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Designer Babies: What Would You Do For A 'Healthy' Baby?
The well-educated are significantly more open to the idea of "designing"babies than the poorly educated, according to a new study by psychologists at the University of East Anglia. Mice Help Researchers Understand Chlamydia
Genetically engineered mice may hold the key to helping scientists hasten the development of a vaccine to protect adolescent girls against the most common sexually transmitted disease, chlamydia. The project uses a "mouse model"to study how the immune system responds to infections such as chlamydia. How Do Cells Sense And Respond To Messages? Major Signal Transduction
How cells sense and respond to chemical messages -- a process known as signal transduction -- is a fundamental force in biology, controlling key processes such as cell growth and immune response. Now researchers report a significant discovery in the field of signal transduction that could provide a new target for drugs that fight cancer, HIV and diseases. Microgravity Tower Will Offer Reduced-gravity Environment For Wide Ran
A new microgravity tower will allow scientists to study, in a reduced-gravity environment, many diverse phenomena in many fields including nanomaterials, new materials, fire-safety, metallurgy, biotechnology and combustion. The tower works by placing the experimental material inside a "drop capsule"that, when dropped from the top of the tower, allows the experiment to be in free fall (or zero gravity) for two seconds, enough time for scientists to make crucial observations about the phenomena being studied. Fountain Of Youth For Your Heart?
The protein responsible for transporting fat into the contractile cells of the heart may be a candidate for drug inhibition and that this drug could protect the heart from aging. This research holds great promise for human beings.Scientists hopes it will lead to the development of medications that inhibit the uptake of fatty acids into the heart and prevent and/or reverse the effects of aging on the heart muscle. 'Tis a Very Saucy Christmas
Victorian England has been sexed up at the Great Dickens Christmas Fair, where the public can experience olde England while parting with their modern American money. By Lore Sjöberg. Environmental Chemicals Found In Breast Milk And High Incidence Of Tes
A comparison of breast milk samples from Denmark and Finland revealed a significant difference in environmental chemicals which have previously been implicated in testicular cancer or in adversely affecting development of the fetal testis in humans and animals. Researchers Estimate Polluted O.C. Beaches Cost Public $3.3 Million An
Analyzing data from two popular Orange County beaches, Newport and Huntington, researchers estimate that swimming in these coastal waters costs the public $3.3 million per year in health-related expenses. The calculation is based on lost wages and medical care to treat more than 74,000 incidents of stomach illness, respiratory disease and eye, ear and skin infections caused by exposure to the polluted waters in a typical year. Real-time Traffic Routing From The Comfort Of Your Car
Engineers have developed a system for taking anonymous cell-phone location information and turning it into an illuminated traffic map that identifies congestion in real time. The system takes advantage of the steady stream of positioning cues -- untraced signals all cell phones produce, whether in use or not, as they seek towers with the strongest signals. It is the first traffic-solution technology that monitors patterns on rural roads and city streets as easily as on highways. The Cultures and History of America: The Jay I. Kislak Collection at t
This is "an exhibition featuring fifty highlights from the rare books, maps, documents, paintings, prints, and artifacts that make up the Jay I. Kislak Collection at the Library of Congress. The exhibition focuses on the early Americas from the time of the indigenous people of Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean through the period of European contact, exploration, and settlement."The site includes an online exhibition and a bibliography.
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