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Hispanic Heritage Awards
Details about this annual award program "celebrating Hispanic pride, culture and accomplishment."Search for profiles of award winners by name, year, and categories such as arts, leadership, math and science, and sports. Also provides information about the Hispanic Heritage Youth Awards, for "young leaders [who] have demonstrated high levels of achievement in the classrooms and communities and are positioned as role models for their peers."The awards are presented by the nonprofit Hispanic Heritage Foundation. Fish Can Determine Their Social Rank By Observation Alone, Study Finds
A male fish can size up potential rivals, and even rank them from strongest to weakest, simply by watching how they perform in territorial fights with other males, according to a new study by Stanford University scientists. The researchers say their discovery provides the first direct evidence that fish, like people, can use logical reasoning to figure out their place in the pecking order. Animals Resistant To Drunken Behavior Offer Clues To Alcoholism's Root
Animals with a remarkable ability to hold their liquor may point the way toward the genetic underpinnings of alcohol addiction, two separate research teams reported in the October 6, 2006 issue of the journal Cell. Earlier studies have shown that people with a greater tolerance for alcohol have a greater risk of becoming alcoholics, according to the researchers. Breakthrough Study Finds Adult Stem Cells
Ground-breaking study: Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh scientists discovered adult stem cells have same ability as embryonic stem cells to multiply indicating they may play important therapeutic role.Adult stem cells are often overlooked in favor of embryonic in the national debate over the therapeutic use of stem cells. It has been generally believed that embryonic stem cells had a greater capacity to multiply than adult - making them more desirable to research as a potential treatment. Nobel October
In a special issue of the physical sciences webzine Spotlight, David Bradley adds his own spin to this year's Nobel Prizes for chemistry, medicine and physics... Using Additional Biopsy-scoring Data May Help Determine Prostate Cance
Men with certain scores and patterns based on prostate cancer biopsy were found to be at higher risk of PSA-failure, suggesting that this measurement could help predict the risk of prostate cancer recurrence, according to preliminary research. [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. Faulty Cell Membrane Repair Causes Heart Disease
During vigorous exercise, heart muscle cells take a beating. In fact, some of those cells rupture and without an efficient repair process those cells would die and cause heart damage (cardiomyopathy). University of Iowa researchers have discovered a specific repair mechanism in heart muscle and identified a protein called dysferlin that is critical for resealing heart muscle cell membranes. Europe Goes Back To Mars
European space scientists have strongly recommended a mission equipped with a Rover as the next scientific mission to Mars as part of the European Space Agency's Aurora programme of planetary exploration. Europe Goes Gently on P2P Piracy
EU members enact a number of laws to ban online trading of pirated content. But privacy protections and a reluctance to prosecute peer-to-peer users make Europe a comparatively friendly place to swap files. By Bruce Gain.
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