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World Drug Report
A publication about worldwide illegal drug production, trafficking, and use. Find data and analysis on opium, heroin, cocaine, cannabis, amphetamine-type stimulants, and other drugs. The 2006 report features a special section on cannabis, "by far the most widely produced, trafficked and used drug in the world."Includes archived reports from past years. Some material available in additional languages. From the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). Researchers Discover Molecular Mechanism That Desensitizes Us To Cold
Mount Sinai School of Medicine researchers have discovered how the membrane protein that allows us to sense cold works and how this protein becomes desensitized so that one no longer feels the cold. The study, published this week as an advance online publication by Nature Neuroscience, focused on a specific region of the cold receptor which is found in many other receptors, including ones involved in taste, vision and fertilization. Up, Up And Away -- To Venus
Scientists hope to learn more about climate changes here on Earth by studying Venus. A prototype balloon could eventually study the planet's surface and examine its atmosphere and the bizarre winds and chemistry within it. A team of JPL, ILC Dover and NASA Wallops Flight Facility engineers designed, fabricated and tested the balloon. Bioengineer Advances Survival, Promise Of Adult Stem Cells
MIT researchers have developed a technique to encourage the survival and growth of adult stem cells, a step that could help realize the therapeutic potential of such cells. Do It Yourself Anti-satellite System? Military And Civilian Satellites
Satellite tracking software freely available on the Internet and some textbook physics could be used by any organization that can get hold of an intermediate range rocket to mount an unsophisticated attack on military or civilian satellites. Disease-fighting Chemicals In Apples Could Reduce The Risk Of Breast C
An apple a day can help keep breast cancer away, according to a study in rats by food scientists at Cornell University. SDSS Uses 200,000 Quasars to Confirm Einstein's Prediction of Cosmic
Applying cutting edge computer science to a wealth of new astronomical data, researchers from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) reported today the first robust detection of cosmic magnification on large scales, a prediction of Einstein's General Theory of Relativity applied to the distribution of galaxies, dark matter, and distant quasars. Ginger May Combat Deadly Infant Diarrhea In Developing World
The popular spice ginger shows promise as a treatment for bacteria-induced diarrhea, the leading cause of infant death in developing countries, according to a preliminary study in animals. If confirmed by further studies, the findings could lead to an inexpensive, easy-to-obtain alternative to drug therapy for the condition, the researchers say. How To Identify Menopausal Women At Risk For Deadly Blood Clot, Novel
In women, hormone therapy is a risk factor for venous thrombosis, a blood clot forming deep inside the vein. Although the disorder is rare, it increases exponentially during menopause and can be deadly. Hormone trials conducted thus far, focusing on proteins in blood coagulation, have not yet led to a risk profile, precluding identification of women at risk. Researchers have now developed a novel concept that uses blood platelets to define thrombotic risk. Archimedes Manuscript Yields Secrets Under X-ray Gaze
For five days in May, the ancient collided with the ultra-modern at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC), bringing brilliant, long-hidden ideas to light with brilliant X-ray light. A synchrotron X-ray beam at the Department of Energy facility illuminated an obscured work--erased, written over and even painted over--of ancient mathematical genius Archimedes, born 287 B.C. in Sicily.
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