The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the antiretroviral drug maraviroc for use in adult human immunodeficiency virus patients.

Medicine & Health - Medications

Aug 07, 2007 5 / 5 (1) 0

An analysis of non-pharmaceutical interventions used in the U.S. during the 1918-1919 influenza pandemic, such as closing schools and banning public gatherings, found an association between these interventions and reduced ...

Medicine & Health - Medical research

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It may be cost-effective to screen and treat selected older men with osteoporosis, depending on their age and if they have had a prior fracture, according to a study in the August 8 issue of JAMA.

Medicine & Health - Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

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Increasing demands on an aging U.S. power infrastructure are likely to make headlines this week as temperatures in the Midwest and South approach 100 degrees. The nation’s economic growth since the 1950s has “outstripped ...

Technology - Other

Aug 07, 2007 4.2 / 5 (6) 0

A new study shows that sunspot cycles can be used to predict heavy rains, flooding and subsequent disease outbreaks in East Africa.

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Aug 07, 2007 4 / 5 (8) 0

Three astronauts and a Constellation Program aerospace engineer began a 10-day NASA mission in the ocean depths off the Florida coast Aug. 6. They will test lunar exploration concepts and a suite of long-duration ...

Space & Earth - Space Exploration

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An expedition led by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) to a remote corner of the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has uncovered unique forests which, so far, have been found to contain six animal ...

Biology -

Aug 07, 2007 4.9 / 5 (8) 0

Lenovo and Novell today announced an agreement to provide preloaded Linux on Lenovo ThinkPad notebook PCs and to provide support from Lenovo for the operating system.

Technology - Software

Aug 07, 2007 5 / 5 (3) 0

The ability of plants to self-pollinate – a big factor in the spread of weeds – is much older than previously thought in one widely studied species, leading biologists say. The findings show that at least in plant evolution, ...

Biology -

Aug 07, 2007 4.4 / 5 (5) 0

Apple today unveiled an all new all-in-one iMac line featuring 20- and 24-inch widescreen displays encased in elegant and professional aluminum and glass enclosures.

Electronics - Hardware

Aug 07, 2007 3.1 / 5 (15) 0

Tiny vibrating silicon resonators are of intense interest in nanotechnology circles for their potential ability to detect bacteria, viruses, DNA and other biological molecules.

Nanotechnology - Bio & Medicine

Aug 07, 2007 4.5 / 5 (13) 0

A collaboration between the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory at Florida State University and industry partner SuperPower Inc. has led to a new world record for a magnetic field created by a superconducting magnet.

Physics - General Physics

Aug 07, 2007 4.7 / 5 (23) 0

Researchers at Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, have discovered that deficiency of thiamine – Vitamin B1 - may be key to a range of vascular problems for people with diabetes. They have also solved the mystery ...

Medicine & Health - Medical research

Aug 07, 2007 4.6 / 5 (29) 0

Two-income families in Los Angeles don't live so much in a fast food nation as they do in a Hamburger Helper hamlet on the edge of a packaged lettuce greenbelt, according to the first academic study to track American families ...

Medicine & Health - Other

Aug 07, 2007 4 / 5 (5) 0

Get a whiff of this: Titania, UC Botanical Garden's corpse flower, is being pollinated today. The plant's skirt of petals now measures 44" in diameter. Visitors to the garden's Tropical House will be treated ...

Biology -

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