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Potential New Cancer Drug Target Identified
Research has uncovered two new potential points of vulnerability on a key cancer-promoting protein, called XIAP. Drugs that target either of these activities could help push cancer cells back into a more regular programmed cell death and thereby reduce or eliminate tumors. Study Finds Protein Is Required For Human Chromosome Production
Scientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine have identified an elusive protein that performs a necessary step in the production of human chromosomes. Scientists Gain New Insights Into 'Frozen' Methane Beneath Ocean Floor
An international team of scientists supported by the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) has completed a unique research expedition aimed at recovering samples of gas hydrate, an ice-like substance hidden beneath the seafloor off Canada's western coast. Gas hydrate, a mixture of water and mostly methane, is believed to occur under the world's oceans in great abundance, but it quickly "melts"once removed from the high pressure and cold temperatures of its natural environment, making it very challenging to recover and analyze. MIT Cascon System for Analyzing International Conflict
Cascon is a "conflict analysis and decision-support system"that includes information on 85 post-World War II conflict cases, and was most recently updated in 2000. "Cascon is based on the Bloomfield-Leiss conflict model, which represents conflict as a dynamic process"in which conflicts pass through distinctive stages. Features maps and brief descriptions of stages for events such as the Lebanon and Greek civil wars. From Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Discovery Of New Antiviral Mechanism Promising For Hepatitis C Treatme
A completely new mechanism that mammalian cells employ to fight infections of the Hepatitis C virus, which affects approximately 2.7 million Americans and 170 million people worldwide, has been discovered. The achievement could improve current antiviral regimens or result in new treatments that are more effective and possess fewer detrimental side effects for those with the Hepatitis C virus infection, which frequently leads to liver cirrhosis and/or liver cancer. Bruce Dobler's Creative Nonfiction Compendium
Definitions and recommended readings for creative nonfiction, "that branch of writing which employs literary techniques and artistic vision usually associated with fiction or poetry to report on actual persons and events."Maintained by an associate professor of English in the Creative Nonfiction Program at the University of Pittsburgh. Major Losses Projected For Earthquakes On Puente Hills Fault Beneath L
Potential earthquakes on the Puente Hills fault beneath the Los Angeles area could result in 3,000 to 18,000 fatalities, 142,000 to 735,000 displaced households, and more than $250 billion in total damages, according to Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC) and U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) research. An Initial Assessment of the Impact of the Earthquake and Tsunami of D
"Summarizes the information available until January 10, 2005 about the seismic shift that took place in the morning of December 26, 2004 in the Indian Ocean in the province of Aceh in Indonesia, and the ensuing tsunami that devastated some areas in East and Southeast Asia. It offers an initial assessment of the possible economic impact of the disaster."Opens directly into a PDF document. From the Asian Development Bank (ADB). Renewed Hope For Parkinson's Patients
Analysis of the brain of a patient suffering from Parkinson's Disease has shown that the experimental treatment he received caused regrowth of the nerve fibres that are lost in this disease. This is the first time that any treatment has been shown to reverse the loss of nerve fibres in Parkinson's Disease. The Games People Shouldn't Play
Can't be bothered to look up from Bejeweled and grind out a TPS report? Perhaps it's time to find another job. Mr. Know-It-All takes the moral helm in today's tech workplace. By Clive Thompson from Wired magazine.
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