Archive: 03/04/2008
Nuclear cannibals
Nuclear energy production must increase by more than 10 percent each year from 2010 to 2050 to meet all future energy demands and replace fossil fuels, but this is an unsustainable prospect. According to a report published ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Mar 04, 2008 |
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Scientists find a protein that inhibits Ebola from reaching out to infect neighboring cells
Scientists at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine have identified a protein, ISG15, that inhibits the Ebola virus from budding, the process by which viruses escape from cells and spread to infect ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 04, 2008 |
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Evolution of root nodule symbiosis with nitrogen-fixing bacteria
Nitrogen is essential for all plants and animals, but despite being surrounded by it—the element constitutes 79% of air on earth—only a few bacteria can absorb it directly from the environment. All other species are ultimately ...
Biology /
Mar 04, 2008 |
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Irritating smells alert special cells, study finds
If you cook, you know. Chop an onion and you risk crying over your cutting board as a burning sensation overwhelms your eyes and nose. Scientists do not know why certain chemical odors, like onion, ammonia and paint thinner, ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 04, 2008 |
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Only 44 percent satisfied with sex life
A British condom maker says fewer than half of all the people it surveyed are satisfied with their sex lives.
Mar 04, 2008 |
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Merchant Terminals Provide New Method For Stealing Customer's Credit Cards
UK based Timesonline reports a flurry of credit card fraud in the first half of 2007. Researchers at Cambridge found chip and PIN merchant terminals lack necessary security encryption. The merchant terminal can be programmed ...
Mar 04, 2008 |
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An accident? Construction work? A bottleneck? No, just too much traffic
A new study from a Japanese research group explains why we’re occasionally caught in traffic jams for no visible reason. The real origin of traffic jams often has nothing to do with obvious obstructions such as accidents ...
Mar 04, 2008 |
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Link between alcohol and blood pressure greater than previously thought
Previous observational studies have reported that heavy alcohol intake is a risk factor for hypertension but such studies may be confounded by factors such as diet, smoking, exercise levels and socio-economic position. ...
Mar 04, 2008 |
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Blueberry and green tea containing supplement protects against stroke damage
A unique dietary supplement called NutraStem has been shown to have beneficial effects following experimental stroke. A nutritional supplement product, NutraStem also known as NT-020, is a proprietary formulation of blueberry, ...
Mar 04, 2008 |
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