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Northwestern Exposing Most Deadly Infectious Diseases In 3D
Chicago IL (SPX) Nov 01, 2007A scientist slides on a pair of plastic 3-D glasses and an unearthly blue multi-armed creature -- an image right out of a sci-fi horror flick -- seems to leap out of the computer screen into the laboratory. But this is no movie director's fantasy. The horror image is real. The eerie "creature" is from the deadly anthrax bacteria -- specifically one of its proteins. Scientists at Northwestern Uni ... more Fine-Tuning Lasers To Destroy Blood-Borne Diseases Like AIDS 
Tempe AZ (SPX) Nov 02, 2007Physicists in Arizona State University have designed a revolutionary laser technique which can destroy viruses and bacteria such as AIDS without damaging human cells and may also help reduce the spread of hospital infections such as MRSA. The research, published on Thursday November 1 in the Institute of Physics' Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, discusses how pulses from an infrared laser c ... more US Faces Burning Emissions Issue 
Boulder CO (SPX) Nov 02, 2007Severe United States wildfires can contribute as much as vehicles to carbon emissions in some US states, although the amount is highly variable. New research published in the online open access journal Carbon Balance and Management quantifies these emissions and suggests fires will complicate emissions monitoring and modelling efforts. Christine Wiedinmyer of the National Center for Atmosp ... more Triage Study Challenges Notions of Emergency Medical Response To Disaster 
New York NY (SPX) Nov 02, 2007In the face of terrorism and catastrophic natural disasters, modern regional trauma systems that improve survival for critically injured patients are more vital than ever. Yet many fundamental assumptions underlying these systems-such as the notion that it is imperative to send the sickest patients to the hospital first-have rarely been subjected to rigorous scientific scrutiny. Now, for the fir ... more Kenya's new monkey population puts climate change in perspective 
Nairobi (AFP) Oct 31, 2007The discovery of a new population of monkeys in Kenya, away from their normal habitat, could have been caused by climate change that may be affecting Africa, a conservation group warned Wednesday. Kenyan conservationists discovered the De Brazza monkey population in the country's arid north, yet the species is largely known to live in the wet areas west of the Rift Valley, Nairobi-based Wild ... more |
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Mount Pleasant MI (SPX) Nov 02, 2007Who hasn't wished for clothing constructed to fit his or her own body more effectively? Or for clothing that did a better job wicking away moisture? Or even garments that could keep the warmest areas of your body a little cooler and the coolest spots a little warmer? "Exploration of Functional Design Issues that Interface with the Human Body," a recently funded project led by Central Michi ... more Deadly storm Noel barrels over Bahamas 
Santo Domingo (AFP) Nov 1, 2007The death toll from Tropical Storm Noel's Caribbean rampage rose to 100 on Thursday, as floodwaters hampered the rescue of people trapped on rooftops in the Dominican Republic. Even as the deadly storm barreled over Nassau, the capital of the Bahamas, its sequels still wrought havoc in the Dominican Republic Thursday, four days after it slammed into the Caribbean nation. The death toll i ... more Flying Lemurs Are The Closest Relatives Of Primates 
University Park PA (SPX) Nov 02, 2007While the human species is unquestionably a member of the Primate group, the identity of the next closest group to primates within the entire class of living mammals has been hotly debated. Now, new molecular and genomic data gathered by a team including Webb Miller, a professor of biology and computer science and engineering at the Penn State University, has shown that the colugos -- nicknamed ... more Oil crisis exercise bares US 'impotence' 
Washington (AFP) Nov 1, 2007It's August 2009, oil prices have topped 150 dollars a barrel and a secret uranium plant has been detected in Iran. Tehran and Caracas are slashing oil exports by 700,000 barrels to punish the west for sanctions, and the US military is ready to move its entire Pacific fleet into the Middle East to counter threats. It may be tomorrow's headlines, but on Thursday a high-powered panel of Wa ... more Analysis: Angola output to spur growth 
Miami (UPI) Nov 1, 2007 New deepwater oil wells expected to go online this year in Angola are expected to spark a 24 percent growth rate, the International Monetary Fund has forecast. Angola's projected economic growth for this year follows the country's improved oil output in 2006, the leading contributor to its 18 percent growth last year, the international lender said in a recent report. At the same ... more |
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Shanghai (AFP) Nov 1, 2007Officials with China's major oil refiner on Thursday welcomed a hike in domestic fuel prices, but said a severe supply crunch that led to tense queues at petrol stations would remain. Chinese authorities announced Wednesday a rise in the prices of gasoline, diesel and aviation fuel by 500 yuan (67 dollars) per ton, or roughly 10 percent. The increase, effective Thursday, came after fuel ... more Outside View: Defending Earth -- Part 2 
Moscow (UPI) Oct 31, 2007 Scientists say that after at least 90 percent of large asteroids are recorded and constantly observed, it will be possible to warn humankind about the threat of an impact some 80-100 years ahead. But it remains unclear how a sighted asteroid can really be stopped from striking the Earth. Would it be a good idea to pre-empt an impact by hitting the approaching celestial body with a nucl ... more Tuna fishing quota violators targeted in report 
Marseille, France (AFP) Oct 31, 2007Italy, France, Japan and Spain are guilty of the biggest violations of international quotas for bluefin tuna fishing, a report claimed on Wednesday. Countries are assigned fishing quotas by the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) to help avert the eventual extinction of the fish, which is highly prized for Japanese sushi and sashimi. Italy fished 7,500 ... more Scientists Discover New Way To Make Water 
Champaign IL (SPX) Nov 01, 2007In a familiar high-school chemistry demonstration, an instructor first uses electricity to split liquid water into its constituent gases, hydrogen and oxygen. Then, by combining the two gases and igniting them with a spark, the instructor changes the gases back into water with a loud pop. Scientists at the University of Illinois have discovered a new way to make water, and without the pop. ... more At least 59 killed in Tropical Storm Noel's Caribbean rampage
Santo Domingo (AFP) Oct 31, 2007The death toll from Tropical Storm Noel's rampage through the Caribbean rose to at least 59 on Wednesday as torrents of water swept away entire families in the Dominican Republic. Floods forced people to climb onto their roofs or to perch on trees in affected areas of the Dominican Republic, where at least 41 people were killed and another 38 were reported missing. In one neighborhood of ... more
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