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India to join International Organisation for Migration
New Delhi, May 1 - The union cabinet Thursday gave permission to India to take full membership in the International Organisation for Migration -.
May 1, 2008 - 9:26:47 PM
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Global warming affects world's largest freshwater lake
Russian and American scientists have discovered that the rising temperature of the world's largest lake, located in frigid Siberia, shows that this region is responding strongly to global warming.
May 1, 2008 - 4:00:00 AM
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Astronomers discover new type of pulsating white dwarf star
University of Texas at Austin astronomers Michael H. Montgomery and Kurtis A. Williams, along with graduate student Steven DeGennaro, have predicted and confirmed the existence of a new type of variable star, with the help of the 2.1-meter Otto Struve Telescope at McDonald Observatory. The discovery is announced in today's issue of Astrophysical Journal Letters.
May 1, 2008 - 4:00:00 AM
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High blood pressure still sneaking past doctors, Stanford study shows
STANFORD, Calif. - Despite the well-known dangers of high blood pressure, major shortfalls still exist in the screening, treatment and control of the disease even when patients are getting a doctor's care, according to a study from the Stanford University School of Medicine.
May 1, 2008 - 4:00:00 AM
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Montana State University research reaches Supreme Court of India
BOZEMAN, Mont. -- Montana State University research about pollution in the Ganges River has reached the Supreme Court of India, producing some optimism among MSU scientists who study the 1,500-mile river.
May 1, 2008 - 4:00:00 AM
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Harmful blood glucose levels linked to defective gene
A genetic mutation that can raise the amount of glucose in a person's
blood to harmful levels is identified today in a study in the journal
Science.
May 1, 2008 - 4:00:00 AM
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Ancient 'Nutcracker Man' challenges ideas on evolution of human diet
Tiny marks on the teeth of an ancient human ancestor known as the Nutcracker Man may upset current evolutionary understanding of early hominid diet.
Apr 30, 2008 - 4:00:00 AM
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Synergistic growth inhibitory effect of herbal extracts against HCC and lung cancer cells
Several herbs with diversified pharmacological properties are known to be rich sources of chemical constituents that may have potential for the treatment of several human cancers. Data from the Department of Preclinical Science, Faculty of Medicine, Thammasat University, demonstrates that the growth inhibitory activity of doxorubicin or cisplatin, as single agents, may be modified in combination with emblic myrobalan or belleric myrobalan extracts and may be synergistically enhanced in some cases.
Apr 30, 2008 - 4:00:00 AM
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CU-Boulder researchers forecast 3-in-5 chance of record low Arctic sea ice in 2008
New University of Colorado at Boulder calculations indicate the record low minimum extent of sea ice across the Arctic last September has a three-in-five chance of being shattered again in 2008 because of continued warming temperatures and a preponderance of younger, thinner ice.
Apr 30, 2008 - 4:00:00 AM
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Zebrafish may help solve ringing in vets' ears
CHICAGO -- Ernest Moore, an audiologist and cell biologist at Northwestern University, developed tinnitus -- a chronic ringing and whooshing sound in his ears -- twenty years ago after serving in the U.S. Army reserves medical corps. His hearing was damaged by the crack of too many M16 rifles and artillery explosions. He suspects his hearing also suffered from hunting opossum with rifles as a kid on his grandmother's farm in Tennessee.
Apr 30, 2008 - 4:00:00 AM
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8 new human genome projects offer large-scale picture of genetic difference
A nationwide consortium led by the University of Washington in Seattle has completed the first sequence-based map of structural variations in the human genome, giving scientists an overall picture of the large-scale differences in DNA between individuals. The project gives researchers a guide for further research into these structural differences, which are believed to play an important role in human health and disease. The results appear in the May 1 issue of the journal Nature.
Apr 30, 2008 - 4:00:00 AM
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Method for fast human antibodies against flu could find broad use
Scientists have developed a new, faster way to create human monoclonal antibodies against infectious disease by tapping the immune system at the peak of its powers.
Apr 30, 2008 - 4:00:00 AM
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Scientists aim to boost world energy supplies -- with microbes!
British and Canadian scientists expect to begin trials next month (May) to find out whether microbes can unlock the vast amount of energy trapped in the world's unrecoverable heavy oil deposits.
