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CES' Redheaded Stepchild
Robotic pandas, VR helmets, and plastic replica clock radios -- oh my! The poorly named CES offshoot, Innovations Plus, manages to entertain even as it disappoints. By Joel Johnson. World Wildlife Fund Warns Against Plan To Dump Iron Dust In Open Ocean
World Wildlife Fund opposes a plan to dump iron dust in the open ocean west of the Galapagos Islands. The experiment seeks to induce phytoplankton blooms in the hopes that the microscopic marine plants will absorb carbon dioxide. To Maintain National Security, US Policies Should Continue To Promote
To strengthen the essential role that science and technology play in maintaining national and economic security, the US should ensure the open exchange of unclassified research despite the small risk that it could be misused for harm by terrorists or rogue nations, says a new report by the National Research Council. Breast CT Reaches Clinical Testing: May Improve On Mammography
A new breast screening technology that may be able to detect tumors earlier than mammography -- without the need for uncomfortable breast compression -- is being tested in patients at the University of California, Davis, Medical Center. A Molecular Condom Against AIDS
University of Utah scientists designed a "molecular condom"women could use daily to prevent AIDS by vaginally inserting a liquid that would turn into a gel-like coating and then, when exposed to semen, return to liquid form and release an antiviral drug. Chesapeake Bay's Habitats Threatened By Global Warming
A new report on the impact of global warming on the Chesapeake Bay (near Washington D.C., USA) calls for a major shift in how land is managed in the bay to protect the nation's most prized hunting and fishing grounds. Pricing a First-Class Rocket Ride
Just how much is that vacation into orbit going to cost? By Aria Pearson and Adam Rogers from Wired magazine. Researchers Pursue A Narrow Particle With Wide Implications
Northeastern University researchers Pran Nath, Daniel Feldman and Zuowei Liu have shown that the discovery of a proposed particle, dubbed the Stueckelberg Z prime, is possible utilizing the data being collected in the CDF and DO experiments at the Fermilab Tevatron. The Stueckelberg Z prime particle, originally proposed by Boris Kors currently at CERN, Geneva, Switzerland and Pran Nath at Northeastern University in 2004, is so narrow that questions had been raised as to whether or not it could be detected. Even Mild Depression Increases Long-Term Mortality In Heart Failure
Duke University Medical Center researchers have found a strong association between depression and a higher long-term risk of death for patients with chronic heart failure. Study Examines Relationship Of Vitamin A Pathway To Breast Tumor Progr
Reduced expression of a protein that regulates the metabolism of vitamin A may contribute to tumor progression in breast cancer, according to a new study in the January 5 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. The study raises the possibility that this vitamin A pathway is a potential target for breast cancer prevention.
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