Archive: 02/21/2008
Purging the plantain pests in Africa
A tiny pest threatening the staple diet of millions in Africa could soon be eradicated in a project announced today, bringing together plant experts from Leeds and Uganda.
Biology /
Feb 21, 2008 |
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Astronomers discover largest-ever dark matter structures spanning 270M light-years
A University of British Columbia astronomer with an international team has discovered the largest structures of dark matter ever seen. Measuring 270 million light-years across, these dark matter structures criss-cross the ...
Feb 21, 2008 |
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Electronic tattoo display runs on blood
Jim Mielke's wireless blood-fueled display is a true merging of technology and body art. At the recent Greener Gadgets Design Competition, the engineer demonstrated a subcutaneously implanted touch-screen ...
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Feb 21, 2008 |
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The light and dark of Venus
Venus Express has revealed a planet of extraordinarily changeable and extremely large-scale weather. Bright hazes appear in a matter of days, reaching from the south pole to the low southern latitudes and ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 21, 2008 |
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Study confirms cardiac surgery drug increases death rate
The largest study to date of a controversial cardiac surgery drug shows it increases death rates and damages kidney function, according Duke University Medical Center researchers.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Feb 21, 2008 |
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Obesity linked to stroke increase among middle-aged women
Middle-aged women’s waists aren’t the only thing that increased in the last decade. So did their chance of stroke. In a new study reported at the American Stroke Association’s International Stroke Conference 2008, rising ...
Feb 21, 2008 |
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Another way to grow blood vessels
Researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have found a previously unknown molecular pathway in mice that spurs the growth of new blood vessels when body parts are jeopardized by poor circulation.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Feb 21, 2008 |
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It came from outer space -- and likely disintegrated over northeastern Oregon
People in at least four states and a Canadian province saw a bright fireball streaking across the Pacific Northwest sky in the early hours Tuesday but, contrary to some reports, there was no collision with the ground, University ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 21, 2008 |
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