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Your car runs on poison, grain alcohol -- and mothballs. Check the ingredients in your tank. By Patrick Di Justo from Wired magazine. Predicting Survival After Liver Transplant
A new model based on specific characteristics of the donor and the recipient may help predict survival after liver transplantation, according to a new study. Stem Cell Injection Protects Against Nerve Cell Death After Stroke, St
Scientists have tested cellular therapy for ischemic stroke on rats. Intravenous transplantation of mesenchymal stem cells was found to restore cerebrum blood supply and protect nerve cells from death. Whole-body MRI Takes Less Than 20 Min To Scan A Patient's Entire Body
Whole-body MRI with an automatic moving table is effective for evaluating the entire skeleton in patients with suspected bone metastasis (cancer that has spread to the bone from other parts of the body) in a single imaging scan--and it only takes between 15 and 18 minutes, say two different European studies. Physicist Reads Solar System's History In Grains Of Comet Dust
Four years ago, NASA's Stardust spacecraft chased down a comet and collected grains of dust blowing off its nucleus. When the spacecraft Comet Wild-2 returned, comet dust was shipped to scientists all over the world, including University of Minnesota physics professor Bob Pepin. After testing helium and neon trapped in the dust specks, Pepin and his colleagues report that while the comet formed in the icy fringes of the solar system, the dust appears to have been born close to the infant sun. [Ironic] LONDON: A jailed cocaine dealer is working as Santa Claus on
John Tams, who dons beard, boots and red suit to work in a cafe's Christmas grotto, said he wanted to give something back to the community... The Golden Compass: The Making of Philip Pullman's Epic F
Set in a world of shape-shifting animals and armored polar bears, Pullman's trilogy, His Dark Materials, has become wildly popular over the past decade, selling more than 5 million copies in the US alone. In the wake of the success of the Lord of the Ringsand Narniafranchises, it might seem like a no-brainer to use the books as the basis for another series of fantasy movies -- but this franchise comes with so many extra degrees of difficulty, it seems unbelievable that it ever got a green light. PET/CT Can Identify New Cancer Lesions At Early Stage, Allowing For Pr
A team of researchers at Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions in Baltimore, Md., reports that whole-body positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) scans may help physicians identify new, unexpected malignant cancerous tumors in patients, according to an article in the May issue of the Society of Nuclear Medicine's Journal of Nuclear Medicine. [Ironic] Professional beggars prowling about the streets of Moroccan c
The government plans to crack down on the scam used by faux beggars in growing numbers for a kind of "emotional blackmail", a cabinet minister was quoted as saying... Imperial Household Agency
This official site "presents an introduction to the official duties and various public activities of Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress [of Japan]"and of the royal family. The site features a genealogy, brief biographies of current royalty, information about traditional culture associated with the court (such as court music and cormorant fishing), and transcripts of press conferences. In English and Japanese. Note: May include some stray characters due to translation.
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