News tagged with yellow fever
Singaporean scientists conduct world's first remote X-ray scattering experiment
May 26, 2009 |
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On 26th May, Nanyang Technological University's School of Biological Science (SBS) will pioneer the world's first remotely controlled Solution X-Ray Scattering (SAXS) experiment. The experiment will be initiated from Singapore ...
Working to eradicate dengue fever
Apr 13, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A research project led by University of Notre Dame biologist Malcolm J. Fraser Jr. may soon lead to the eradication of dengue fever, a mosquito-borne viral disease that annually infects more ...
Researchers discover strategy for predicting the immunity of vaccines
Nov 23, 2008 |
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In the first study of its kind, researchers at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center and Emory Vaccine Center, Emory University, have developed a multidisciplinary approach involving immunology, genomics and bioinformatics ...
Scientists discover chemical cues that stimulate egg laying by pregnant mosquitoes
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Jul 07, 2008 |
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North Carolina State University scientists have figured out one reason why pregnant yellow fever mosquitoes (Aedes aegypti), one of the most important disease transmitters worldwide, choose to lay their eggs in certain outdoo ...
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New NASA 3-D Video Shows Thunderstorms in Tropical Storm Ida (w/ Video)
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission, or TRMM satellite has the ability to provide data that can be made into three-dimensional images. Visualizers at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center ...
Population movement can be critical factor in dengue's spread
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Human movement is a key factor of dengue virus inflow in Rio de Janeiro, according to results from researchers based at the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz) in Brazil. The results, based on data from a severe epidemic in ...
K-State Expert Says Fear Of H1N1 Amplifies Normal Anxiety About School, Offers Tips On How To Cope
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 06, 2009 |
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For university students, anxiety about grades is nothing new. But this year, students also may be anxious about the H1N1 flu virus and missing classes.
Caught in the act: Scientists find butterflies splitting into two species
Nov 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Breaking up may actually not be hard to do, say scientists who've found a population of tropical butterflies that may be on its way to a split into two distinct species.
Gadgets: Verbatim SureFire, RockBuds earphones, Targus Lap Chill Mat
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Nov 05, 2009 |
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Bigger, better and faster is what you get from the new Verbatim SureFire portable hard drive.
Study shows cell phone users miss the obvious, like a unicycling clown
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 04, 2009 |
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How blind to their surroundings can people be when they're talking on their cell phones?
What part do relapses play in severe disability for people with MS?
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Nov 04, 2009 |
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ST. PAUL, Minn. -People with multiple sclerosis (MS) who have relapses within the first five years of onset appear to have more severe disability in the short term compared to people who do not have an early relapse, according ...
Powerful pumpkins, super squash
Nov 04, 2009 |
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Carotenoids, the family of yellow to red pigments responsible for the striking orange hues of pumpkins and the familiar red color of vine-ripe tomatoes, play an important role in human health by acting as ...
SKorea to plant trees in China to reduce 'yellow dust'
Nov 04, 2009 |
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The Seoul city government will help fund a tree-planting project in a Chinese desert to reduce the amount of harmful "yellow dust" blowing over South Korea, officials said Wednesday.
Curry-cure? Spicing up the effectiveness of a potential disease-fighter
Nov 04, 2009 |
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Scientists are reporting development of a nano-size capsule that boosts the body's uptake of curcumin, an ingredient in yellow curry now being evaluated in clinical trials for treatment of several diseases. ...
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