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Cleaning With Catalysts
On repeated occasions we have read that volatile organic compounds are danaging for the atmosphere and to our health. This is why a group of researchers at the Leioa campus of the University of the Basque Country have put forward a process for "cleaning"these compounds before they are emitted into the atmosphere. Industry was chosen, amongst all the sources of these compounds, as the object for study. Patients With Previous Heart Attacks May Not Benefit From Pacemaker Im
Current criteria for implantation of pacemakers fail to accurately identify which patients will or will not receive benefit, recent research shows. This study, published in Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology (PACE) looked at information derived from a standard electrocardiogram (EKG) to examine factors associated with response or non-response. Inside the Large Hadron Collider
Take a photo tour of mankind's most ambitious physics experiment ever. Could Cardiovascular Disease Be Controlled Through A Brain Pathway?
A discovery made 25 years ago about how the brain controls blood pressure regulation is only now being explored in depth. This research involves a pathway in the brain that controls blood pressure and may worsen cardiovascular disease. China From the Inside
Companion website for this television series that "provides a rare insider's view of China,"covering topics related to the Communist Party, women in China, environmental issues, and religious groups. Provides in-depth features on specific areas of the program, opinion pieces, an interactive map with field audio recordings around the country, a China-U.S. comparison quiz, lesson plans, and more. A co-production of KQED Public Television and Granada Television. Live Coverage of Bill Gates' Keynote Address
Microsoft chairman Bill Gates is once again delivering the opening keynote at CES. Wired News is bringing you up-to-the-minute coverage and photos as the speech unfolds. Short Short Stories
American author Dave Eggers "has been writing miniature stories for Guardian Weekend magazine. Here he explains how the notion of short shorts came about."Includes links to Eggers' "bite-sized fiction"and to winning entries in a 2004 competition to write 400-word or less stories with the title "To the Point."From the Guardian Unlimited, the online companion to the British newspaper The Guardian. Big Predators May Need Large Size To Conquer Prey, But Not True For Ba
Ecologists generally observe a positive relationship between sizes of predators and their prey, mainly because predators need to be large to eat a larger prey. But does this positive relationship hold for sizes of bacteria and their food molecules? Using a mathematical model, scientists predict the opposite, an inverse relationship between sizes of bacteria and their resource molecules. Toward A Contrast Agent To Expand Medical Use Of LOIS Imaging
Scientists are reporting an advance toward expanding the medical use of LOIS, an innovative new imaging technology called the laser optoacoustic imaging system that could eventually join CT, MRI and other mainstay diagnostic technologies. Hyperhidrosis And Its Treatment Becoming Better Understood
The often embarrassing, excessive sweating disorder, hyperhidrosis, and its treatment options are gaining greater attention from physicians. This is improving the efficacy of treatment and minimizing its adverse effects, Mayo Clinic authors write in the May issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings.
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