Apr 29, 2008 - 4:00:00 AM
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Tarenflurbil slows decline of mild Alzheimer's patients in phase II study
Patients with mild Alzheimer's disease (AD) who take 800mg of tarenflurbil twice daily show less decline in functional ability than those taking placebo. The findings of this phase II justify phase III studies of tarenflurbil at this dose. These are the conclusions of authors of Article published early Online and in the June issue of The Lancet Neurology.
Apr 29, 2008 - 4:00:00 AM
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Engineers harness cell phone technology for use in medical imaging
Berkeley -- With an innovative concept developed by engineers at the University of California, Berkeley, the ubiquitous cell phone could one day be used to make medical imaging accessible to billions of people around the world.
Apr 29, 2008 - 4:00:00 AM
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Are nanobots on their way?
The first real steps towards building a microscopic device that can construct nano machines have been taken by US researchers. Writing in the peer-reviewed publication, International Journal of Nanomanufacturing from Inderscience Publishers, researchers describe an early prototype for a nanoassembler.
Apr 28, 2008 - 4:00:00 AM
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'Sticky nanotubes' hold key to future technologies
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Researchers at Purdue University are the first to precisely measure the forces required to peel tiny nanotubes off of other materials, opening up the possibility of creating standards for nano-manufacturing and harnessing a gecko's ability to walk up walls.
Apr 28, 2008 - 4:00:00 AM
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Genes for common heart condition and kidney problem identified
A gene that can cause the heart to become enlarged, greatly increasing the risk of heart attacks and heart failure, is identified today in a new study.
Apr 28, 2008 - 4:00:00 AM
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Ancient ecosystems organized much like our own
It was an Anomalocaris-eat-trilobite world, filled with species like nothing on today's Earth. But the ecology of Cambrian communities was remarkably modern, say researchers behind the first study to reconstruct detailed food webs for ancient ecosystems. Their paper, published this week in the open-access journal PLoS Biology, suggests that networks of feeding relationships among marine species that lived hundreds of millions of years ago are remarkably similar to those of today.
Apr 28, 2008 - 4:00:00 AM
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Why is there higher cancer mortality in indigenous Polynesian peoples?
Native residents of Hawaii and New Zealand have much higher mortality rates for many cancers than the European peoples who live there. Education on screening programmes, diet, and smoking could help tackle this. The issues are discussed in the first of a series of Reviews on worldwide cancer disparities in the May issue of The Lancet Oncology.
Apr 27, 2008 - 4:00:00 AM
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Cancer immunotherapy shows long-term promise in lung cancer
New, long-term results from a clinical trial presented today at the 1st European Lung Cancer Conference jointly organized by the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) and the International Association of the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) show that MAGE-A3 ASCI (Antigen-Specific Cancer Immunotherapeutic), an immune-boosting treatment for lung cancer patients, reduces the risk of relapse after surgery -- to the same extent as chemotherapy but without the side-effects of chemotherapy.
Apr 25, 2008 - 4:00:00 AM
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Users of Yahoo Answers seek expertise
One of the first large-scale analyses of how people share knowledge on Yahoo Answers has found that participants use the site to exchange advice and opinions, in addition to technical expertise.
Apr 25, 2008 - 4:00:00 AM
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Deadly dose: Rensselaer heparin expert helps uncover source of lethal contamination
Troy, N.Y. -- The mysterious death of patients around the world following a routine dosage of the common blood thinner, heparin, sent researchers on a frantic search to uncover what could make the standard drug so toxic. A researcher at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute was among a small group of scientists with the expertise and the high-tech equipment necessary to determine the source of the contamination.
Apr 25, 2008 - 4:00:00 AM
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Study shows false memories complicate end-of-life treatment decisions
Irvine, Calif., April 25, 2008 -- Advance directives, or living wills, may not effectively honor end-of-life wishes because life-sustaining treatment preferences often change without people being aware of the changes, according to a new study co-authored by UC Irvine researchers Peter Ditto and Elizabeth Loftus.
Apr 25, 2008 - 4:00:00 AM
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Plan to identify watery Earth-like planets develops
Astronomers are looking to identify Earth-like watery worlds circling distant stars from a glint of light seen through an optical space telescope and a mathematical method developed by researchers at Penn State and the University of Hawaii.
Apr 24, 2008 - 4:00:00 AM
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Technological breakthrough in the fight to cut greenhouse gases
Scientists at Newcastle University have pioneered breakthrough technology in the fight to cut greenhouse gases.
