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See-Through Displays on Horizon?
It's beginning to look a lot like Blade Runner: Breakthrough technology could lead to truly wild applications -- like text and images that seem to float midair -- by 2008. In Gear Factor. Poor Indoor Air Quality Means Poorer Health For Patients With COPD
Poor indoor air quality can significantly worsen health problems in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder, according to a recent article. High concentrations of fine particulate pollution -- the type of pollution associated with secondhand smoke and, in developing countries, indoor cooking and heating fires -- were strongly linked to poorer health status. Seaweed Could Make Junk Food Healthier
Junk food could be made healthier by adding an extract of an exotic type of seaweed, say British scientists. The highly-fibrous seaweed extract, alginate, could be used to increase the fibre content of cakes, burgers and other types of food which usually contain large amounts of fat and a low degree of healthy nutrients, say the team. Emory Researchers Participate In INSPIRE Trial For Patients With Fatal
Every breath soon turns into a struggle for people living with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). Lung transplantation has been the only definite treatment option for this progressive disease with no cure that eventually robs its victims of their ability to breathe. But researchers at the Emory Center for the Treatment and Study of Interstitial Lung Disease (Emory ILD Center) are participating in a multi-center study to help treat the disease or increase the average six-year survival time for IPF patients. Technology For Successful Aging Shown At White House Conference
A pill box that keeps track of the medications taken and knows when the user is nearby is one of a handful of innovative devices Oregon Health &Science University researchers are developing to unobtrusively monitor how seniors go about their day-to-day lives in their homes. The devices are the work of OHSU's Oregon Roybal Center for Aging &Technology, which is studying and developing technology to assess how seniors function in their home environment. Bacteria Employ Type Of DNA Modification Never Before Seen In Nature
Scientists have discovered that bacteria employ a type of DNA modification never before seen in nature. For several decades, researchers have known that it is possible to modify synthetic oligonucleotides (short strands of DNA) by adding sulfur to the sugar-phosphate DNA backbone as a phosphorothioate. Researchers often use such modifications in the laboratory to make DNA resistant to nucleases (enzymes that snip DNA in certain locations) as a step toward gene and antisense therapies of human diseases. Scientists were surprised to discover that a group of bacterial genes, known as the dnd gene cluster, gives bacteria the ability to employ the same modification on their own. Hurricane Rita Interactive Map: Offshore Rig Positions
A map of "current mobile offshore rig positions ... as well as 24-hour manned platform locations."Users can see details about individual rigs (including name, type, and managing company) and configure the map to show details about 2005 Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, mobile and fixed oil rigs, blocks areas, and cities. From a commercial company that supplies data to the industry. Blocking Previously Unrecognized Links Between Inflammatory Systems Co
A recently identified path of inflammation once thought to be wholly independent of other inflammatory systems has now been linked to another major pathway. The findings by neuroscientists at Johns Hopkins are likely to point scientists to novel drugs that significantly reduce the risks of taking COX-2 inhibitor pain relievers, the investigators report. Chemists Detect Toxic Emissions Linked To Catalytic Converters In U.S.
Researchers found high concentrations of platinum, palladium, rhodium and osmium in air over the Boston metropolitan area. The study is scheduled for publication in the Dec. 15 issue of the American Chemical Society's journal, Environmental Science and Technology. One Or Two Drinks A Day May Be Better For Women Than None
Researchers at the University of Newcastle have found that women who never drink alcohol are in poorer health than those who have up to two drinks a day.
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