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Blackouts: Safety Information for Short-Term Power Outages or "Rolling
Tips on how to prepare for a blackout and what actions to take when one occurs. Emphasizes supply and safety tips, including some for people with disabilities. Provides energy conservation recommendations and information on heat waves, using generators, and food safety. Contains safety fact sheets (in PDF files) in English and Spanish. From the American National Red Cross. New UF Test Could Help Third World Farmers Improve Soil, Fight Global
A process developed at the University of Florida will help Third World farmers keep nutrients in their soil and could eventually allow them to join the fight against global warming. Text Games Get Film Treatment
A computer history buff wants to ensure that interactive fiction, a primitive type of computer game in which players navigate through wordy adventures, doesn't fade into obscurity. By Joanna Glasner. New Process Promises To Reduce Costs Of A Clean-coal Technology
Scientists in China are reporting an advance in clean-coal technology that could substantially reduce the cost of producing clean-burning fuels from underground deposits of coal. In a study scheduled for the July 18 issue of ACS's Energy &Fuels, a bi-monthly publication, Lanhe Yang and colleagues focus on coal gasification, a process for making gaseous fuels, similar to natural gas, from coal. Carving New Frontiers For Ion-Beam Technology
An ion-beam system that simultaneously combines focused beams of electrons and positive ions promises to improve the versatility, efficiency, and economy of this important technology. The new system was developed by researchers at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, who report its principles and applications in the November 8, 2004 issue of Applied Physics Letters. Islamic Ringtones Get Thumbs Down
Muslim clerics warn against using verses from the Koran "for entertainment." In Gear Factor. Hubble Discovers Dark Cloud In The Atmosphere Of Uranus
Just as we near the end of the hurricane season in the Atlantic Ocean, winds whirl and clouds churn 2 billion miles away in the atmosphere of Uranus, forming a dark vortex large enough to engulf two-thirds of the United States. Pregnant Women Exposed To Birth Defect-causing Agent (Accutane) Despit
More than 120 pregnancies were exposed to a birth defect-causing agent during the first year of iPledge, a mandatory program designed to prevent pregnant women from being exposed to the anti-acne medication Accutane and similar medications containing isotretinoin (a known teratogen or birth defect-causing agent), a report revealed. Chemotherapy For Brain Tumors Is Boosted After Vaccine Targets Resista
Researchers at Cedars-Sinai's Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute recently documented that chemotherapy after immunotherapy provides significantly better results than either therapy can providealone. Now they offer an explanation for the relative effectiveness of this two-wave assault on malignant brain tumors: chemotherapy sensitivity may be dramatically increased by targeting antigens that are involved in making tumors drug resistant. Results of their study appear in the August issue of Oncogene. New Study Finds Tobacco Quitlines Are Both Effective, Inexpensive
An article just published in the "American Journal of Preventive Medicine"finds that tobacco quitlines provide tobacco cessation treatment at a remarkably modest cost, according to study author Paula Keller of the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.
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