Apr 24, 2008 - 4:00:00 AM
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Brown scientists say biodiversity is crucial to ecosystem productivity
PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] - In the first experiment involving a natural environment, scientists at Brown University have shown that richer plant diversity significantly enhances an ecosystem's productivity. The finding underscores the benefits of biodiversity, such as capturing carbon dioxide, a main contributor to global warming.
Apr 24, 2008 - 4:00:00 AM
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Ozone hole recovery may reshape southern hemisphere climate change
A full recovery of the stratospheric ozone hole could modify climate change in the Southern Hemisphere and even amplify Antarctic warming, according to scientists from the University of Colorado at Boulder, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and NASA.
Apr 24, 2008 - 4:00:00 AM
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Princeton scientists discover exotic quantum state of matter
A team of scientists from Princeton University has found that one of the most intriguing phenomena in condensed-matter physics -- known as the quantum Hall effect -- can occur in nature in a way that no one has ever before seen.
Apr 24, 2008 - 4:00:00 AM
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Better regional monitoring of CO2 needed as global levels continue rising
Monitoring Earth's rising greenhouse gas levels will require a global data collection network 10 times larger than the one currently in place in order to quantify regional progress in emission reductions, according to a new research commentary by University of Colorado and NOAA researchers appearing in the April 25 issue of Science.
Apr 24, 2008 - 4:00:00 AM
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Refining the date of the K/T boundary and the dinosaur extinction
Berkeley -- Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, and the Berkeley Geochronology Center have pinpointed the date of the dinosaurs' extinction more precisely than ever thanks to refinements to a common technique for dating rocks and fossils.
Apr 24, 2008 - 4:00:00 AM
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Montana State researchers study spread of lake trout in Glacier National Park
BOZEMAN, Mont. -- Natural barriers like waterfalls play an important role in preventing lake trout from spreading through Glacier National Park, so maintaining those barriers should be a priority, Montana State University researchers said after conducting a four-year study in the park.
Apr 24, 2008 - 4:00:00 AM
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New lymphoma therapies targets diverse and difficult cancer
NEW YORK (April 24, 2008) -- The fifth leading cause of cancer in the United States, lymphoma is made up of more than 40 rare and highly diverse diseases that target the body's lymphatic system. Lymphomas include both one of the fastest growing cancers -- Burkitt's lymphoma, which can double in size in as little as a day -- and one of the slowest, chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL).
Apr 24, 2008 - 4:00:00 AM
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Specialized white blood cells coordinate first responders to viral infection
Just as fire engines arrive quickly at the scene to save people and property, the cells that fight viruses have to reach the site of an infection promptly to mount a protective response.
Apr 24, 2008 - 4:00:00 AM
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Researcher works with European Space Agency to test moisture satellite
AMES, Iowa -- Europeans want to peek into our soil and see how dry we are.
Apr 24, 2008 - 4:00:00 AM
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Genetic sequencing of protein from T. rex bone confirms dinosaurs' link to birds
Scientists have put more meat on the theory that dinosaurs' closest living relatives are modern-day birds.
Apr 24, 2008 - 4:00:00 AM
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Injecting sulfate particles into stratosphere could have drastic impact on Earth's ozone layer
A much-discussed idea to offset global warming by injecting sulfate particles into the stratosphere would have a drastic impact on Earth's protective ozone layer, new research concludes.
Apr 24, 2008 - 4:00:00 AM
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Clinical monitoring as effective as CD4 count/viral load at advising switch to second line HIV ARVS
Monitoring of clinical events in patients on first line antiretroviral treatment (ART) in poor countries is almost as effective in terms of survival as using CD4 count or viral load measures at advising when to switch to second line ART. Thus lack of access to the laboratory tests for CD4 and viral load in poor settings should not be allowed to hinder access to and roll-out of ART, which needs to be expanded to all settings as soon as possible. These are the conclusions of authors of an Article in this week's edition of The Lancet.
Apr 24, 2008 - 4:00:00 AM
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Biofuels, farming subsidies and climate change must all be tackled to address food crisis
While customers at restaurants in New York City will soon be able to count the calories of their meals in an attempt to curb the obesity epidemic, people in New Delhi are currently counting the grains of their rice. From Bolivia to Yemen, people around the world are taking to the streets in protest at the spiralling increases in food prices.
