Archive: 10/03/2006
New gene linked to bipolar disorder
A new gene linked to both depression and bipolar disorder has been identified by UCL (University College London) and Danish researchers.
Oct 03, 2006 |
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Genome archaeology illuminates the genetic engineering debate
Genome Research's cover story for Oct. 2 tells a tale of "genome archaeology" by genetic researchers who dug deeply into the long history of maize and rice. Their resulting insights into plant genomic evolution may well fuel ...
Biology /
Oct 03, 2006 |
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Stephen Hawking tours the future of particle physics at CERN
Stephen Hawking, Lucasian Professor of Cambridge University and best-selling author of A Brief History of Time, has paid a week long visit to CERN in Geneva – the world's largest centre for particle physics.
Oct 03, 2006 |
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Optics tests for early Alzheimer's diagnosis make significant advances
Providing an update on progress and new findings on his optical tests for the early detection of Alzheimer's disease, Lee Goldstein of Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School will describe dramatic new developments ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Oct 03, 2006 |
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ISS crew initiates work schedule
NASA says the Expedition 14 International Space Station crew is performing routine station maintenance and cleaning as it begins its 6-month duty period.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 03, 2006 |
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Injury severity linked with PTSD
U.S. scientists say the severity of injuries suffered by soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan can predict posttraumatic stress disorder and depression risks.
Oct 03, 2006 |
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Hole in Kentucky will help predict quakes
Workers in Kentucky are drilling a 2,000-foot hole that will become the deepest seismic observatory in the Midwest.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 03, 2006 |
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Report says older drugs just as good
A British study says schizophrenia patients do as well, if not better, on older psychiatric drugs as on newer and far costlier ones.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Oct 03, 2006 |
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Divers to retrieve tires dumped off Fla.
Plans have been drawn up to retrieve millions of tires that were dumped off the Florida coast in 1972 to make an artificial reef.
Oct 03, 2006 |
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Echo of the Big Bang wins US pair Nobel Prize (Update 4)
The Nobel Prize in Physics goes to John C. Mather and George F. Smoot "for their discovery of the blackbody form and anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background radiation".
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