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Genomic Tests Improve Prediction Of Breast Cancer Response To Chemothe
Researchers at the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center have developed two genomic tests to better predict how breast cancer patients will respond to chemotherapy or hormonal therapy. [Stupid] Woman asks for directions after alleged robbery
A woman robbed a credit union of at least $3,000 and then asked a teller for directions to another bank, authorities said. Long-lost, Dangerous Asteroid Is Found Again
Echoing the re-discovery of America by the Spanish long after an earlier Viking reconnaissance, astronomers have learned that a recently observed asteroid -- one that could potentially hit the Earth -- was actually first observed nearly a half-century ago. Researchers at the Minor Planet Center of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory in Cambridge, MA have confirmed work by SETI Institute astronomer Peter Jenniskens that the recently discovered asteroid 2007 RR9 is in fact the long-lost object 6344 P-L. Finding Exurbia: America's Fast-Growing Communities at the Metropolita
This October 2006 policy study "details a new effort to locate and describe the exurbs of large metropolitan areas in the United States. It defines exurbs as communities located on the urban fringe that have at least 20 percent of their workers commuting to jobs in an urbanized area, exhibit low housing density, and have relatively high population growth."Provides highlights from the findings and the full report. From the Brookings Institution. Edible Flowers
This leaflet features a chart describing edible flowers and a general introduction to edible flowers with cautions and notes about growing and harvesting the flowers. Chart lists common and scientific names, flavor, color, and other comments. Some of the flowers listed include borage, calendula, chrysanthemum, marigold, nasturtium, and pineapple sage. From the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service. ORNL Scientists Looking At Nature In A New Way
Improved tools and increasingly sophisticated approaches are helping researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory gain a better understanding of how organisms respond to and interact with their environment. Brain Abnormalities Underlying Key Element Of Borderline Personality D
Using new approaches scientists have gained a view of activity in key brain areas associated with a core difficulty in patients with borderline personality disorder -- shedding new light on this serious psychiatric condition. [Sad] Elizabeth Edwards Diagnosed with Breast Cancer
Elizabeth Edwards, the wife of former Democratic vice presidential candidate John Edwards, has been diagnosed with breast cancer, a campaign spokesman said on Thursday. Oliver S. Van Olinda Photographs
This site features "a collection of 420 photographs depicting life on Vashon Island, Whidbey Island, Seattle and other communities of Washington State's Puget Sound from the 1880s to the 1930s. ... Most of the photographs were taken by Oliver Scott Van Olinda (1868-1954), a career newspaperman and resident of Vashon Island."From the University of Washington Libraries Digital Collections. Review: Dell XPS One All-In-One, One-In-All
The Dell XPS One gives iMac a run for its money.
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