Archive: 09/06/2007
NASA commemorates its 50th anniversary
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has joined with Discovery Communications to commemorate the U.S. space agency's 50th anniversary.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
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CDC suspends A&M research
U.S health officials have suspended Texas A&M University's research of dangerous infectious diseases.
Sep 06, 2007 |
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HealthMarkets facing multistate probe
Insurance regulators in 36 states are investigating the sales practices of two insurance companies owned by HealthMarkets, a report says.
Sep 06, 2007 |
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Physics world shifts focus to Switzerland
Scientists at Fermilab in Illinois are racing to find the elusive Higgs boson particle before a giant new Swiss lab opens next year.
Sep 06, 2007 |
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Computerized treatment of manuscripts
Researchers at the UAB Computer Vision Centre working on the automatic recognition of manuscript documents have designed a new system that is more efficient and reliable than currently existing ones.
Technology / Computer Sciences
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Vocal cord dysfunction may be caused by work
Researchers from the UAB and the Vall d'Hebron Hospital have diagnosed two patients affected with vocal cord dysfunction, which causes coughing and difficulty in breathing due to irritating agents that are breathed in at ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Sep 06, 2007 |
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Embryonic stem cells used to grow cartilage
Rice University biomedical engineers have developed a new technique for growing cartilage from human embryonic stem cells, a method that could be used to grow replacement cartilage for the surgical repair of knee, jaw, hip, ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Sep 06, 2007 |
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Study identifies genetic risk factor for rheumatoid arthritis, lupus
A genetic variation has been identified that increases the risk of two chronic, autoimmune inflammatory diseases: rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and systemic lupus erythematosus (lupus). These research findings result from a long-time ...
Sep 06, 2007 |
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Molecules autonomously propelled by polymerizing DNA strands
Scientists from the California Institute of Technology have fabricated a motor that runs autonomously, and is powered only by the free energy of DNA hybridization. The molecular motor was inspired by bacterial ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Sep 06, 2007 |
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Fever causing headaches for Aussie parents
Australian parents need to be educated about managing fever in young children because many give medication incorrectly and often unnecessarily, according to a Queensland University of Technology nursing researcher.
Sep 06, 2007 |
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13 percent of women stop taking breast cancer drug because of side effects
More than 10 percent of women with breast cancer stopped taking a commonly prescribed drug because of joint and muscle pain, according to a new study from researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center.
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When the levees fail
"A hard rain's gonna fall..." So the Dylan song went... but when rain and storm surges fall on lands protected by weak levees, this means trouble…big trouble. Hurricanes Katrina and Rita were devastating remind ...
Sep 06, 2007 |
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Superbugs, shapes and nanotechnology
A common hospital superbug called Clostridium has a protective coat of armour that can self assemble when put into a test tube on its own, which may have important commercial uses in nanotechnology, according to scientists ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Sep 06, 2007 |
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Dangerous technology -- Mobiles should be kept away from hospital beds
Mobile phones should come no closer than one meter to hospital beds and equipment, according Dutch research published in the online open access journal, Critical Care. Scientists demonstrated that incidents of electromagnetic interf ...
Sep 06, 2007 |
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