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Elections: How to Be an Informed Voter
Collection of links to websites with "non-partisan resources"for national elections and elections in California. Also includes links to sites about campaign finance and election reform and with past election results. From the University Library, Sonoma State University. Radio Waves 'See' Through Walls
Engineers have shown that a wireless network of radio transmitters can track people moving behind solid walls. The system could help police, firefighters and others nab intruders, and rescue hostages, fire victims and elderly people who fall in their homes. It also might help retail marketing and border control. Obese patients' reaction to diet can be predicted, study finds
The presence of increased body fat, and therefore higher levels of inflammatory substances in the blood, hinders the loss and maintenance of body weight, as shown by new research from Spain. Gear Gallery: Cushy Air Bed Recliner, Point 'n' Shoot for Pros and Mor
Browse this week's Wired News gadget reviews for a luxurious inflatable mattress (incline your head, boost your knees -- mmmm, comfy), Canon's new G9 with features even a pro would love and more of the latest tech. U Of MN Researchers Develop Tests For Devastating Cattle Disease
Researchers at the University of Minnesota, working in collaboration with scientists at the USDA, have used genomic information to develop tests that can rapidly detect and differentiate the bacteria that causes Johne's disease, a chronic wasting disease found in cattle and other ruminant animals such as sheep, goats and deer. Physicists Set 'Speed Limit' For Future Superconducting Magnet
The material currently used in magnetic resonance imaging machines -- a low-temperature superconducting alloy of niobium -- has been pushed almost as far as it can go, to around 21 Tesla. Now a team led Northwestern University researchers has identified a high-temperature superconductor -- called Bi-2212 -- as a material that might be suitable for the new wires needed to one day build the most powerful superconducting magnet in the world, a 30 Tesla magnet. The Nobel Prize in Literature 1999: Günter Grass
Background for this German author who won the Nobel Prize in literature in 1999 and who is known for his novel "The Tin Drum."Includes a biography, the text of his Nobel lecture (in English, Swedish, and German), his Nobel diploma, and photos. Also includes an excerpt from "The Tin Drum"and a video (in German with English subtitles) of an interview with Grass. From the Nobel Foundation. Identification: Key to Aphids Commonly Found in Small Grains, Corn, an
An illustrated, interactive guide for identifying "the aphid species that are most commonly found in small grains (wheat, rye, and barley), corn, and sorghum in California."Includes photographs of each aphid, and links to related information on damage and management. From the Statewide Integrated Pest Management Program (IPM), University of California, Davis. [Scary] Pregnant woman says 'maternal instinct' helped her kill attack
FORT MITCHELL, Ky. - A pregnant woman who killed her attacker said a maternal instinct helped her fight off the woman who investigators believe was after her unborn child."I do believe that I fought harder because it was for my child,"Sarah Brady told ABC's "Good Morning America"in interviews aired Sunday and Monday. "It is a maternal instinct to protect your child to the very end."Katherine Smith, 22, died Thursday after luring Brady to her apartment to pick up a package supposedly delivered to the wrong address. When Smith pulled out a knife and attacked the pregnant woman, Brady fought back, striking Smith on the head with an ash tray and stabbing her three times with her own knife, police said. Brady, 26, said she didn't know Smith before the two met at Smith's apartment and can't be certain why Smith wanted to kill her."I really am not sure what was going through her mind,"Brady told ABC. "The only thing I thought was that she was going to kill me and my child and that is the only thing that ran through my mind." Scientists Seeking Biocontrols Against Sharpshooters
Help may be on the way from Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists in Argentina and Texas for grape growers in California who are battling the glassy winged sharpshooter. A parasitic wasp could help growers ward off the glassy winged sharpshooters (GWSS) that have been spreading plant-damaging Xylella fastidiosa bacteria in southern California vineyards since the 1990s.
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