Archive: 10/05/2007
From stick figures to artificial intelligence
Like a lot of guys his age, Brian Tanner used to be glued to a computer while he was junior-high student in Winnipeg. He especially liked to tinker around with some software that allowed him to manipulate little stick figures ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
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Grid computing offers new hope in race against bird flu
Last month a collaboration of European and Asian researchers launched a new attack against the deadly bird flu virus, harnessing the combined power of more than 40,000 computers across 45 countries to boost the pace of anti-viral ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Oct 05, 2007 |
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The reservoir of Marburg virus identified in a species of fruit bat
The Marburg virus, like its fearsome cousin Ebola, belongs to the Filoviridae family. It carries the name of the German town where it was first detected in 1967, after a mysterious epidemic had hit employees of the Behring ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Oct 05, 2007 |
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Fungus genome yielding answers to protect grains, people and animals
Why a pathogen is a pathogen may be answered as scientists study the recently mapped genetic makeup of a fungus that spawns the worst cereal grains disease known and also can produce toxins potentially fatal ...
Biology /
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Fair Play in Chimpanzees
New research from the Max Planck Institute of Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany shows that unlike humans, chimpanzees conform to traditional economic models. The research, conducted by Keith Jensen, ...
Biology /
Oct 05, 2007 |
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Subatomic particles and giant magnets
Lest anyone be tempted to think of Stanley Hall’s giant magnet as a $5 million toy for fun-starved quantitative scientists, Jeff Pelton is eager to set the record straight. Pelton, a spectroscopist who manages ...
Oct 05, 2007 |
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European panel condemns creationism effort
European lawmakers approved a report condemning efforts to teach creationism in schools, underscoring concern about an emerging socially conservative agenda.
Oct 05, 2007 |
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Researchers identify genes that increase rheumatoid arthritis risk
Researchers in the United States and Sweden have identified a genetic region associated with increased risk of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), a chronic and debilitating inflammatory disease of the joints that affects an estimated ...
Oct 05, 2007 |
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Genes from the father facilitate the formation of new species
The two closely related bird species, the collared flycatcher and the pied flycatcher, can reproduce with each other, but the females are more strongly attracted to a male of their own species. This has been shown by an ...
Biology /
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Got calcium? UWM researcher finds that food labels confuse consumers
Current food labeling leads to under-consumption of calcium, according to this study. Those who were taught how to translate the information consumed more. Researchers believe the same is true for other beneficial ...
Oct 05, 2007 |
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Another piece in the dark matter puzzle
Most scientists agree that most of the matter in the universe is dark. Dark matter, which is undetectable through direct observation, can only be inferred because of its effects on the matter that we can see.
Oct 05, 2007 |
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VA investigating nine deaths
The Veterans Health Administration is investigating nine patient deaths linked to surgeries at the VA Medical Center in Marion, Ill.
Oct 05, 2007 |
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Woman wins lawsuit over sponge
A Florida jury has awarded more than $2.4 million to a woman whose doctor left a foot-long sponge in her pelvis after she gave birth.
Oct 05, 2007 |
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Discovery offers hope of halting Amyotrophoic Lateral Sclerosis progression
Scientists have discovered a causal link between the gene for a small protein involved in the formation of blood vessels and the development of some forms of Amyotrophoic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS).
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