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Protein Offers Way To Stop Microscopic Parasites In Their Tracks
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and Harvard University have identified a protein that could help them develop drugs to stop or slow cell invasion by malaria and other parasites known as apicomplexans. ˇAzúcar!The Life and Music of Celia Cruz
Companion to an exhibit about this Cuban singer who was known as the "Queen of Salsa."The site features an illustrated overview of her life (including her move to the United States in 1961), images of album covers and posters, music and video clips, a discography, and images of some of her costumes. In English and Spanish. From the Smithsonian National Museum of American History. Astronomers Measure Slowest Motion Across The Sky
Astronomers report that they have measured the slowest ever motion of a galaxy across the plane of the sky. This distant whirlpool of stars appears to creep along despite its actual speed through space because it is located so far from the Earth. Measuring this galaxy's glacial pace of only 30 micro-arcseconds per year stretched current radio astronomy technology to its limit. SF Car Service Goes Hybrid-Only
If you fly into SFO, you can do your part for the atmosphere by booking into town in a PlanetTran car. The fleet of leather-seated Priuses may be the country's first all-hybrid exec car service. In Autopia. The Impeachment Trial of President Andrew Johnson: Supplement to the C
Digitized supplement to the Congressional Globe (the predecessor to the Congressional Record) that provides a record of the documents and debates for the impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson. Includes an index to the document and links to other Library of Congress resources related to the impeachment of President Johnson and the impeachment process in general. A special presentation from a larger collection of the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. [Unlikely] Man marries wrong twin
A Romanian man is demanding a divorce after finding out he married the twin sister of the woman he fell in love with. The Father of Quantum Computing
Oxford physicist David Deutsch invented quantum computing to prove the existence of parallel universes. So what does D-Wave's demo mean for the future of our world? Wired News interview by Quinn Norton. Human Waste On Beach: Sticking To The Sand Might Not Be Such Good, Cle
Microbes that result in beach closures and health advisories when detected at unsafe levels in the ocean also have been detected in the sand, according to a new study. The study found that sand at beaches all along the California coast contained some level of fecal indicator bacteria. At one popular beach in Monterey, California, they found evidence of human waste -- raising doubt about the commonly held belief that some fecal indicator bacteria occur naturally in the sand and are therefore benign. New Biochip Helps Study Living Cells, May Speed Drug Development
Purdue University researchers have developed a biochip that measures the electrical activities of cells and is capable of obtaining 60 times more data in just one reading than is possible with current technology. SMS Your ECG To ER: Portable Heart Monitor Sends Emergency Alerts And
A Bluetooth heart monitor could text your local hospital if you are about to have a heart attack, according to research published today in Inderscience's International Journal of Electronic Healthcare. The device measures electrical signals from the heart, analyses them to produce an electrocardiogram and sends an alert together with the ECG by cell phone text message.
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