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River deep
An ancient and dried up riverbed in north-eastern Ohio prevents a pool of chemical waste from infiltrating the Ohio River according to geologists speaking at the Geological Society of America's annual meeting in Denver, Colorado. Solar Telescope Soars Into Sky On Jumbo-jet-sized Balloon
Scientists have launched a solar telescope to an altitude of 120,000 feet, borne by a balloon larger than a Boeing 747 jumbo jet. The test clears the way for long-duration polar balloon flights beginning in 2009 that will capture unprecedented details of the Sun's surface. Protein Synthesis Can Be Controlled By Light, Opening Way For New Scie
Proteins are the puzzle-pieces of life, involved in how organisms grow and flourish, but studying their complex biological processes in living systems has been extremely difficult. Now, a team of chemists and neurobiologists led by Timothy Dore at the University of Georgia and Erin M. Schuman at the California Institute of Technology has found a way to use light to regulate protein synthesis in specific locations. Book Fairs and Other Literary Events
Extensive listing of U.S. and international book fairs and other literary events (such as poetry and storytelling festivals). Provides contact phone numbers and websites, and month of the events. Listed alphabetically and by state. From the Library of Congress Center for the Book. Columbia University Researchers Create Mouse Model That Develops A Hum
Researchers at Columbia University Medical Center have created the first mouse model that develops a lymphoma the same way that humans do. This advancement has the potential to significantly speed the development of new, improved therapies for diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL), the most common type of human B cell lymphoma. Human B cell lymphomas cause 85 percent of non-Hodgkin's lymphomas, the sixth leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States. Distance Learning Moves Into 'Second Life' Virtual Classroom
There's no excuse for being late to Paul Fishwick's class, even though it's held on an island, one that does not appear on the map of the landlocked University of Florida in Gainesville. That's because students can just teleport in. Fishwick, a computer science and engineering professor, is teaching one of at least two classes offered at UF this semester largely in cyberspace -- specifically, the trendy three-dimensional online world called Second Life. Innovative Alzheimer's Research May Solve Critical Piece In Disease's
A completely new approach to the study of Alzheimer's disease, initiated by a professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, may solve a critical piece in the puzzle of the disease. This tragic neurological illness progressively erases memory in its millions of victims. The key to the new approach is understanding the way certain proteins in the brain fold, or rather "misfold." Regional Nuclear War Could Devastate Global Climate
Even a small-scale, regional nuclear war could produce as many direct fatalities as all of World War II and disrupt the global climate for a decade or more, with environmental effects that could be devastating for everyone on Earth. A team of scientists at Rutgers University, the University of Colorado at Boulder and UCLA conducted rigorous scientific studies reported at an AGU press conference today. New 'Chemically-sensitive MRI Scan'May Bypass Some Invasive Diagnostic
A new chemical compound which could remove the need for patients to undergo certain invasive diagnostic tests in the future has been created. This new compound could be used in a 'chemically-sensitive MRI scan'to help identify the extent of progression of diseases such as cancer, without the need for intrusive biopsies. Ashcroft Vows Piracy Assault
Move over, terrorism. Attorney General John Ashcroft pledges to make fighting piracy a top priority for the Justice Department. By Katie Dean.
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