Archive: 06/05/2007
National Radio Astronomy Observatory teams with NASA Gamma-Ray Satellite
The National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) is teaming with NASA's upcoming Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) to allow astronomers to use both the orbiting facility and ground-based radio telescopes ...
Jun 05, 2007 |
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Crammed with charged DNA, pressure rises inside virus
It could be an artist’s depiction of someone’s stomach before and after a rather decadent meal. But it is a 3-D cryoelectron microscope reconstruction of the cross-section of a virus, before and after cramming ...
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Jun 05, 2007 |
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CSIRO scientists join fight to save 'Tassie devil'
CSIRO scientists have joined the battle to save Australia’s iconic Tasmanian devils from the deadly cancer currently devastating devil populations.
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Jun 05, 2007 |
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Snoring in children might be an allergic type disease
The research found that snoring is in fact part of the spectrum of childhood allergic diseases. So whilst the condition looks and sounds similar in adults and children it can have quite different causes and risk factors.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jun 05, 2007 |
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Lack of bathroom breaks hurts children
Urinary tract and bladder issues may be forming in children due to irregular urination habits caused by not being allowed to use the toilet at school.
Jun 05, 2007 |
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Land conversion and climate threaten land birds
Land conversion and climate change have already had significant impacts on biodiversity and associated ecosystem services.Using future land-cover projections from the recently completed Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, Walter ...
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Jun 05, 2007 |
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How sneaky HIV escapes cells
Like hobos on a train, HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, uses a pre-existing transport system to leave one infected cell and infect new ones, Hopkins scientists have discovered. Their findings, published in the June issue ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Jun 05, 2007 |
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