Archive: 02/29/2008
Darwin was wrong about the wild origin of the chicken
Charles Darwin maintained that the domesticated chicken derives from the red jungle fowl, but new research from Uppsala University now shows that the wild origins of the chicken are more complicated than that.
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AMANDA's First Six Years
The most recent results from the Antarctic Muon and Neutrino Detector Array, or AMANDA, located a mile under the ice at the South Pole, have yielded the most stringent prediction yet for the highest possible ...
Feb 29, 2008 |
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Intensive insulin therapy may be harmful to the critically ill
Doubt has been cast over the current practice of administering intensive insulin therapy to all critically ill patients, according to a study published this week in the open access journal Critical Care. In certain groups ...
Feb 29, 2008 |
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Certain vitamin supplements may increase lung cancer risk, especially in smokers
Vitamin supplements do not protect against lung cancer, according to a study of more than 77,000 vitamin users. In fact, some supplements may even increase the risk of developing it.
Feb 29, 2008 |
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New study of targeted therapies for breast cancer -- model for global clinical trials
Two targeted medications designed to treat an aggressive form of breast cancer are being tested in a new study involving 8,000 participants in 50 countries across six continents -- a clinical trial that investigators hope ...
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Genetic factors in smoking also increase risk of chronic bronchitis
Smoking is a known risk factor for respiratory diseases like chronic bronchitis, but genes also play a significant role in its development, according to researchers in Sweden, who studied more than 40,000 Swedish twins to ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
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Emails show Microsoft's Vista problems
E-mails suggest Microsoft executives struggled to make Windows Vista work on their own computers after it was released, a published report said.
Feb 29, 2008 |
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Suicide rates among young Scottish men fall by over 40 percent
In the 1980s and 90s, Scotland was known for its alarmingly high suicide rate. But since 2000, suicide rates have fallen sharply. A study published in the online open access journal BMC Public Health found this reduction is ass ...
Feb 29, 2008 |
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Liquid water found flowing on Mars? Not yet
Liquid water has not been found on the Martian surface within the last decade after all, according to new research. The finding casts doubt on the 2006 report that the bright spots in some Martian gullies ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 29, 2008 |
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Monkey gene that blocks AIDS viruses evolved more than once
Researchers at Harvard Medical School have identified a gene in Asian monkeys that may have evolved as a defense against lentiviruses, the group of viruses that includes HIV. The study, published February 29 in the open-access ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Feb 29, 2008 |
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Major mid-century influenza epidemics caused by novel hybrid viruses
Reassortment of the influenza A virus occurs frequently throughout its evolutionary history, according to a new study published February 29 in the open-access journal PLoS Pathogens.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 29, 2008 |
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Improving the quality of laboratory data with computer modeling
Many areas of research and medicine rely critically upon knowing a person’s individual immune system proteins, as they determine an individual’s ability to fight disease or mistakenly attack their own tissues. However, obtaining ...
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Rock studies help crack questions of glacier thinning in West Antarctica
Boulders the size footballs could help scientists predict the West Antarctic Ice Sheet’s (WAIS) contribution to sea-level rise according to new research published this week in the journal Geology.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
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