Archive: 05/04/2007
US control strategies may make flu epidemics worse, study shows
Regular as clockwork, the flu arrives every year. And, according to the national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 5 to 20 percent of the U.S. population on average will come down with it. About 36,000 people will ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 04, 2007 |
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Astronaut Wally Schirra dies at 84
Wally Schirra, the only astronaut to fly in the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo programs, has died at 84 in La Jolla, Calif.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 04, 2007 |
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No food for hungry gray whales
A Canadian researcher says gray whales in the eastern Pacific are facing starvation.
May 04, 2007 |
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Role of noise in neurons
Addressing a current issue in neuroscience, Aldo Faisal and Simon Laughlin from Cambridge University investigate the reliability of thin axons for transmitting information. They show that noise effects in ion channels in ...
Biology /
May 04, 2007 |
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