Orleans. ... |
Brocade deals for Foundry Networks in Cisco salvo(AP) -- Brocade Communications Systems Inc., dominant in an obscure corner of the data storage market, wants a piece of a bigger pie: Cisco Systems Inc.'s cash cow business of networking equipment that shuttles Internet ... |
Researchers probe geographical ties to ALS cases among 1991 Gulf War veteransJul 21, 2008 | pda version
Researchers from Duke University, the University of Cincinnati and the Durham Veterans Administration Medical Center are hoping to find a geographical pattern to help explain why 1991 Gulf War veterans contracted the fatal ... |
 'Snow flea antifreeze protein' could help improve organ preservationScientists in Illinois and Pennsylvania are reporting development of a way to make the antifreeze protein that enables billions of Canadian snow fleas to survive frigid winter temperatures. |
