Possible carcinogen high in Japan water
A suspected carcinogenic chemical created in making water repellents is turning up in water supplies throughout Japan, with the worst levels around Osaka.
Environment
May 22, 2007
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22/05/2007
Denver Zoo monkey dies of plague
A hooded capuchin monkey at the Denver Zoo has died of the plague, which officials suspect was transmitted by a squirrel.
May 22, 2007
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Biometrics researchers report on facial recognition technology
On the face of it, the old saying goes, things are not always as they seem. However, when it comes to faces, things are almost always what they seem, according to a new report coauthored by two University of Notre Dame biometrics ...
Computer Sciences
May 22, 2007
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GLAST: The Challenge of Too Much New Data
The astrophysics community enthusiastically awaits the upcoming launch of the Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST), the latest and most powerful gamma-ray telescope. But interpreting the huge amount of new data that ...
Astronomy
May 22, 2007
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'Not so fast, supercomputers,' say software programmers
The fastest of the fastest computers - supercomputers used at national research centers, research universities and major corporations - will soon gain even more performance by taking advantage of multicore computing.
Computer Sciences
May 22, 2007
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Follow the 'Green' Brick Road?
Researchers have found that bricks made from fly ash--fine ash particles captured as waste by coal-fired power plants--may be even safer than predicted. Instead of leaching minute amounts of mercury as some researchers had ...
Other
May 22, 2007
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278
Microsoft, TCG, Juniper Tie the NAC Knot
A lot of vendors selling a lot of components that have to agree on how to measure a lot of things have to come together to make an effective Network Access Control system.
Other
May 22, 2007
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Mayday 23: World Population Becomes More Urban Than Rural
There’s no big countdown billboard or sign in Times Square to denote it, but Wednesday, May 23, 2007, represents a major demographic shift, according to scientists from North Carolina State University and the University of ...
Other
May 22, 2007
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242
Nanoparticles Delivery of 'Suicide DNA' Kills Prostate Tumors
Using nanoparticles developed by members of the Alliance for Nanotechnology in Cancer, a team of investigators at the Lankenau Institute for Medical Research, in Philadelphia, has developed a DNA-based therapeutic agent that ...
Bio & Medicine
May 22, 2007
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Evaluating Multiple Biomarkers With Quantum Dots
Quantum dots linked to biological molecules, such as antibodies, have shown promise as a new tool for detecting and quantifying a wide variety of cancer-associated molecules. Now, thanks to detailed studies of how to make ...
Bio & Medicine
May 22, 2007
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