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Thumb-size Microsystem Enables Cell Culture And Incubation
Integrating silicon microchip technology with a network of tiny fluid channels, some thinner than a human hair, researchers have developed a thumb-size micro-incubator to culture living cells for lab tests. The scientists have successfully used the micro-incubator to culture baby hamster kidney cells over a three-day period. [Scary] Pregnant woman says 'maternal instinct' helped her kill attack
FORT MITCHELL, Ky. - A pregnant woman who killed her attacker said a maternal instinct helped her fight off the woman who investigators believe was after her unborn child."I do believe that I fought harder because it was for my child,"Sarah Brady told ABC's "Good Morning America"in interviews aired Sunday and Monday. "It is a maternal instinct to protect your child to the very end."Katherine Smith, 22, died Thursday after luring Brady to her apartment to pick up a package supposedly delivered to the wrong address. When Smith pulled out a knife and attacked the pregnant woman, Brady fought back, striking Smith on the head with an ash tray and stabbing her three times with her own knife, police said. Brady, 26, said she didn't know Smith before the two met at Smith's apartment and can't be certain why Smith wanted to kill her."I really am not sure what was going through her mind,"Brady told ABC. "The only thing I thought was that she was going to kill me and my child and that is the only thing that ran through my mind." World War II in the Pacific: Japan Capitulates, August - September 194
Images and information from the U.S. Department of the Navy's Naval Historical Center about Japan's surrender to the Allies in World War II, on August 14, 1945 (known as V-J Day). Includes images of victory celebrations, different aspects of the surrender, and related events in World War II. Open Wide And Say 'Zap': New Way To Clinically Assess Condition Of Too
A group of researchers in Australia and Taiwan has developed a new way to analyze the health of human teeth using lasers. By measuring how the surface of a tooth responds to laser-generated ultrasound, they can evaluate the mineral content of tooth enamel -- the semi-translucent outer layer of a tooth that protects the underlying dentin. Bacteria In Small Sea Life Yield New Way To Make Potential Cancer Drug
Researchers led by a University of Utah medicinal chemist have developed a novel method to make drugs for cancer and other diseases from bacteria found in sponges and other small ocean creatures. The new method uses genetic pathways in the bacteria to produce small chemicals and to manipulate them to invent new potential drugs. Kosmix
Beta version of an Internet search engine that is designed to let "people search less, and discover more great stuff."Searchable by keywords in these categories: health, travel, video games, finance, and U.S. politics. Kosmix plans to add more categories. Anti-drinking Campaign Ads May Be 'Catastrophically Misconceived'
Some anti-drinking advertising campaigns may be "catastrophically misconceived"because they play on the entertaining 'drinking stories'that young people use to mark their social identity, say researchers who have just completed a three year study of the subject. Advertisements that show drunken incidents, such as being thrown out of a nightclub, being carried home or passing out in a doorway, are often seen by young people as being a typical story of a 'fun'night out, rather than as a cautionary tale. Scientists Eye Secrets Of Retinal Regeneration
Peering at microscopic changes within the retina, scientists have discovered a key mechanism driving eye health and eye disease. The team says they have discovered just how light-sensing discs in the retina's rod cells regenerate themselves. The retina uses two cell types?rods and cones?to sense incoming light. UNC Scientists Develop Promising New Assay For Studying Cancer-causing
Scientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and colleagues have developed a new microscopic assay that, for the first time, allows them to see DNA breaks in chromosomes in living cells following damage to those complex, gene-filled structures. Fuel Economy Site (EPA)
The heart of this federal government site is the "Find and Compare Cars"database, with miles-per-gallon numbers for cars (1985 to the present), light trucks, minivans, and sport utility vehicles. Compare vehicles by fuel cost and global warming pollution, search by class or manufacturer, or by miles per gallon (MPG). Includes a gasoline price page with links to national and regional fuel price information, information on vehicle safety ratings and air pollution, gas mileage tips, and material on hybrid and alternative fuel vehicles. Also find the most current model year "Fuel Economy Guide."
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