Archive: 10/24/2007
Location, location, location
As housing developments sprout across the United States, smart growth proponents have urged communities to cluster developments in concentrated pockets, instead of the more standard and familiar ‘sprawl.’ Cluster developments ...
Oct 24, 2007 |
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Researchers find signal that switches on eye development -- could lead to 'eye in a dish'
Researchers at the University of Warwick have uncovered a crucial signal that switches on eye development. This discovery will greatly assist researchers looking at stem cells connected to eye development and opens up an ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Oct 24, 2007 |
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Researchers view swimming tactics of tiny aquatic predators
By applying state-of-the-art holographic microscopy to a major marine biology challenge, researchers from two Baltimore institutions have identified the swimming and attack patterns of two tiny but deadly ...
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Electricity grid could become a type of Internet
In the future everyone who is connected to the electricity grid will be able to upload and download packages of electricity to and from this network. At least, that is one of the transformations the electricity grid could ...
Oct 24, 2007 |
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Home computers to help researchers better understand universe
Want to help unravel the mysteries of the universe" A new distributed computing project designed by a University of Illinois researcher allows people around the world to participate in cutting-edge cosmology research by donating ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 24, 2007 |
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Researchers discover important tool in understanding differentiation in human embryonic stem cells
Researchers at the University of Minnesota’s Stem Cell Institute have described how an existing genetic tool can be used to study how human embryonic stem cells differentiate. The research appears in the November 2007 issue ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Oct 24, 2007 |
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Large avian flu outbreaks more likely to involve duck meat industry, experts find
Scientists at the University of Liverpool have found that 73% of avian flu outbreaks in the UK would not spread beyond the initial infected farm, but larger outbreaks are more likely to involve the duck meat industry.
Oct 24, 2007 |
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Sony Newly Improved Cyber-Shot 4GB Internal Memory Set for Launch
Sony is set to release the latest member of the Cyber-shot family. It has 4GB of internal flash memory and a host of improved features. The release date for Japan is late November and the rest of the world ...
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Oct 24, 2007 |
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Study casts doubt on creationism
The St Bernard dog – named after the 11th century priest Bernard of Menthon – may have ironically challenged the theory of creationism, say scientists.
Biology /
Oct 24, 2007 |
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Fossil record supports evidence of impending mass extinction
Global temperatures predicted for the coming centuries may trigger a new ‘mass extinction event’, where over 50 per cent of animal and plant species would be wiped out, warn scientists at the Universities of York and Leeds.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Oct 24, 2007 |
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Scientists discover a direct route from the brain to the immune system
It used to be dogma that the brain was shut away from the actions of the immune system, shielded from the outside forces of nature. But that’s not how it is at all. In fact, thanks to the scientific detective work of Kevin ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Oct 24, 2007 |
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Contamination from depleted uranium found in urine 20 years later
Inhaled depleted uranium (DU) oxide aerosols are recognised as a distinct human health hazard and DU has been suggested to be responsible in part for illness in both military and civilian populations that may have been exposed.
Oct 24, 2007 |
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Study proposes new theory of how viruses may contribute to cancer
A new study suggests that viruses may contribute to cancer by causing excessive death to normal cells while promoting the growth of surviving cells with cancerous traits. Viruses may act as forces of natural selection by ...
Oct 24, 2007 |
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