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The Boy King Returns: Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs
"Learn about the new King Tut exhibition opening in June 2005 that will tour U.S. museums for 27 months, [and] view a gallery of artifacts on display."The "Unraveling the Mysteries"section includes images of Tut's tomb, CT scan imagery of the interior of the King Tut mummy, and images of the many layers of shrines and coffins in which King Tut was entombed. Also includes links to related articles. From the National Geographic Society. Sugar Beet Virus Mutation Requires Texas Touch
The only sugar beets growing in Texas are in thelaboratory. But those few plants are getting to the root of problemsthroughout the sugar beet industry.The sugar beet industry moved out of Texas in 1997 after the close ofthe processing plant at Hereford. But the growing research program withinTexas Agricultural Experiment Station's plant pathology lab here didn'tdie.Just the opposite, saidDr. Charlie Rush, professor and director of theplant pathology labs in Bushland and Amarillo. [Scary] Pregnant woman says 'maternal instinct' helped her kill attack
FORT MITCHELL, Ky. - A pregnant woman who killed her attacker said a maternal instinct helped her fight off the woman who investigators believe was after her unborn child."I do believe that I fought harder because it was for my child,"Sarah Brady told ABC's "Good Morning America"in interviews aired Sunday and Monday. "It is a maternal instinct to protect your child to the very end."Katherine Smith, 22, died Thursday after luring Brady to her apartment to pick up a package supposedly delivered to the wrong address. When Smith pulled out a knife and attacked the pregnant woman, Brady fought back, striking Smith on the head with an ash tray and stabbing her three times with her own knife, police said. Brady, 26, said she didn't know Smith before the two met at Smith's apartment and can't be certain why Smith wanted to kill her."I really am not sure what was going through her mind,"Brady told ABC. "The only thing I thought was that she was going to kill me and my child and that is the only thing that ran through my mind." Diabetics Experience More Complications Following Trauma
Individuals with diabetes appear to spend more days in the intensive care unit, use more ventilator support and have more complications during hospitalization for trauma than non-diabetics, according to a report in the July issue of Archives of Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. ... LII Tip of the Week: Forthcoming New Site Imminent
Believe it or not, September, 2005 is the month LII will finally, realio-trulio, actually-factually, move to its brand-new site. We stayed in beta for a long time in order to address problems that cropped up during the development activities. We have no wiggle room any more--for technical reasons, we must move to the new site by September 30--but we are also, finally, almost done. We don't know just what the magic day will be, but we know it will be in September. Stay tuned! Viagra Boosts Heart Performance And May Save Lives, Study Suggests
Researchers have shown that Viagra, the popular drug prescribed for erectile dysfunction, can improve heart function and potentially save the lives of people with specific heart problems. Viagra's unexpected benefit has led the researchers to encourage doctors to consider the drug when a patient has a failing right ventricle of the heart, a dire condition for which there are currently no treatments available. Alligator Egg Development At Prehistoric Oxygen Levels
The development of bone structures in alligator eggs raised under varying oxygen concentrations creates a link to fossil records of the evolution of vertebrates and prehistoric atmospheric oxygen concentrations, according to a paper to be presented at the Earth System Processes 2 meeting in Alberta, Canada. New Maps Reveal True Extent Of Human Footprint On Earth
As global populations swell, farmers are cultivating more and more land in a desperate bid to keep pace with the ever-intensifying needs of humans.As a result, agricultural activity now dominates more than a third of the Earth's landscape and has emerged as one of the central forces of global environmental change, say scientists at the Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment (SAGE) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. A Potential New Disease-modifying Drug For Osteoarthritis
A new study indicates promise of bone-building calcitonin for protecting post-menopausal women against cartilage degradation and joint destruction. Calcitonin, an amino acid hormone produced by the thyroid gland, has been shown to decrease bone breakdown and increase bone density. Typically prescribed as a nasal spray, it is widely used in the treatment of Paget's disease and osteoporosis. U. T. Dallas-led Research Team Produces Strong, Transparent Carbon Nan
University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) nanotechnologists and an Australian colleague have produced transparent carbon nanotube sheets that are stronger than the same-weight steel sheets and have demonstrated applicability for organic light-emitting displays, low-noise electronic sensors, artificial muscles, conducting appliqués and broad-band polarized light sources that can be switched in one ten-thousandths of a second.
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