 Now That's Cool: Engineers Out to Thaw the Mysteries of Ice August 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 19 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- "Ye canna change the laws of physics!" Scotty warned Captain Kirk on Star Trek. But engineers and physicists at the University of Maryland may rewrite one of them. | |
When it comes to abstinence teens, adults aren't speaking the same language August 06, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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Abstinence can mean different things to adolescents than to adults. That's one reason why abstinence-only programs do not have strong effects in preventing teenage sexual activity, according to new University of Washington ... | |
Medicinal marijuana effective for neuropathic pain in HIV August 06, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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In a double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial to assess the impact of smoked medical cannabis, or marijuana, on the neuropathic pain associated with HIV, researchers at the University of California, San Diego School ... | |
 New bottle cap thwarts wine counterfeiters August 04, 2008 | User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- When the Roman historian Pliny the Elder wrote " in vino veritas " – in wine, there is truth – he must not have been drinking from a counterfeit bottle. Researchers Roger Johnston and Jon ... | |
Complete Neandertal mitochondrial genome sequenced from 38,000-year-old bone August 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 17 vote(s)
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A study reported in the August 8th issue of the journal Cell, a Cell Press publication, reveals the complete mitochondrial genome of a 38,000-year-old Neandertal. The findings open a window into the Neandertals' past ... | |
 Antarctic fossils paint a picture of a much warmer continent August 04, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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National Science Foundation-funded scientists working in an ice-free region of Antarctica have discovered the last traces of tundra--in the form of fossilized plants and insects--on the interior of the southernmost ... | |
Researchers find gene therapy that kills pancreatic cancer cells August 05, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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Researchers at the Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center and the VCU Institute of Molecular Medicine have published findings that implicate a new chemoprevention gene therapy (CGT) for preventing and treating ... | |
Overworking husbands drive working wives back into the home, study finds August 04, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Americans work longer hours than ever. That not only hurts women's careers but also widens the gender gap and threatens to trigger a resurgence of the traditional homemaker/breadwinner family structure in dual-earner households, ... | |
 Internet flaw a boon to hackers (Update) August 06, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 15 vote(s)
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Computer security professionals crammed into a Las Vegas ballroom on Wednesday for the first public briefing on an Internet flaw that lets hackers hijack traffic on the World Wide Web. | |
Teacher-student relationships key to learning health and sex education August 04, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
When it comes to learning life-changing behaviors in high school health classes, the identity of the person teaching may be even more important than the curriculum, a new study suggests. | |
 Cassini Prepares to Swoop by Saturn's Geyser-Spewing Moon 23 hours ago | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Fractures, or "tiger stripes," where icy jets erupt on Saturn's moon Enceladus will be the target of a close flyby by the Cassini spacecraft on Monday, Aug. 11. | |
A new look at how memory and spatial cognition are related August 04, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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In a study that sheds new light on how memory and spatial cognition are related to each other in the brain, researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and the Veteran Affairs (VA) San Diego ... | |
 Scientists discover 'Planet of the Apes' August 05, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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The world's population of critically endangered western lowland gorillas received a huge boost today when the Wildlife Conservation Society released a census showing massive numbers of these secretive great ... | |
Saving our bees: Ecologists assess the impact of people on pollinators August 04, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 20 vote(s)
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Most of the world's plant species rely on animals to transfer their pollen to other plants. The undisputed queen of these animal pollinators is the bee, made up of about 30,000 species worldwide, whose daily flights aid in ... | |
 Giant online security hole getting fixed, slowly August 05, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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(AP) -- A giant vulnerability in the Internet's design is allowing criminals to silently redirect traffic to Web sites under their control. The problem is being fixed, but its extent remains unknown and many ... | |
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