Archive: 11/06/2008
When the neighbor's noise makes its way through the walls
Manufacturers of partition walls will possibly have to think further ahead in future than they have up to now: Christoph Kling shows in his dissertation at the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (Germany) that the repercussion ...
Nov 06, 2008 |
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Lasers, the Bragg Peak and Cancer Therapy
(PhysOrg.com) -- “When a laser goes through a plasma,” John Cary tells PhysOrg.com, “it pushes electrons away. Then when it snaps back, it generates an electric wake behind the laser pulse, picking the electrons up and ca ...
Nov 06, 2008 |
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SanDisk Introduces ExtremeFFS, Aims 100 Times Faster SSDs
SanDisk Corporation today unveiled an advanced flash file system for solid-state drives (SSDs) that yields dramatic improvement in performance and reliability for computing applications. Called ExtremeFFS, ...
Nov 06, 2008 |
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UC team virtually rebuilds lost architecture of the Shakers
The Shakers, a religious group that built 19 communities in the United States during the 1800s, had a prolific and distinct architectural construction and design style. Much of that architecture has been lost; however, a ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Nov 06, 2008 |
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Study finds racial disparities increasing for cancers unrelated to smoking
A new American Cancer Society study finds that recent progress in closing the gap in overall cancer mortality between African Americans and whites may be due primarily to smoking-related cancers, and that cancer mortality ...
Nov 06, 2008 |
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Friendly bacteria reduce hospital infections
A probiotic bacterium, Lactobacillus plantarum 299, has been used to out-compete the dangerous bacteria that cause respiratory illness in ventilated patients. Research published in BioMed Central's open access journal Critic ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Nov 06, 2008 |
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Study reveals continued damage from banned obesity drug
Fenfluramine, the appetite suppressant drug banned in the US in 1997 due to fears over its links to heart conditions, has been shown to have serious long-term effects. In a report published today in the open access journal ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Nov 06, 2008 |
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DNA chunks, chimps and humans
Researchers have carried out the largest study of differences between human and chimpanzee genomes, identifying regions that have been duplicated or lost during evolution of the two lineages. The study, published in Genome Re ...
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Nov 06, 2008 |
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Migraines associated with lower risk of breast cancer
Women who suffer from migraines may take at least some comfort in a recent, first-of-its-kind study that suggests a history of such headaches is associated with a significantly lower risk of breast cancer. Christopher I. ...
Nov 06, 2008 |
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Multiple sclerosis research charges ahead with new mouse model of disease
A new study highlights the role of a charge-switching enzyme in nervous system deficits characteristic of multiple sclerosis and other related neurological illness.
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Hormone therapy helps short children grow up
Growth hormone treatment may significantly increase final height in children diagnosed with short stature, even in cases where the child is not growth hormone deficient, according to a new study accepted for publication in ...
Nov 06, 2008 |
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Age, race are among factors that influence carotid-surgery success
(PhysOrg.com) -- Advanced age and race are among the factors that can affect whether a patient dies or suffers a stroke after carotid-artery surgery, a UT Southwestern physician involved in a multicenter study has found.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
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