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NOAA Takes Steps To Reduce Ship Collisions With Endangered North Atla
The NOAA Fisheries Service has published a notice as part of the ongoing strategy to reduce ship collisions with endangered North Atlantic right whales. The agency published a Notice of Intent to prepare an environmental impact statement in its effort to provide a comprehensive strategy for reducing collisions between ocean-going vessels and highly endangered North Atlantic right whales along the U.S. East Coast. Fox Gives DVD Buyers a Tiny Taste of Portability
New Digital Copy technology lets consumers copy movies exactly twice, but only to PCs and PlaysForSure-compatible gadgets. That means Mac owners, and iPod users, are screwed. Regular Exercise Reduces Risk Of Blood Clots, Study Suggests
Regular participation in sports reduces the risk of developing blood clots by 39 percent in women and 22 percent in men. The authors note that, while strenuous activity is known to increase the risk of blood clot development in the elderly, regular exercise is also shown to greatly benefit the heart, and that the net effect of elderly sports participation may be positive. Building A Better Hydrogen Trap
Using building blocks that make up ordinary plastics, but putting them together in a whole new way, University of Michigan researchers have created a class of lightweight, rigid polymers they predict will be useful for storing hydrogen fuel. The trick to making the new materials, called covalent organic frameworks (COFs), was coaxing them to assume predictable crystal structures -- something that never had been done with rigid plastics. [Odd] A Romanian couple has named their son Yahoo as a sign of gratitu
Daily Libertatea said on Thursday Cornelia and Nonu Dragoman, both from Transylvania, met and decided they were meant for each other following a three-month relationship over the net.They married and had a baby this Christmas, whom they decided to name after one of the worldwide web's most popular portals."We named him Lucian Yahoo after my father and the net, the main beacon of my life,"Cornelia Dragoman was quoted as saying. Frequent Hemodialysis At Night May Improve Some Outcomes For Patients
Patients who received hemodialysis at night six times a week for treatment of end-stage kidney disease had improvements on certain outcomes, including reduced need for blood pressure medications and improvement in selected quality of life measures, compared to patients who received conventional hemodialysis three times weekly, according to a new article. The History of Valentine's Day
Extensive background on why we celebrate thisday and who St. Valentine was. There are also sections on the romances of Harry and Bess Truman, Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and Jackie and Rachel Robinson. From the History Channel. Cashmere Goats
Overview of the production of cashmere from goats, with discussion of countries of production, selection of breeding stock, and maintenance tips. From the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Cooperative State Research Service, Office for Small-Scale Agriculture. Subtypes Of Ependymomas Arise From Rare Stem Cells In The Nervous Syst
Finding suggests that new drugs to treat ependymoma and other types of solid tumors should be designed to target the specific signal pathways that cause uncontrolled replication of cancer stem cells, according to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. California Air Resources Board: Climate Change
"This page provides information regarding [California Air Resources Board] ARB's climate change program pursuant to Assembly Bill 32."Includes background about AB 32 (the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006), fact sheets, event listings, news, and details about specific program areas such as emissions inventory and mandatory reporting, low carbon fuel, forestry climate protocols, landfill methane capture, and climate change early action measures. From the California Air Resources Board.
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