Archive: 10/23/2006
Biodegradable nanospheres offer novel approach for treatment of toxin exposure and drug delivery
A new technology to clean the blood of victims of radiological, chemical and biological terrorist attacks is being developed jointly by Argonne National Laboratory, the Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Oct 23, 2006 |
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Lonely managers left in the middle of nowhere, new study reveals
Despite what we hear about life being lonely at the top, the loneliest place of all may be middle management, according to a new study by the University of Western Sydney.
Oct 23, 2006 |
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Neuroscientists pinpoint brain site for rapid learning
MIT researchers have provided the first two-pronged evidence--based on both behavior and physiology--that a specific juncture in the memory center of the brain is crucial for rapid learning.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Oct 23, 2006 |
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Geologists Make Better Estimates of Rock Ages, Study Global Climate Change
Ohio State University geologists have found that important rocks from Niagara Gorge -- rock formations that are used to judge the ages of rocks and fossils around North America -- formed five times faster than previously ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 23, 2006 |
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Researchers report initial success in promising approach to prevent tooth decay
Preventing cavities could one day involve the dental equivalent of a military surgical strike. A team of researchers supported by the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research report they have created a new smart ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Oct 23, 2006 |
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Fat Tissue Engineers Gather to Swap Notes on Repairing Human Tissue
Doctors, fat researchers and tissue engineers from around the world will trade techniques and their latest research findings to improve the use of human fat tissue in medical therapies like facial, breast, bone, vocal cord ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Oct 23, 2006 |
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Russian Unmanned Ship Is Launched
A shipment of supplies began its journey to the International Space Station Monday as the ISS Progress 23 cargo ship was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 23, 2006 |
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Small Organisms, Great Proxies
The present and past compositions of communities of single-celled algae in several Canadian lakes and their relationship to the known climate record suggest that these organisms and the lakes they reside in ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 23, 2006 |
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MIT reveals inner lives of red blood cells
For the first time, researchers at MIT can see every vibration of a cell membrane, using a technique that could one day allow scientists to create three-dimensional images of the inner workings of living cells.
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Oct 23, 2006 |
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Scientists discover exotic relatives of protons and neutrons
Scientists of the CDF collaboration at the Department of Energy's Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory announced today (October 23, 2006) the discovery of two rare types of particles, exotic relatives of the ...
Oct 23, 2006 |
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Different strategies underlie the ecology of microbial invasions
Infectious disease can play a key role in mediating the outcome of competition between rival groups, as seen in the effects of disease-bearing conquistadors in the New World--or, on a much smaller ecological scale, the ability ...
Biology /
Oct 23, 2006 |
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Plutonium or greenhouse gases? Weighing the energy options
Can nuclear energy save us from global warming? Perhaps, but the tradeoffs involved are sobering: thousands of metric tons of nuclear waste generated each year and a greatly increased risk of nuclear weapons proliferation ...
Oct 23, 2006 |
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Analysis: Condition could predict life or death in heart patients
A growing health problem affecting older Americans puts them at higher risk for dying after heart surgery and other interventional procedures, such as heart catheterizations, according to findings published in the current ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Oct 23, 2006 |
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Laws of physics, math debunk Hollywood portrayals of ghosts, vampires
As the weather cools and Halloween approaches, chilling creaks in the stairs, bloodcurdling screams from the attic and other paranormal activity become more believable -- but not to UCF physics professor Costas Efthimiou.
Oct 23, 2006 |
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A new acceleration additive for making 'ice that burns'
Japanese scientists are reporting discovery of an additive that can speed up the formation of methane hydrates. Those strange substances have sparked excitement about their potential as a new energy resource and a deep freeze ...
Oct 23, 2006 |
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