Archive: 07/05/2007
Prion propagates in foreign host
Prions -- infectious, oddly-folded proteins that are the main suspects in fatal neurodegenerative diseases such as Cruetzfeldt-Jakob and bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or "mad cow" -- remain mostly a mystery to scientists. ...
Biology /
Jul 05, 2007 |
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Kamchatka volcano blows its top
Klyuchevskoy (pronounced Kloo-shef-skoy), a stratovolcano located in the north central region of the Kamchatka Peninsula, is blasting ash up to 32,000 feet in the air, and has diverted air traffic headed toward ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 05, 2007 |
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Holograms make for better vision tests
A new paper published in the July 1 issue of OSA's Optics Letters shows that researchers in Australia have created a new one-step test that uses holograms to diagnose the astigmatic error of the human eye, a key measurement in det ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jul 05, 2007 |
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Chickens also orientate themselves by the Earth's magnetic field
40 years ago, Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Wiltschko was the first to prove that migrating robins use the Earth’s magnetic field to direct themselves during migration. Their magnetic sensor showed them the course of the field lines ...
Biology /
Jul 05, 2007 |
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New light clock concept explains time dilation in special relativity
Joseph West, a physicist at Indiana State University, has recently proposed a method for intuitively visualizing and calculating the time dilation effects in special relativity—one of the stranger concepts ...
Jul 05, 2007 |
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Biomedical engineers use electric pulses to destroy cancer cells
A team of biomedical engineers at Virginia Tech and the University of California at Berkeley has developed a new minimally invasive method of treating cancer, and they anticipate clinical trials on individuals with prostate ...
Jul 05, 2007 |
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Climate change blamed for missing lake
Scientists with Chile's Center of Scientific Studies have blamed climate change for the disappearance of a lake.
Jul 05, 2007 |
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Fossils of Asia's heaviest dinosaur found
Scientists have located and identified the fossils of Asia's heaviest dinosaur on record in China's Henan Province, a report said.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jul 05, 2007 |
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Butterfly's DNA may alter Ice Age data
Discoveries of a butterfly species' DNA in the Far East and Western Europe may rewrite the known history of the Pleistocene Ice Age.
Biology /
Jul 05, 2007 |
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Link between immune system and mammary gland could shed new light on breast cancer
Scientists at the University of Cambridge have published new research today (5 July) in the journal Development showing an unexpected link between a fundamental part of the immune system and the cells that p ...
Jul 05, 2007 |
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Specific type of cell death may accelerate decompensated heart failure
Autophagy, a normal process by which cells eat their own proteins to provide needed resources to the body in times of stress, may paradoxically cause harm to hearts already weakened by disease, researchers from UT Southwestern ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jul 05, 2007 |
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Researchers working on a way to make snack foods with extra fiber
Trying to get more fiber in your diet? Munching on cookies or tortillas probably doesn't come to mind. But a Kansas State University researcher is experimenting with ways to add fiber to the foods we love without changing ...
Jul 05, 2007 |
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