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Rants: Fighting the Powers
Readers remark on the hybrid car battle, the coming election and Netvibes widgets. Plus: Links to our most popular blog posts. [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... Rave Reviews: Bestselling Fiction in America
Companion to an exhibition that provides "an index of American interests and reading tastes over the last two and a half centuries"and considers the impact of popular fiction on American society. Features illustrated discussions of bestsellers and movies, and types of bestsellers (such as regional, genre, and war fiction, social criticism, and scandalous books), and a link to bestseller lists (1900-1999). From the Albert H. and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia. Altered Expression Of Ultraconserved Noncoding RNAs Linked To Human Le
A new study provides evidence that noncoding RNAs and interactions between noncoding genes play a much greater role in human cancer than was previously understood. The research may be useful for identifying tumor-specific signatures associated with diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of cancer. Hormone Regulates Fondness For Food
Scientists have discovered that leptin, one of the key hormones responsible for reducing hunger and increasing the feeling of fullness, also controls our fondness for food. A Guide to Harlem Renaissance Materials
Library of Congress resources on "African-American expressions of writing, music, and art during the 1920s and 1930s."Features exhibitions, photo collections, manuscripts, sheet music, biographies, "Today in History"essays, lesson plans, a selected bibliography, and more. Compiled by Angela McMillian, Digital Reference Specialist at the Library of Congress. Rotating Shift Workers Have Lower Levels Of Serotonin
People who work rotating shifts have significantly lower levels of serotonin, a hormone and neurotransmitter in the central nervous system believed to play an important role in the regulation of sleep. Inexpensive Test Detects H5N1 Bird Flu Infections Quickly And Accurate
Scientists from the University of Colorado at Boulder and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have developed an inexpensive "gene chip"test based on a single influenza virus gene that could allow scientists to quickly identify flu viruses, including avian influenza H5N1. The MChip may not need to be updated as frequently to keep up with the changing virus. Great Bustards Breed In UK For First Time In 175 Years
The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds has welcomed news of the first breeding great bustards in Great Britain for 175 years. The Great Bustard Group has been releasing birds on Salisbury Plain each year since around 2004, but did not expect nesting to take place until 2008, as males have to reach four or five years old before they can breed. Chicks are raised in Russia from eggs rescued from nests destroyed by cultivation, but then released in the Wiltshire countryside. NETL: Technologies: Oil and Natural Gas Supply
This government site focuses on innovative and ecologically sensitive methods to explore for and recover oil and natural gas. Find details and project information about exploration and production technologies, future supply and emerging resources (such as coal bed natural gas), and transmission, refining, and transportation (such as inspection technologies for pipelines). From the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), U.S. Department of Energy.
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