Archive: 05/24/2007
Steps needed to reduce smoking in the US
A combination of increased excise taxes, nationwide indoor smoking bans, and other measures would significantly lower the U.S. smoking rate, which now hovers at around 21 percent of the adult population, says a new report ...
May 24, 2007 |
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Withdrawn MS drug returns to market
Just months after receiving FDA approval, natalizumab, a medication for the treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS) and other inflammatory disorders, was voluntarily withdrawn by its manufacturers after three patients developed ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
May 24, 2007 |
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Departure to cold water corals and other 'hot spots'
The research vessel, Polarstern leaves Bremerhaven for its 22nd Arctic expedition with a new shine, to begin its first work in the International polar year.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 24, 2007 |
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New approach to fixing spreadsheet errors could save billions
Computer scientists at Oregon State University have created a new, much simpler approach to fixing errors in spreadsheets, a system that is easy to use and might help businesses around the world reduce mistakes and save billions ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
May 24, 2007 |
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Fire ants are emerging nuisance for Virginians
Red imported fire ants (RIFAs), which have caused trouble in Florida and Texas for decades, are now advancing in Virginia. Colonies of the tiny, highly aggressive insects have been observed in the commonwealth ...
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May 24, 2007 |
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Superconducting motor to increase power density
The field of electric motors has recently entered a new era. The electric motors that you see today in everything from washing machines, toys, and fans use the same basic principles as motors from 50 years ...
May 24, 2007 |
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Understanding why C. difficile causes disease -- it's Hungry
Researchers studying the genetics behind why C. difficile causes disease have come to a simple conclusion -- the bacteria do it because they are starving. That just might help them find a new treatment for what can sometimes ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
May 24, 2007 |
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Cosmologists predict a static universe in 3 trillion years
When Dutch astronomer Willem de Sitter proposed a static model of the universe in the early 1900s, he was some 3 trillion years ahead of his time.
May 24, 2007 |
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Scientists observe brain cell development in 'real time'
For the first time anywhere, a researcher at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem has succeeded in observing in vivo the generation of neurons in the brain of a mammal.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
May 24, 2007 |
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Definitive Evidence Found of a Swimming Dinosaur
An extraordinary underwater trackway with 12 consecutive prints provides the most compelling evidence to-date that some dinosaurs were swimmers. The 15-meter-long trackway, located in La Virgen del Campo track ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
May 24, 2007 |
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Beef may overtake seafood in Japan
A government fisheries report says beef consumption may soon surpass seafood in Japan.
May 24, 2007 |
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Toothpaste may put end to sensitivity
A toothpaste that repairs sensitive teeth by rebuilding tooth enamel will soon be on the market in Britain.
May 24, 2007 |
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