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Straight Dope on the IPod's Birth
The magical music player wasn't plucked from a stone by Steve Jobs. Here's the story of how a team of designers and engineers produced Apple's groundbreaking gadget. Commentary by Leander Kahney. NASA Scientists Link Greenhouse Gases To Insects And Trees
Insect control and tree planting could greatly affect Earth's greenhouse gases, according to NASA scientists. The scientists presented their findings today during the fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union in San Francisco. Minimal Surfaces, Maximal Bricks
Most topologists work by manipulating stretchy, imaginary rubber. Andrew Lipson prefers to use Lego bricks. By Greta Lorge for Wired magazine. One Mars Orbiter Takes First Photos Of Other Orbiters
Photographs from NASA's Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft released today are the first pictures ever taken of a spacecraft orbiting a foreign planet by another spacecraft orbiting that planet. [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... Group Proves It's Possible To Grow New Lung Alveoli By Growing New Blo
Using animal models, University of Alberta researchers have taken what they say is the first important step towards treatment for lung disease in premature babies, in effect, growing new blood vessels and alveoli -- the tiny air sacs where gas exchange occurs between the lungs and blood vessels -- in tiny rat lungs. Female Anxiety: Females More Likely To Believe Negative PastEvents Pre
New research might help explain higher anxiety levels in women than in men. Women were found to be more likely to believe that negative past events would reoccur in the future. Two studies involving 3- to 6-year olds and adults examined emotions and behaviors in relation to past events. Using characters in stories, girls and women more frequently predicted that characters would be worried about harm from a person who was similar to past perpetrators. Structure Of Key Cancer Drug Target Identified
Researchers from Monash's Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology have determined the structure of the protein JAK2 kinase, a discovery with huge implications for the design and development of new cancer drugs. Not All 'Drug-related Deaths'Are 'Drug-related'
UK estimates of "drug-related deaths"include mortalities of drug abusers and nondrug abusers. So these figures may not be the best way of monitoring the performance of Drug and Alcohol Action Teams. NMR hands it to agrichemicals, pharmaceuticals
Determining the absolute configuration of small molecules is critical to the drug and agrichemicals industry where one chiral form of a compound may be active and the other not, or one safe and the other potentially hazardous. Now, Japanese agricultural scientists have exploited the power of NMR to reveal the handedness of beta-chiral primary alcohols, an important group of synthetic precursor compounds. With such molecules' chirality in hand, drug and pesticide development might proceed more effectively allowing novel compounds of known chirality to be synthesised.
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