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Not Just For Eatin': Blue Crab Nano-Sensor Detects Dangers
A substance found in crab shells is the key component in a nanoscale sensor system developed by researchers at the University of Maryland's A. James Clark School of Engineering. The sensor can detect minute quantities of explosives, bioagents, chemicals, and other dangerous materials in air and water, potentially leading to security and safety innovations for airports, hospitals, and other public locations. Scientists Inhibit Cancer Gene: Potential Therapy For Up To 30 Percent
By studying mice with skin cancer, researchers at the Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah discovered a way to inhibit a mutant gene found in up to 30 percent of human tumors. Mechanism Controlling DNA Damage Response Has Potential Novel Medical
Investigators at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have discovered a previously unrecognized mechanism that controls a key protein linked to the cell's response to stress - a finding that holds promise for new ways to enhance cancer therapies or protect cells from dying after exposure to damaging chemicals or radiation. The Google Print Controversy: A Bibliography
"This bibliography [with links] presents selected English-language electronic works about Google Print that are freely available on the Internet. It has a special focus on the legal issues associated with this project [to scan library materials],"which has raised copyright concerns. Part of librarian Charles W. Bailey's DigitalKoans blog, which "provides commentary on scholarly electronic publishing and digital culture issues." How Dietary Iron Is Used By Cells
A four-year study on iron metabolism within cells, an essential process that impacts both iron deficiency and iron toxicity, conditions responsible for a multitude of human diseases, is underway at the University at Buffalo funded by a $1.16 million grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. Red-Color News Soldier: A Chinese Photographer's Odyssey Through the C
The black-and-white photographs in this traveling exhibit (2003-2005) of work by Li Zhensheng document Mao Zedong and the Cultural Revolution in China (1964-1976). Provides photo descriptions (mouse over images to view) and background information about the photographer and the project. In English and French. Higher Maternal Sugar Levels Increases Risk Of Childhood Obesity
Treating gestational diabetes can break the link to childhood obesity. The largest study of its kind, this research shows that childhood obesity risk rises with a pregnant woman's blood sugar level and untreated gestational diabetes doubles a child's risk of obesity. Authors looked at 20,000 mothers and children, and found treating gestational diabetes lowers the child's risk of obesity to same level of a mother with normal blood sugar levels. A New Way To Treat Colon Cancer?
Researchers at University of Utah's Huntsman Cancer Institute have discovered a new target for possible future colon cancer treatments -- a molecule that is implicated in 85 percent of colon cancer cases. Flavonoid-rich Diet Helps Women Decrease Risk Of Ovarian Cancer
Frequent consumption of foods containing the flavonoid kaempferol, including nonherbal tea and broccoli, was associated with a reduced risk of ovarian cancer. The researchers also found a decreased risk in women who consumed large amounts of the flavonoid luteolin, which is found in foods such as carrots, peppers, and cabbage. Tsunami Alarm System: Slow Build
Regional officials gather on Bali to discuss a $126-million-dollar system that's supposed to warn people in 27 countries on the Indian Ocean of tsunami danger. But politics impedes progress and lives are being lost.
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