Archive: 06/07/2007
Yogurt recalled for labeling mistake
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the recall of 34,656 cups of WholeSoy & Co. blueberry yogurt because of a labeling error.
Jun 07, 2007 |
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Birds, Bees, and Moths Drive Flower Evolution
Flowers evolve in a predictable fashion to match the mouthparts of pollinating birds and insects, rather than engaging in a gradual "arms race" between flower and pollinator, according to a new study by researchers ...
Biology /
Jun 07, 2007 |
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Ancient DNA traces the woolly mammoth's disappearance
Some ancient-DNA evidence has offered new clues to a very cold case: the disappearance of the last woolly mammoths, one of the most iconic of all Ice Age giants, according to a June 7th report published online in Current Bi ...
Biology /
Jun 07, 2007 |
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Unique microgravity tower attracts global scientific community
Scientists from NASA, Europe and Australia will beat a path to Queensland University of Technology’s Carseldine campus when the southern hemisphere’s only microgravity tower is completed later this year.
Jun 07, 2007 |
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Researchers Develop New Nanomaterials to Deliver Anticancer Drugs to Kill Cancer Cells
Researchers at UCLA have successfully manipulated nanomaterials to create a new drug-delivery system that promises to solve the challenge of the poor water solubility of today’s most promising anticancer drugs ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jun 07, 2007 |
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Major study predicts grim future for Europe's seas
Their models developed during a €2.5M EU funded research project have predicted dire consequences for the sea unless European countries take urgent action to prevent further damage from current and emerging patterns of development. ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 07, 2007 |
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Hormone that signals fullness also curbs fast food consumption and tendency to binge eat
The synthetic form of a hormone previously found to produce a feeling of fullness when eating and reduce body weight, also may help curb binge eating and the desire to eat high-fat foods and sweets. The findings on fast food ...
Jun 07, 2007 |
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New bacterium discovered -- related to cause of trench fever
A close cousin of the bacterium that debilitated thousands of World War I soldiers has been isolated at UCSF from a patient who had been on an international vacation. The woman, who has since recovered, suffered from symptoms ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jun 07, 2007 |
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Research probes seniors' plans for end-of-life care
As a brain-damaged woman named Terri Schiavo lived her final days in 2005, her family's bitter feuding imparted a tragic lesson about the importance of specifying one's wishes for end-of-life medical treatment.
Jun 07, 2007 |
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Surgery by satellite -- New possibilities at medicine's cutting edge
Robotic surgery may be coming to your town. Robots that perform surgery can be driven by surgeons who no longer stand by the patient, but direct the operation from a computer console. In most cases the surgeon is seated ...
Jun 07, 2007 |
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Neuronal activity gives clues to working memory
A newly discovered interplay of cells in one of the brain's memory centers sheds light on how you recall your grocery list, where you laid your keys, and a host of important but fleeting daily tasks.
Jun 07, 2007 |
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