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Immune cells that prevent development of asthma identified
Asthma is inhibited by regulatory macrophages, a cell population never previously described. Self-managing Internet Applications Flex Their Muscles
A European research project that incubates self-managing internet applications is paying off. It has inspired a Wikipedia that's potentially able to handle more users than the original and super-efficient streaming video, with more to come. Mass Storage for Phones
Tiny 20-GB wireless drives are coming this summer from Seagate, the world leader in magnetic storage. In Gadget Lab. Slim But Pricey LCD Turns Heads
Samsung's 1.2-inch LCD has crisp, accurate colors and jaw-dropping motion resolution. LED backlighting makes the screen brighter than the bridge of the Enterprise.
 [Ironic] An Italian pensioner committed suicide after his wife fell in
Recalling the end of Romeo and Juliet, the 70-year-old man, Ettore, who had sat by his wife's bedside for four months after she slipped into a coma following a heart attack, finally gave up hope and gassed himself in the garage of his family home.Less than a day later, his wife, Rossana, woke up in her hospital bed in Padua and immediately asked for him. California Museum: Hall of Fame
Biographies of individuals inducted into this hall of fame established in 2006 for "extraordinary Californians who have made their mark on the state, the nation and the world."Some of the individuals profiled include Cesar Chavez, Walt Disney, Amelia Earhart, Frank Gehry, Bille Jean King, John Muir, Sally Ride, and Alice Walker. From the California Museum for History, Women &the Arts (formerly the California State History Museum). Hurricane Research: Get It On
The National Science Board urges the feds to bolster efforts to understand hurricanes. Despite huge storm-related losses, NOAA staffing is down 30 percent and the focus is on short-term forecasting, according to the report. Multiple Sclerosis Progression Linked To Immune-cell Substance
A new study suggests that a substance made by immune cells plays a key role in the progression of a disease in animals that closely mimics multiple sclerosis (MS). The findings further suggest that blocking the molecule, known as macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) might prevent the progression of the disease. Researchers at The Ohio State University Medical Center conducted the study using mice that develop a disease that mimics MS. Behavioural Ecologists Elucidated How Peahens Choose Their Mates, And
Since Darwin, the peacock exhibiting an elongated tail composed of ocelli has been a prime example of sexual selection. Classical studies show females prefer a high number of ocelli. New research published today in Ethology shows peahens may actually assess ocelli density. Adeline Loyau, Michel Saint Jalme and Gabriele Sorci of the National Museum of Natural History and the Laboratory of Evolutive Parasitology say "We calculated ocelli density and found it did explain female choice." Caught In The Act: The Dynamic Dance Of Enzymes
In a new study in Nature, Brandeis University Howard Hughes Medical Investigator Dr. Dorothee Kern and collaborators pull back the curtain on the secret lives of enzymes, the ubiquitous proteins that catalyze chemical reactions in the cell. Harnessing a slew of sophisticated technologies to capture a key enzyme changing shape in near real time, Kern was able to show that these proteins are not the wallflowers of the biological world scientists had once thought, essentially passive until catalysis occurs. Rather, Kern and her team demonstrated that the enzyme adenylate kinase, and presumably many more, engages in a dynamic dance even before its catalytic date--the substrate to which it binds--shows up.
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