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New therapy protects lungs from runaway inflammation
Mar 11, 2009 |
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A novel anti-inflammatory therapy designed by Vanderbilt University Medical Center investigators prevents acute lung injury in mice exposed to an inflammation-causing toxin, the researchers report in the journal Molecular Th ...
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Microsoft says some Windows PCs get 'Black Screen'
Dec 02, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. says it's not to blame for a problem that is causing a "limited" number of Windows computers to boot up to a blank black screen.
Canada faces gas emissions dilemma
Oct 05, 2006 |
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The Canadian government has a perplexing problem: how to deal with environmentally polluting emissions from its highly profitable Alberta oil fields.
Why locusts abandon a solitary life for the swarm
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Dec 18, 2008 |
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By applying an old theory that has been used to explain water flow through soil and the spread of forest fires, researchers may have an answer to a perplexing ecological and evolutionary problem: why locusts switch from an ...
US health system getting worse, says expert
Feb 16, 2007 |
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The problems of the US healthcare system are growing, warns an expert in this week’s BMJ.
Treating gum disease helps rheumatoid arthritis sufferers
May 28, 2009 |
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Here's one more reason to keep your teeth healthy.
Eroded telomeres are behind a rare premature aging syndrome
Aug 01, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Each time a cell divides, the protective caps at the ends of chromosomes shorten — and when these caps are gone, so are we. Now, by using an unconventional strategy to shorten telomeres in ...
Game theory study: Cooperative behavior meshes with evolutionary theory
Apr 06, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- One of the perplexing questions raised by evolutionary theory is how cooperative behavior, which benefits other members of a species at a cost to the individual, came to exist.
IBM researchers quell nanoscale interference
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Mar 07, 2008 |
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IBM researchers have discovered a way to use graphite effectively in building nanoelectonic circuits vastly smaller than those in silicon-based computer chips.
Sick sea critters aided by Marine Mammal Center
Jun 14, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A recent surge in weakened and malnourished sea lions found along the Northern California coast is mystifying scientists and keeping workers hopping at the newly expanded Marine Mammal Center here.
A sub-femtosecond stop watch for 'photon finish' races
Mar 13, 2008 |
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Using a system that can compare the travel times of two photons with sub-femtosecond precision, scientists at the Joint Quantum Institute (a partnership of the National Institute of Standards and Technology ...
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