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Impaired Clearance Of Amyloid-beta Causes Vascular Damage In Alzheimer
New research suggests that accumulation of amyloid-β peptides in cerebral blood vessels, as opposed to the brain itself, may be a more important pathological mediator of Alzheimer's disease. Two independent yet related articles describe such findings in the August issue of The American Journal of Pathology. Both articles are highlighted on the Journal's cover. Improving Emergency Food Responses
A food aid expert outlines emerging best practice standards for emergency international food aid, including areas such as information systems, analytical tools and strategic targeting of beneficiaries. Vitamins: Science Doesn't Always Match Policy
A gap exists between scientific knowledge of vitamins and how they are popularly used. Translating emerging science to better policy will require a regulatory framework that addresses the content and labeling of vitamins and the effects on nutrient adequacy and chronic degenerative disease prevention. Bob Woodward (1943- ) and Carl Bernstein (1944- ) Watergate Papers, 19
This finding aid to the Woodward and Bernstein Watergate papers collection features a biographical sketch of these Washington Post journalists, an overview of the collection, a detailed contents list, an index of correspondents, and a list of associated materials. Coverage includes their days at the Washington Post, material used for their co-written books, "All the President's Men"(1974) and "The Final Days"(1976), film treatments, and more. From the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, University of Texas at Austin. [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. How Microsoft Blew It With Windows Mobile
Microsoft's Windows Mobile has lost nearly a third of its smartphone marketshare since 2008. Yet Microsoft has been in the mobile OS space longer than anyone else. Here's what the software giant did wrong.
 UBC Researchers Explain Why Females Are Better Off Choosing Unattracti
In a research paper published in the journal Science, UBC zoology professor Sarah Otto and graduate student Arianne Albert propose a model that explains why males in some species have extravagant displays for attracting females, while males in other species look just like females.
Was Mighty T. Rex 'Sue'Felled By A Lowly Parasite?
When pondering the demise of a famous dinosaur such as 'Sue,' the mighty Tyrannosaurus rex whose fossilized remains are a star attraction of the Field Museum in Chicago, it is hard to avoid the image of clashing Cretaceous titans engaged in bloody, mortal combat. But a new study provides evidence that Sue, perhaps the most famous dinosaur in the world, was felled in more mundane fashion by a lowly parasite that still afflicts modern birds. Where Are The Supermassive Black Holes Hiding?
European and American scientists, on a quest to find supermassive black holes hiding in nearby galaxies, have found surprisingly few. Either the black holes are better hidden than scientists realized or they are lurking only in the more distant universe. [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.
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