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Study of first wave of swine flu requires revised public health strategies

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jun 29, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

There is no way to know how the newest strain of the H1N1 influenza virus will behave in the future. But scientists, notably those working at the intersections of epidemiology, mathematics, modeling and statistics, are monitoring ...





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Inside the dark heart of the Eagle

Inside the dark heart of the Eagle

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created 3 hours ago | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Herschel has peered inside an unseen stellar nursery and revealed surprising amounts of activity. Some 700 newly-forming stars are estimated to be crowded into filaments of dust stretching ...


Stopping a Stroke in its Tracks: Catheter Device Restrores Blood Flow to Brain by Suctioning Blood Clots

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created 20 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Bobbie Laird was suffering a life-threatening stroke triggered by a blood clot in her brain that was nearly half an inch long.


Climate Wizard makes large databases of climate information visual, accessible

Space & Earth / Environment

created 22 hours ago | popularity 3.3 / 5 (8) | comments 6

A Web tool that generates color maps of projected temperature and precipitation changes using 16 of the world's most prominent climate-change models is being used to consider such things as habitat shifts that will affect ...


Kids' Swine flu shots recalled; not strong enough

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Hundreds of thousands of swine flu shots for children have been recalled because tests indicate the vaccine doses lost some strength, government health officials said Tuesday.


Researchers work on vaccine to improve immune system in newborns

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

As soon as babies are born, they are susceptible to diseases and infections, such as jaundice and e-coli. For up to a month, their immune systems aren't adequately developed to fight diseases. Although these infections are ...


Biological catch-22 prevents induction of antibodies that block HIV

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Scientists seeking to understand how to make an AIDS vaccine have found the cause of a major roadblock. It turns out that the immune system can indeed produce cells with the potential to manufacture powerful HIV-blocking ...


Developing countries end boycott at climate talks (AP)

Developing countries end boycott at climate talks

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 4

(AP) -- Poor countries ended a boycott of U.N. climate talks Monday after getting assurances that rich nations were not conspiring to soften their commitments to cutting greenhouse gases, European officials ...


Research reveals further progress toward AIDS vaccine

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PHILADELPHIA) Researchers from Thomas Jefferson University are one step closer to developing a vaccine against the AIDS disease.


Low-cost temperature sensors, tennis balls to monitor mountain snowpack

Low-cost temperature sensors, tennis balls to monitor mountain snowpack

Technology / Engineering

created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Fictional secret agent Angus MacGyver knew that tough situations demand ingenuity. Jessica Lundquist takes a similar approach to studying snowfall. The University of Washington assistant professor ...


Scientists crack mystery of protein's dual function

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Dec 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Researchers at The Scripps Research Institute have solved a 10-year-old mystery of how a single protein from an ancient family of enzymes can have two completely distinct roles in the body. In addition to providing guidance ...



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