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The latest physical science news goes under the Spotlight as David Bradley investigates the spherical chemical, how a lucky break fixes an astronomical view, the fissile epistle, and farming power from sewage. Click through from the Sciencebase Spotlight page to read on... The Wretched Prison Ships
Article about how "more Americans died in British prison ships in New York Harbor than in all the battles of the Revolutionary War."Describes conditions on "these floating prisons anchored in Wallabout Bay on the East River for most of the war, and [how] they were sinkholes of filth, vermin, infectious disease and despair."From Newsday. Breast Cancer Screening Trial Shows Digital Mammogram Benefits
Results of one ofthe largest breast cancer screening trials show that digital mammography detects significantly more cancers than film mammography in younger women and in women with dense breasts. The American College of Radiology Imaging Network (ACRIN) conducted the trial in conjunction with the Center for Statistical Sciences at Brown Medical School. The New England Journal of Medicine reports the results. Remotely Controlled Nanomachines
Physicists at the University of California at Berkeley have produced images that show how light can control some of the smallest possible machines. Drug-resistant Tuberculosis Rises, But New Treatments In The Pipeline
An arsenal of promising new medications, vaccines, and diagnostic tests are moving toward the global battlefield that pits medicine against drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB), which is claiming a terrible toll, particularly in HIV-infected individuals, according to a new article. There are now far-ranging efforts underway to develop new TB diagnostic tests and treatments. For years,conventional treatments for TB had slowed the spread of the disease, but the emergence of new drug-resistant strains has reduced the effectiveness of those medications. Polio Vaccination Strategies Assessed As Eradication Nears
Polio is on track to become only the second disease ever eradicated. In two studies in the Dec. 15 issue of The Journal of Infectious Diseases, now available online, scientists are working to ensure that once it is gone, it stays gone. One study reduces concerns that people whose immune systems were weakened by HIV would re-introduce poliovirus into the community. The other study looks at the how switching forms of vaccine from a live, attenuated vaccine to an inactivated version may affect communities. Growing Problem of Obesity
Obesity is a growing problem Excerpt From Darknet
Read a passage from Darknet: Hollywood's War Against the Digital Generation, by J.D. Lasica. The Supreme Court Historical Society
This society "is dedicated to the preservation and dissemination of the history of the Supreme Court of the United States."The site provides a history of the Court (including data on past and present justices), a description of the Court process, and a guide to researching the Court. Also includes sections on women's rights and on the Supreme Court packing controversy of 1937. "The Learning Center"contains information for students and teachers. Molecular Fossils Uncover Link Between Viruses And The Immune System
Researchers from the Viikki Biocenter, University of Helsinki, show that atomic structures can reveal evolutionary history of viruses in a similar fashion as fossils did for the dinosaurs and reptiles. Their article is published in the April 15 issue of Molecular Cell.
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