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Making Iron The Old-Fashioned Way Is A Tricky Business
It's one thing to imagine how an ancient technology worked and quite another to actually get your hands dirty trying it. That's the whole idea behind "experimental archaeology"and the experiments Dan Jeffery is conducting with bloomery furnaces. Jeffery is studying bloomery furnaces that were used to make iron and steel in Europe and the United States up until about 200 years ago. These furnaces also have a long history in many cultures, stretching back more than 2,000 years. Gene Research Has Implications For Huntington's Disease
Scientists have proposed a mechanism that provides an explanation for the remarkable precision of the genetic time bomb causing Huntington's and other trinucleotide repeat diseases. Huntington's disease is a genetic time bomb: Programmed in the genes, it appears at a predictable age in adulthood, causing a progressive decline in mental and neurological function and finally death. There is, to date, no cure. Clinical Trial Launched For Treatment Of Liver Disease In Children
The Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH) Clinical Research Network has launched its second clinical trial to study NASH, a liver disease that resembles alcoholic liver disease but occurs in patients who drink little or no alcohol. The first trial, launched in January of this year, focuses on adults, while the second trial studies the disease in children. Complementary Therapies Help Patients Recover After Heart Surgery
A new study shows that massage therapy decreases pain levels for patients after heart surgery. Researchers created pilot studies and research protocols for massage therapy, music therapy and guided imagery for patients, as well as stress education classes for patients and family members. Investigators Release Preliminary Findings of Levee Failures at Senate
Article about how "many of the New Orleans levee and floodwall failures in the wake of Hurricane Katrina occurred at weak-link junctions where different levee or wall sections joined together, according to a preliminary report released [in November, 2005] by independent investigators from the University of California, Berkeley, and the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)."Includes links to the Senate testimony and the full report. From the University of California, Berkeley. Promising Therapies For Haemophilia &Heart Disease
Professor Denisa Wagner and her Harvard colleagues have made ground-breaking discoveries that provide hope of an alternative treatment option for haemophilia sufferers. All the World's a Tag
What happens when ubiquitous computing renders us mere searchable, mappable, traceable specks of data? Commentary by Momus. DOE Outlines Research Needed To Improve Solar Energy Technologies
DOE's Office of Science has released a report describing the basic research needed to produce "revolutionary progress in bringing solar energy to its full potential in the energy marketplace."Progress in the proposed research could lead to: artificial "molecular machines"that turn sunlight into chemical fuel; "smart materials"based on nature's ability to transfer captured solar energy with no energy loss; self-repairing solar conversion systems; and far more efficient solar cells created using nanotechnologies. Liver Diagnosis Breakthrough With Mayo Clinic MRI Development
Mayo Clinic researchers have developed a new technique for using magnetic resonance imaging to accurately measure the hardness or elasticity of the liver. First tests show this technology -- called MR Elastography -- holds great promise for detecting liver fibrosis, a common condition that can lead to incurable cirrhosis if not treated in time. Un Lun Dun: Sci-Fi for All Ages
Following in the steps of J.K. Rowling, China Miéville creates an alternate-universe London that both kids and adults will want to explore. By Adam Rogers from Wired magazine.
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