Archive: 02/28/2007
NASA's robotic sub readies for dive into Earth's deepest sinkhole
An underwater robot, shaped like a flattened orange, maneuvered untethered and autonomously within a 115-meter-deep sinkhole during tests this month in Mexico, a prelude to its mission to probe the mysterious ...
Feb 28, 2007 |
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Software patch makes car more fuel-efficient
A car wastes energy almost continuously. Whether it is running in first, second, or a higher gear, there is only one position of the accelerator that guarantees optimal performance. Accelerating a little less or a little ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Feb 28, 2007 |
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Corel Intros Free WordPerfect Lightning Software
Corel Corp. today introduced the first public beta of Corel WordPerfect Lightning. WordPerfect Lightning is a free word processing and note taking software that makes it easier to capture, use, and reuse ideas, ...
Feb 28, 2007 |
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Scientists develop new procedure to differentiate human embryonic stem cells
Molecular scientists at the Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine for the Prevention of Human Diseases (IMM) – which is part of the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston – have developed a new procedure ...
Biology /
Feb 28, 2007 |
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Magnetic resonance microscopy research lands professor NSF award
A Montana State University professor has won a prestigious $400,000 Career Award from the National Science Foundation for her work in magnetic resonance microscopy, a technique that allows researchers to see ...
Feb 28, 2007 |
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Scientists make major discovery to advance regenerative medicine
Scientists at Forsyth may have moved one step closer to regenerating human spinal cord tissue by artificially inducing a frog tadpole to re-grow its tail at a stage in its development when it is normally impossible. Using ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Feb 28, 2007 |
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Common cold virus may kill breast cancer cells
University of Newcastle researcher Kathryn Skelding, funded by the National Breast Cancer Foundation and Viralytics Ltd, has been working on a new treatment which only affects cancer cells – this would be an improvement on ...
Feb 28, 2007 |
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Heart attacks can give couples a new lease of life, says study
A third of people who suffer heart attacks discover new meaning to their lives and reconnect with their partner, but others see it as a threat to their well-ordered existence, according to research published in the latest ...
Feb 28, 2007 |
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Size matters... if you're a rodent
Promiscuity is common among female rodents, leading to competition between the sperm of rival males over who fertilizes the eggs. It now seems that possessing a longer penis may give males an advantage in this competition, ...
Biology /
Feb 28, 2007 |
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