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United States Small Business Administration (SBA): Hurricane Katrina D
Fact sheets and related information about disaster loans available to individuals and small businesses following Hurricane Katrina. Includes disaster notices detailing covered parishes and counties, loan information with terms and amounts, and a list of SBA disaster recovery centers in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. From the United States Small Business Administration (SBA). First Planet Under Three Suns Is Discovered
An extrasolar planet under three suns has been discovered in the constellation Cygnus by a planetary scientist at the California Institute of Technology using the 10-meter Keck I telescope in Hawaii. The planet is slightly larger than Jupiter and, given that it has to contend with the gravitational pull of three bodies, promises to seriously challenge our current understanding of how planets are formed. Mayo Clinic Collaboration Invents 'Virus In Stealth' To Help Kill Canc
Mayo Clinic researchers working with colleagues in Germany have discovered a way to fight cancer by using parts of a virus found in tree shrews, small Southeast Asian mammals. The researchers used the virus to create a disguise for an engineered measles virus that enables it to sneak past the immune system. It kills cancer cells without harming healthy cells. GM Resurrects the Electric Car
Environmentalists who mourn the death of General Motors' EV1 might take comfort in the Chevy Volt, a new concept car that runs on electricity (with a little help from an onboard gas-burning generator). By John Gartner. Judges Think Children More Honest But Less Reliable Than Adults, Says
Judges perceive child witnesses as being more honest than adults when testifying in court, but recognize that children's limited memory and communication skills, and greater suggestibility may make them less reliable than adults. Botnet Attack Sentence: 3 Years
A young California man will serve prison time for launching a computer attack that hit tens of thousands of computers, including some at a Seattle hospital, the DOD and a California school district. New Study Explores The Evolution Of Male Parental Care And Female Mult
A new study by Joe Yuichiro Wakano and Yasuo Ihara in the August 2005 issue of the American Naturalist investigates a game-theoretical model in which females gain a direct benefit by multiple mating from the paternal care they elicit for their offspring. As a result, various combinations of male parental care and female multiple mating evolve. Erectile Dysfunction Treatment For Men With Spinal Cord Injuries
The drug tadalafil appears to improve erectile function in men with spinal cord injuries, according to a new article. Between 10.4 and 83 individuals per million worldwide experience spinal cord injuries every year, according to background information in the article. Only 25 percent of men with spinal cord injuries are able to have erections that are adequate for having intercourse. How Embryos Regulate Vitamin A Derivatives: Too Much Or Too Little Lin
Human embryos that get too much or too little retinoic acid, a derivative of Vitamin A, can develop into babies with birth defects. New research shows for the first time how embryonic cells may regulate levels of retinoic acid, giving scientists insight into how it acts as a signal between cells to control development of the brain, limbs and many other tissues in embryos. P2P: Music's Death Knell or Boon?
Technology optimists and pessimists duke it out at the South by Southwest conference. While some music insiders have high hopes for new revenue streams, others say peer-to-peer song sharing continues to wreak havoc. Michael Grebb reports from Austin, Texas.
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