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Archimedes Manuscript Yields Secrets Under X-ray Gaze
For five days in May, the ancient collided with the ultra-modern at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC), bringing brilliant, long-hidden ideas to light with brilliant X-ray light. A synchrotron X-ray beam at the Department of Energy facility illuminated an obscured work--erased, written over and even painted over--of ancient mathematical genius Archimedes, born 287 B.C. in Sicily. Cornell Researchers Say Double Knocks May Be 'Soundprints' Of Ivory-bi
After analyzing more than 18,000 hours of recordings from the swampy forests of eastern Arkansas, researchers at the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology have released recordings offering further evidence for the existence of the ivory-billed woodpecker. Researchers Explain Why Badger Culling Fails To Control Cattle Tubercu
Researchers have discovered the most likely reason why localised culling of badgers (Meles meles) has failed to control bovine tuberculosis (TB) in British cattle. Published online by the British Ecological Society's Journal of Applied Ecology, the study reveals that even though culling reduces badger population density, it alters their behaviour in such a way as to increase spread of the disease. The findings have major implications for future strategies to control TB in cattle. Diabetes Knowledge Has Little Effect On Improving Outcomes
A new study by Duke Clinical Research Institute researchers finds little relationship between what a diabetic patient knows about the disease and control of its associated cardiovascular risk factors or how well the patient ultimately fares. Breath Test Offers Hope For Early Detection Of Lung-bacteria Growth In
Breath-analysis testing may prove to be an effective, non-invasive method for detecting the damaging lung-bacteria growth seen in cystic fibrosis, which would allow for early stage treatments that can extend the health of people with this disease, UC Irvine researchers have found. The Roman Curia: Congregations: Congregation for the Doctrine of the F
Information from the Vatican about this group "founded in 1542 by Pope Paul III ... [which] was originally called the Sacred Congregation of the Universal Inquisition as its duty was to defend the Church from heresy. It is the oldest of the Curia's nine congregations."Includes a brief profile, doctrinal and disciplinary documents, and related material, some of which are by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger (now Pope Benedict XVI). Many of the documents are available in several languages (some not in English). Shaking Out The Family Tree: Rice Domestiction Confirmed Genetically
Biologists from Washington University in St. Louis and their collaborators from Taiwan have examined the DNA sequence family tree of rice varieties and have determined that the crop was domesticated independently at least twice in various Asian locales. All Hail the Mighty Coffee Bean!
If your morning cup of joe is maniacally important to you, consider the exciting caffeine technology that is just around the bend. Commentary by Lore Sjöberg. Link Between Cellular Defense Processes Found, Showing How Cancer Cell
Investigators have discovered that immune system cells that engulf and destroy germs in the body enlist help for this task from a common housekeeping mechanism that most cells use to keep their interiors healthy. A mechanism in cells that kills germs and destroys cancer drugs and antibiotics is enlisted by a second mechanism that ingests germs from the environment, a finding that could improve treatments for cancer and infections. Agriculture And Tropical Conservation: Rethinking Old Ideas
It's a long-held view in conservation circles that rural peasant activities are at odds with efforts to preserve biodiversity in the tropics. In fact, the opposite is often true, argue University of Michigan researchers John Vandermeer and Ivette Perfecto.
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