Archive: 01/19/2009
Satellites help locate water in Niger
(PhysOrg.com) -- Like most sub-Saharan African countries, Niger faces problems meeting its water needs. As part of ESA’s TIGER initiative, satellite data are being used to identify surface and underground ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 19, 2009 |
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Gene technology to fight lethal hospital acquired infection
Scientists at The University of Nottingham are leading a major European study to unravel the genetic code of one of the most lethal strains of hospital acquired infections.
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The Raging Windows Worm has attacked over 8.9 Million Computers
(PhysOrg.com) -- Last week the global internet community was hit by the Downadup worm also know as Conficker, or Kido. This worm is now using multiple ways of infecting computers, including USB sticks. If s ...
Jan 19, 2009 |
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Quantum communication through synergy
(PhysOrg.com) -- When most people think of quantum communication, they think in terms of private communication channels - the ability to send messages without a third-party deciphering them. Indeed, quantum cryptography represents ...
Jan 19, 2009 |
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Frantic activity revealed in dusty stellar factories
(PhysOrg.com) -- Astronomers from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (Spain) used NACO, a sharp-eyed adaptive optics instrument on ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT), to study the fine detail in ...
Jan 19, 2009 |
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Stop counting sheep (and hitting snooze)
WAKE UP
If you're lucky, you're still sleeping when it's "time to make the doughnuts."
Jan 19, 2009 |
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Gadgets: Trade shows bring new tech innovations
Another Consumer Electronics Show and MacWorld trade show have passed and with that brings a host of announcements of new products to hit the shelves at retail outlets.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Jan 19, 2009 |
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Single rocket to carry 6 'private' satellites
An H-2A rocket carrying six small satellites developed by universities and private-sector companies will be launched Wednesday from Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 19, 2009 |
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Surprising new health and environmental concerns about tungsten
Surprising new scientific research is raising concerns about the potential health and environmental hazards of tungsten — a metal used in products ranging from bullets to light bulbs to jewelry — that scientists once thought ...
Jan 19, 2009 |
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Early immune system exposures linked to chronic disease
Scientists and regulators have a golden opportunity to reduce the health toll from a range of diseases by focusing more attention on identification of environmental factors that can damage the prenatal immune system as well ...
Jan 19, 2009 |
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Microscopic 'hands' for building tomorrow's machines
In a finding straight out of science fiction, chemical and biomolecular engineers in Maryland are describing development of microscopic, chemically triggered robotic "hands" that can pick up and move small ...
Jan 19, 2009 |
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Advance toward first saliva test for Type 2 diabetes
Scientists in Oregon and India are reporting an advance toward developing the first saliva test to diagnose and monitor effectiveness of treatment for Type 2 diabetes. Their report was published in the Jan. 2 issue of ACS' ...
Jan 19, 2009 |
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How Toxoplasma gondii gets noticed
Researchers provide insight into how Toxoplasma gondii, a common parasite of people and other animals, triggers an immune response in its host. The report will appear online on January 19th in The Journal of Experimental Medicine. ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 19, 2009 |
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Bleeding hearts revealed with new scan
Images that for the first time show bleeding inside the heart after people have suffered a heart attack have been captured by scientists, in a new study published today in the journal Radiology.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 19, 2009 |
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Study links water pollution with declining male fertility
New research strengthens the link between water pollution and rising male fertility problems. The study, by Brunel University, the Universities of Exeter and Reading and the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, shows for the first ...
Jan 19, 2009 |
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