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Q&A: Ridley Scott Has Finally Created the Blade RunnerHe
The famed Director's Cut is not the final word. Blade Runner: The Final Cutwill hit theaters in Los Angeles and New York in October, with a DVD to follow in December. Exoplanet Reflected Light Detected For The First Time
For the first time ever, astronomers have detected and monitored the visible light that is scattered in the atmosphere of an exoplanet. Employing techniques similar to how Polaroid sunglasses filter away reflected sunlight to reduce glare, the team of scientists were able to extract polarized light to enhance the faint reflected starlight 'glare'from an exoplanet. New Range Management Strategies During Climatic Changes
Southwestern United States is known for its climate variability which has strong influences and impacts on range conditions. An experiential learning exercise was held at a meeting in January 2006 to open communication between land managers and scientists about climate and range science concepts. Participants explored potential plans for rangelands under changing climates. National Flagship Language Initiative (NFLI)
NFLI "awards financial support to U.S. universities recognized as leaders in the field of language education. ... NFLI seeks to produce university graduates, across disciplines, with a 'superior' level of proficiency in languages critical to U.S. national security."The site provides information about NFLI Arabic, Chinese, Korean, and Russian language programs. Also provides information about the Chinese K-16 Pipeline Project announced in May 2005. From the National Foreign Language Center, University of Maryland. Fruit Fly Research Set To Revolutionize Study Of Birth Defects
A Queen's University study of fruit flies that may revolutionize the way birth defects are studied has identified the genes affected by a widely-prescribed drug known to cause birth defects. Methotrexate (MTX), a popular cancer-fighting drug also used to treat psoriasis, ectopic pregnancies, rheumatoid arthritis, and lupus, lasts a long time in the body and causes birth defects in children from women who have it in their systems. The study of the drug's effect on fruit flies has allowed Queen's researchers including graduate student Joslynn Affleck to identify the genes on which the drug acts. Detecting Brain Infections Without Surgery
Researchers at Westmead Millennium Institute have discovered a safe, non-surgical method of identifying brain infections such as brain abscess, and an accurate and rapid way of diagnosing meningitis. Reading Wilde, Querying Spaces: An Exhibition Commemorating the 100th
Material about British author Oscar Wilde ("novelist, poet, playwright, aesthete, reputed homosexual, enigma"), who was convicted in 1895 of practicing "indecent acts."The exhibit of printed and manuscript works "trace[s] the powerful impact of Oscar Wilde in the aesthetic, political, spiritual, and moral circles of late-Victorian England."Includes discussions of Wilde's epigrammatic theater, Wilde in America, and prison and personal letters. From New York University (NYU) Library. Firefighters Keep From Broiling With the Rosenbauer Water-Atomizing No
To avoid getting cremated, firefighters opt for nozzles like the $600 Rosenbauer SelectFlow EN. The SelectFlow's powerful water bore can shoot up to 100 gallons per minute as much as 140 feet away. Once In The Doctor's Office, Racial And Ethnic Disparities In Care Nea
A new study from the Stanford University School of Medicine has found that once U.S. patients visit a doctor for outpatient care, their race and ethnicity make little difference in the quality of care they receive. But the study also found that health-care providers have a lot of room for improvement when it comes to caring for all of their patients. In fact, it suggests there were only limited improvements in outpatient care during the 10-year study period. Overexpression Of Human Protein Reduces Severity Of Alzheimer's Diseas
Mice genetically engineered to both overproduce the protein neuroglobin and to develop Alzheimer's disease (AD) had a much milder form of the disease when compared to mice engineered to have AD alone.
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