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Rosetta Warms Up For Mars Swing-by
The team working on the European Space Agency's Rosetta mission have been particularly busy lately. Activities are underway to set the spacecraft's trajectory and prepare the on-board instruments ready for the next major mission milestone: the swing-by of planet Mars in February 2007. Women, space travel and infection: Bed-rest study investigates female
A bed-rest study with female participants will help scientists understand changes to the immune response and decreased resistance to infection in space. Odd Energy Mechanism In Bacteria Analyzed
Scientists at Oregon State University have successfully cultured in a laboratory a microorganism with a gene for an alternate form of photochemistry -- an advance that may ultimately help shed light on the ecology of the world's oceans. Waggle Dance Controversy Resolved By Radar Records Of Bee Flight Paths
In the 1960s, Nobel Prize winning zoologist, Karl von Frisch, proposed that honeybees use dance (the"waggle dance") as a coded message to guide other bees to new food sources. However, some scientists did not accept von Frisch's theory. Using harmonic radar, scientists have now tracked the flight of bees that had attended a "waggle dance"and found that they flew straight to the vicinity of the feeding site, as predicted by von Frisch, resolving the controversy. 'Blind' Cells See The Light; Maybe Someday Humans Will, Too
Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, have given "blind"nerve cells the ability to detect light, paving the way for an innovative therapy that could restore sight to those who have lost it through disease. Genes Influence How Heart Failure Patients Respond To Drugs
University of Florida researchers have discovered that patients with heart failure can harbor genetic variations that determine whether they will tolerate the common heart drugs known as beta-blockers. In a separate study, they also determined certain genes influence whether beta-blockers successfully restore the heart to a more normal shape and size in these patients. Feb. 1, 2003: Second Shuttle Lost
NASA knows Columbiasustained damage on liftoff. But engineers' concerns get swept aside by mission control, at the cost of seven lives. Compiled by Tony Long. Depression Tied To Higher Risk Of Heart Disease Death
Depression can double the risk of death or repeat heart disease in heart attack patients, according to two reviews of more than 40 studies that examine the link between depression and heart disease. The reviews are published in the journal Psychosomatic Medicine. Specialty Hospitals, Ambulatory Surgery Centers, and General Hospitals
Papers, presentations, and proceedings from a September 2004 conference on the implications of the rise of physician-owned specialty hospitals as competition for general hospitals. From the Schneider Institute for Health Policy at Brandeis University. Corn Plants Used To Monitor Carbon Dioxide Levels From Fossil Fuels
Scientists at UC Irvine have mapped fossil fuel air pollution in the United States by analyzing corn collected from nearly 70 locations nationwide.
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