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Second Place Solar Home Uses Liquid Desiccant Waterfall
The University of Maryland Solar Decathlon Team capped its "silver"honors in the U.S. Department of Energy competition by winning the BP Solar People's Choice Award on Saturday. Competing innovative homes run entirely with solar power. The Maryland LEAFHouse has one of the few technical innovations in the competition -- a waterfall that incorporates design and function to reduce moisture and the energy needed for air conditioning, called a liquid desiccant system. Star Trek Gadget? 'Tractor Beam'For Cells Developed
In a feat that seems like something out of a microscopic version of Star Trek, MIT researchers have found a way to use a "tractor beam"of light to pick up, hold, and move around individual cells and other objects on the surface of a microchip. Ethnic Minorities Do Stick With Clinical Research
A significant number of people from ethnic minority backgrounds can be persuaded to take part in research studies, according to a new report. This contradicts previous research that suggests that ethnic minorities are less likely to volunteer for clinical research, possibly due to famous breaches of medical ethics, such as the Tuskegee Syphilis Study. It's a Seller's Market
Is there anything left in the world that hasn't been defaced by a corporate logo or cheapened by a vulgar sales pitch? Maybe, but it's getting harder to find. Commentary by Tony Long. Windows Vista Price, Date Leaked
Listings on Amazon.com hint at possible pricing and release info for Microsoft's next edition of Windows. Plus: Upcoming.org adds Yahoo Local events. In Monkey Bites. Holocaust and War Victims Tracing Center
This is a "national clearinghouse for persons seeking the fates of loved ones missing since the Holocaust and its aftermath. ... [They] assist U.S. residents searching for proof of internment, forced/slave labor, or evacuation from former Soviet territories on themselves or family members. This documentation may be required for reparations."The site describes the tracing process, reunion stories, restitution information, and more. These services, from the American Red Cross, are confidential and free of charge. UVa Health System Doctors Study Surgery To Stop Epileptic Seizures
Neurologists and neurosurgeons at UVa are participating in a multicenter clinical trial to evaluate whether epilepsy surgery is more effective than drugs to eliminate seizures in newly diagnosed patients. More than 2.3 million Americans have epilepsy, a rhythmic, electrical 'storm' in the brain that brings on seizures, ranging from mild to severe depending on the location of the storm. Mayo Clinic Says Open Nephron-sparing Surgery Remains The 'Gold Standa
Urologists often view less-invasive surgery techniques as more desirable for the patient, but in a study of open nephron-sparing surgeries (NSS) from 1985 to 2001 at Mayo Clinic, researchers found that the "gold standard"of open surgery for kidney tumors should remain the first choice for many patients. The study appears online today in The Journal of Urology. Metabolic typing body chemistry and diet
Of all the millions, if not billions, of web searches being carried out across the net every day, there are approximately 54 looking for this quite spectacular string of words: the metabolic typing diet customize your diet to your own unique body chemistryIt was the word chemistry, that brought it to near the top of [...] Saving Tiny Sea Turtles Nesting By The Space Shuttle
On Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the Space Shuttle Endeavour sat bathed in glowing light, silhouetting the vehicle against the dark night sky over the seaside complex. It may sound like an awesome and idyllic scene, but not for nesting sea turtles and their newly hatched babies. During their summer nesting season, these turtles emerge from the ocean along the pristine beach within 200 yards of the space shuttle launch pads. The light emanating from the pads can deter the adults from coming ashore to lay their eggs and disorient the hatchlings as they emerge from their nests and head toward the moonlit sea.
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