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Virginia Tech Football Player Uses Prototype Cast
Virginia Tech's starting running back Cedric Humes was able to play against Boston College despite a broken arm (the ulna bone) thanks, in part, to a prototype composite brace designed for him by Virginia Tech engineers. 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. Break-up Of Antarctic Ice May Expose Marine Life To More Sunlight And
The predicted break-up of Antarctica's ice shelves due to global warming may trigger a major change in the marine food chain, by exposing its coastal seas to sunlight, according to new research by UNSW scientists. [Cool] Lithuania unearths liquor pipeline from Belarus
The thin plastic pipeline, buried a few centimetres underground, ran under several roads, along a riverbed and ended next to the home of a Lithuanian citizen, the guards said... Endangered Turtle Flown Home
An endangered turtle named Anita made history on Dec. 15, when she became one of the only live marine turtles to ever fly in the passenger cabin of an airplane, thanks to a one-time exemption by American Airlines and the dedication of a marine biology professor. Researchers Develop Selective Sensors Based On Carbon Nanotubes
A team of researchers from Arizona State University and Motorola Labs has developed sensors based on carbon nanotubes, microscopically small structures that posses excellent electronic properties. In early tests, the new devices detected the presence of heavy metal ions in water down to parts per trillion levels. Tracing Marijuana To Its Roots: Scientists Seek Marijuana's Isotopic F
Scientists at the Alaska Stable Isotope Facility can tell whether marijuana confiscated in a traffic stop in Fairbanks likely came from Mexico or the Matanuska Valley. They're also working on a way to determine whether it was grown indoors or out. A few more years and enough samples and they hope to have something even more precise: an elemental fingerprint that could tell police where and under what conditions a sample of marijuana was grown. New Understanding Of Human Sacrifice In Early Peru
A study published in the August/October issue of Current Anthropology, reports on new archaeological evidence regarding the identities of human sacrifice victims of the Moche society of Peru. Lunar New Year Vietnam Style
"To regard Tet Nguyen Dan (The Vietnamese Lunar New Year) simply as New Year's Day, as one would in the West, would display a poor knowledge of the people of Vietnam."This site provides many details about this holiday, which "falls sometime between the last ten days of January and the middle part of February": its meaning, preparation, the Vietnamese zodiac, recipes, art, legends, and spring festivals that carry on the spirit of Tet. Clues To Cause Of Difficulty With Swallowing In Children
Eosinophilic esophagitis (EE) is disease that was first described in children only 20 years ago, but has shown a rising incidence in both children and adults. An inflammatory condition of the esophagus, its symptoms including vomiting, heartburn and difficulty in swallowing.
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