Archive: 07/03/2007
Satellite images reveal link between urban growth and changing rainfall patterns
For the first time, scientists have used satellite images to demonstrate a link between rapid city growth and rainfall patterns, as well as to assess compliance with an international treaty to protect wetlands. ...
Jul 03, 2007 |
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New approach to pulmonary hypertension shows promise
Researchers at the University of Alberta have identified a "central command system" for pulmonary hypertension, a disease that currently has no cure and kills thousands each year.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jul 03, 2007 |
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New study shows half of children with autism can be accurately diagnosed at close to 1 year of age
In a study published today in the Archives of General Psychiatry, researchers from the Kennedy Krieger Institute in Baltimore, Maryland found that autism can be diagnosed at close to one year of age, which is the earliest ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jul 03, 2007 |
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Cloning the male genome may help infertile men
Artificially replicating the male genome could help men with very low sperm counts become fathers, a scientist told the 23rd annual conference of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (Tuesday 3 July).
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jul 03, 2007 |
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Inexpensive 'adaptive optics' achieved by Sandia's optical clamp
The ingenious system called adaptive optics, known for its computer control of subdivided, individually angled mirrors, is an efficient but expensive way to correct distortions in laser beams. The mirrors ...
Jul 03, 2007 |
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Stellar Fireworks are Ablaze in Galaxy NGC 4449
Hundreds of thousands of vibrant blue and red stars are visible in this new image of galaxy NGC 4449 taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.
Jul 03, 2007 |
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Researchers solve mystery of how DNA strands separate
Cornell researchers have answered a fundamental question about how two strands of DNA, known as a double helix, separate to start a process called replication, in which genes copy themselves.
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Jul 03, 2007 |
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'Smart' traffic boxes could help monitor roads, save money
Ohio State University engineers are working to make the traffic control boxes that stand beside major freeways smarter.
Jul 03, 2007 |
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