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Lubrication Oil Pollutes, Even In Hydrogen-fueled Vehicles
Lubrication oil appears to be an important yet little-recognized source of toxic particle emissions from motor vehicles -- even those fueled by clean-burning hydrogen, according to a new article. Scientists have long recognized diesel-fueled vehicles as important sources of air pollution that can increase the risk of asthma, bronchitis, and other health problems. Most research, however, has focused on diesel soot, rather than emissions produced by lubrication oil. Bee Strategy Helps Servers Run More Sweetly
The swarm intelligence of honeybees can be adapted to improve the efficiency of Internet servers faced with similar challenges. A bee dance-inspired communications system helps Internet servers that would normally be devoted solely to one task move between tasks as needed, reducing the chances that a website could be overwhelmed with requests and lock out potential users and customers. How Badger Culling Creates Conditions For Spread Of Bovine Tuberculosi
A stable social structure may help control the spread of bovine tuberculosis (TB) among badgers, ecologists have found. The findings -- published online in the British Ecological Society's Journal of Animal Ecology -- have important implications for the role of badger culling as part of the strategy to control bovine TB in the UK. Helping Build Designs That Are 'Cool'
Cool design creates hot profits, and although really great design is an art rather than a craft, the E-VaN project has developed some best-practice design tools to help companies maximise their potential. E-VaN aims to usher in a new wave of design that allies form with function. Star role for bacteria in controlling flu pandemic
Bacteria synthesis starting material for antiflu drug Cruel and Unusual: Sentencing 13- and 14-Year-Old Children to Die in P
This 2007 study "has documented 73 cases where children 13 and 14 years of age have been condemned to death in prison. ... This report is intended to illuminate this cruel and unusual punishment inflicted on children, particularly for those who have been without legal help for so long."Includes profiles of some of the children, data, and photos. Opens directly into a PDF file. From the nonprofit law organization, Equal Justice Initiative. New Model Revises Estimates Of Terrestrial Carbon Dioxide Uptake
Researchers at the University of Illinois have developed a new model of global carbon and nitrogen cycling that will fundamentally transform the understanding of how plants and soils interact with a changing atmosphere and climate. Current models do not account for nitrogen processing, and probably exaggerate the terrestrial ecosystem's potential to slow atmospheric carbon dioxide rise, the researchers say. [Funny] A referee has sent himself off in an English amateur league ma
Andy Wain had to abandon the Sunday league match between Peterborough North End and a Royal Mail side in the 63rd minute after throwing down his whistle and marching up to confront North End's keeper. National Toy Hall of Fame at Strong Museum
This collection at the Strong Museum in Rochester, New York, recognizes "toys that have achieved longevity and national significance in the world of play and imagination."The site features images and information about the more than 30 toys in the collection, including Barbie, the bicycle, hula hoop, jacks, Legos, roller skates, and Silly Putty. G.I. Joe, the rocking horse, and Scrabble were the inductees for 2004. New Genetic Test May Detect Risk Of Rare Complication From Anesthesia
A rare but potentially life-threatening inherited condition called malignant hyperthermia (MH) may strike surgical patients who receive common anesthesia drugs. Approximately one in 10,000 persons have a genetic susceptibility to MH; most will not know this unless they receive general anesthesia. Now a new blood test can detect specific mutations linked to MH.
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