The long-sought-after biological “gateway” that anthrax uses to enter healthy cells has been uncovered by microbiologists at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB).
Jan 25, 2008
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The dirt under our feet is being so changed by humans that it is now appropriate to call this the "Anthropocene (or man-made) Age," says a new worldwide overview by Duke University soil scientist Daniel Richter.
Jan 25, 2008
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The Manitoba College of Registered Nurses disciplined a Canadian nurse for trying to adopt the child of one of her patients.
Jan 25, 2008
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We've all been there. You decide to go out for dinner and after being seated, you can't get service from the wait staff. Or you're at the airport waiting on flight delays and stuck in the customer service line, desperately ...
Jan 25, 2008
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Experts no longer consider the family to be the cause of a young person’s onset of anorexia; instead, the family is being looked to as a solution for this serious and potentially lethal disease.
Jan 25, 2008
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Researchers from Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, recently examined the use of self-expanding plastic stents (SEPSs) in the treatment of benign esophageal disease and found that use of SEPSs resulted in frequent stent ...
Jan 25, 2008
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Australians have a greater chance of rising up the income ladder over generations than Americans do, according to new research from The Australian National University.
Jan 25, 2008
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During four months prior to the fourth anniversary of its landing on Mars, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity examined rocks inside an alcove called "Duck Bay" in the western portion of Victoria Crater.
Jan 25, 2008
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Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics and Leibniz University of Hanover have produced a laser beam of especially high quality. In doing so, they have achieved a new world record ...
Jan 25, 2008
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European researchers have pioneered a breakthrough interface that allows people to touch, stretch and pull virtual fabrics that feel like the real thing. The new multi-modal software linked to tactile hardware ...
Jan 25, 2008
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Sony has recently unveiled eight new cameras in its 2008 Cyber-Shot series. The cameras, which include entry level models and more advanced designs, will begin shipping this spring.
Jan 25, 2008
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Cambridge scientists are advocating additional research into the little understood links between environmental pollution and type 2 diabetes.
Jan 25, 2008
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Cryptosporidium parvum is a tiny yet insidious waterborne parasite that wreaks havoc worldwide. This parasite is a major cause of diarrhea and malnutrition in small children in developing countries, and causes severe disease ...
Jan 25, 2008
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In a novel manner which gives new meaning to the word transformative, researchers from the Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center are integrating some of the best practices of industry into the strengths of ...
Jan 25, 2008
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Geologists from the University of Leicester propose that humankind has so altered the Earth that it has brought about an end to one epoch of Earth’s history and marked the start of a new epoch.
Jan 25, 2008
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