Apr 24, 2008 - 4:00:00 AM
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60 percent of world's heart disease in India by 2010 -- where it hits younger and has worse outcomes
Within two years, around 60% of the world's heart disease burden is expected to occur in India. Further, India has a higher rate of types of heart disease that lead to worse prognoses than do developed countries, and on average heart disease occurs at a younger age in Indian people. These are the conclusions of authors of an Article published in this week's edition of The Lancet.
Apr 24, 2008 - 4:00:00 AM
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Bird-flu pandemic: Broadly protective vaccines that can be rapidly produced are vital
Widespread vaccination will probably be the cornerstone of public-health measures for controlling an H5N1 bird-flu pandemic. But vaccines must be broadly-protective and rapidly produced to be effective against this disease which is devastating in humans, with a mortality of over 60%. These are the conclusions of authors of a Seminar in this week’s edition of The Lancet. The Seminar appears in the same issue as a paper on probable human-human bird-flu transmission, which was published on www.thelancet.com two weeks ago.
Apr 24, 2008 - 4:00:00 AM
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Domestic violence associated with chronic malnutrition in women and children in India
Boston, MA-- In a new, large-scale study exploring the link between domestic violence and chronic malnutrition, researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) have found that Indian mothers and children experiencing multiple incidents of domestic violence in the previous year are more likely to be anemic and underweight. The findings were published online March 26, 2008 in The American Journal of Epidemiology and will appear in an upcoming print issue of the journal.
Apr 23, 2008 - 4:00:00 AM
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Radio telescope reveals secrets of massive black hole
At the cores of many galaxies, supermassive black holes expel
powerful jets of particles at nearly the speed of light. Just
how they perform this feat has long been one of the mysteries
of astrophysics. The leading theory says the particles are
accelerated by tightly-twisted magnetic fields close to the
black hole, but confirming that idea required an elusive close-up
view of the jet's inner throat. Now, using the unrivaled resolution
of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory's Very Long Baseline
(VLBA), astronomers have watched material winding a corkscrew
outward path and behaving exactly as predicted by the theory.
Apr 23, 2008 - 4:00:00 AM
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Glaciers reveal Martian climate has been recently active
PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] - The prevailing thinking is that Mars is a planet whose active climate has been confined to the distant past. About 3.5 billion years ago, the Red Planet had extensive flowing water and then fell quiet - deadly quiet. It didn't seem the climate had changed much since.
Apr 23, 2008 - 4:00:00 AM
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Nanotubes grown straight in large numbers
DURHAM, N.C. -- Duke University chemists have found a way to grow long, straight cylinders only a few atoms thick in very large numbers, removing a major roadblock in the pursuit of nano-scale electronics.
Apr 23, 2008 - 4:00:00 AM
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Sierra Nevada rose to current height earlier than thought, say Stanford geologists
Geologists studying deposits of volcanic glass in the western United States have found that the central Sierra Nevada largely attained its present elevation 12 million years ago, roughly 8 or 9 million years earlier than commonly thought.
Apr 23, 2008 - 4:00:00 AM
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A CluE in the search for data-intensive computing
The Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) directorate at the National Science Foundation (NSF) released a solicitation for proposals for the new Cluster Exploratory (CluE) initiative. The CluE program was announced in February as a part of a relationship between Google, IBM and NSF. NSF hopes this initiative will help lead to innovations in the field of data-intensive computing, as well as serve as an example for future collaborations between the private sector and the academic computing research community.
Apr 23, 2008 - 4:00:00 AM
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The spring in your step is more than just a good mood
ANN ARBOR, Mich.---Scientists using a bionic boot found that during walking, the ankle does about three times the work for the same amount of energy compared to isolated muscles---in other words, the spring in your step is very real and helps us move efficiently.
Apr 23, 2008 - 4:00:00 AM
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$450,000 sweetener in colon cancer battle
UK-based Association for International Cancer Research this week announced it will fund a Griffith University project led by Dr Joe Tiralongo to further develop a potential anti-cancer treatment that had shown promising results in lab tests.
Apr 23, 2008 - 4:00:00 AM
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How exercise changes structure and function of heart
For the first time researchers are beginning to understand exactly how various forms of exercise impact the heart. Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators, in collaboration with the Harvard University Health Services, have found that 90 days of vigorous athletic training produces significant changes in cardiac structure and function and that the type of change varies with the type of exercise performed. Their study appears in the April Journal of Applied Physiology.
Apr 22, 2008 - 4:00:00 AM
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