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Potweb: Ceramics Online at the Ashmolean Museum
"The Ashmolean, Britain's oldest public museum, has one of the finest collections of ceramics in the world."The PotWeb site "has focused on the Museum's superb collection of medieval and later ceramics. As funding becomes available, PotWeb will expand."The site features selected images of items from the collection, such as Anglo-Saxon pottery, English delftware and stoneware, and Islamic and Japanese ceramics. From the University of Oxford, Ashmolean Museum. Los Pobladores 200: Descendents of the Founders El Pueblo de Los Angel
Website of this group "the primary goal [of which] was to locate and organize present day descendants of the original founding families of Los Angeles."Features details about group activities (such as the annual history walk on September 4, the date of the founding of Los Angeles), and an archive with names and brief histories of founding families and the soldiers who escorted them to El Pueblo de La Reina de Los Angeles. Fast Way Of Spotting Multidrug Resistant Bacteria Could Help Stop Outb
A type of bacterium widely found on our skin and in the environment has now become a major threat in hospitals where it can cause serious infections, such as pneumonia in severely ill patients. Like the well known bacterium MRSA (methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus) the new types of Acinetobacter baumannii are resistant to nearly all antibiotics, so doctors have very few treatments available, and three resistant strains are currently circulating in the UK. People With Rare Type Of Memory Loss Still Sensitive To Others, Study
People with a devastating brain injury that has wiped out many of their personal memories may still be able to understand other people's feelings and intentions, according to a new study. Benefits Of Continuous NSAID Use In Ankylosing Spondylitis
Featured in the June 2005 issue of Arthritis &Rheumatism, this study offers hope for decreasing the progression of AS, without increasing the risk of peptic ulcers or other adverse events. Early Use Of Nicotine Could Increase Susceptibility For Life-long Addi
Nicotine exposure at a young age may alter the "hard-wiring"of the brain that occurs during adolescence and young-adulthood, contributing to future susceptibility for addiction, according to a University of Pittsburgh study. Physicists Track The Random Walks Of Ellipsoids, Test 'Lost' Theory Of
Research carried out at the University of Pennsylvania has definitively measured and described the Brownian motion of an isolated ellipsoidal particle, completing a path laid out by Einstein 100 years ago when he first described rotational Brownian motion for spheres in water. The findings of the Penn group rediscovered ideas about rotational-translational coupling first published by French physicist Francis Perrin in the 1930s, ideas that were apparently "forgotten"by the science community. [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... Confusion, Not Stress, Keeps CPR Volunteers From Responding
Even though they are trained in CPR, people hesitate to take action when an emergency unfolds in front of them New Magnet Design Sheds Light On Nanotechnology And Semiconductor Rese
Engineers have successfully tested a groundbreaking new magnet design that could literally shed new light on nanoscience and semiconductor research. Magnet engineers worldwide have been trying to solve the problem of creating a magnet with side access at the midsection, but they have met with little success in higher fields.
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