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SmallTownPapers
This site provides access to scanned images of recent issues of dozens of small town newspapers from throughout the United States. "Newspapers are updated periodically, 2-3 weeks after publication."The site also includes a searchable archive (of articles, photos, and advertisements), which covers different periods for each paper, some as far back as the 1890s. Access to the archives requires free registration. Tuberculosis Bacillus Hides From Immune System In Host's Fat Cells
A team from the Institut Pasteur has recently shown that the tuberculosis bacillus hides from the immune system in its host's fat cells. This formidable pathogen is protected against even the most powerful antibiotics in these cells, in which it may remain dormant for years. This discovery, published in PLoS ONE, sheds new light on possible strategies for fighting tuberculosis. Attempts to eradicate the bacillus entirely from infected individuals should take these newly identified reservoir cells into account. A Wheelchair That Reads Your Mind
Spanish scientists are building a robotic wheelchair controlled by thought, so even completely immobile patients can have some freedom of movement. By Emmet Cole. [Odd] A Romanian couple has named their son Yahoo as a sign of gratitu
Daily Libertatea said on Thursday Cornelia and Nonu Dragoman, both from Transylvania, met and decided they were meant for each other following a three-month relationship over the net.They married and had a baby this Christmas, whom they decided to name after one of the worldwide web's most popular portals."We named him Lucian Yahoo after my father and the net, the main beacon of my life,"Cornelia Dragoman was quoted as saying. Who Laid The First Egg? Scientists Move A Step Closer To Linking Embry
In 1998, Shuhai Xiao and colleagues reported finding thousands of 600 million year old embryo microfossils in the Neoproterozoic Doushantuo Formation, a fossil site near Weng'an, South China. But what kind of adult would these ancient embryos have hatched into? Working Parents -- Who Puts Family First When A Child Gets Sick?
A new study examines whether mothers or fathers are most likely to miss work in a child emergency. Primrose Oil Component Cuts Levels Of Cancer-causing Gene Her-2/neu
Gamma-linolenic acid (GLA), a substance in evening primrose oil and several other plant oils used in herbal medicine, inhibits action of Her-2/neu, a cancer gene that is responsible for almost 30 percent of all breast cancers, Northwestern University researchers report. [Scary] Pregnant woman says 'maternal instinct' helped her kill attack
FORT MITCHELL, Ky. - A pregnant woman who killed her attacker said a maternal instinct helped her fight off the woman who investigators believe was after her unborn child."I do believe that I fought harder because it was for my child,"Sarah Brady told ABC's "Good Morning America"in interviews aired Sunday and Monday. "It is a maternal instinct to protect your child to the very end."Katherine Smith, 22, died Thursday after luring Brady to her apartment to pick up a package supposedly delivered to the wrong address. When Smith pulled out a knife and attacked the pregnant woman, Brady fought back, striking Smith on the head with an ash tray and stabbing her three times with her own knife, police said. Brady, 26, said she didn't know Smith before the two met at Smith's apartment and can't be certain why Smith wanted to kill her."I really am not sure what was going through her mind,"Brady told ABC. "The only thing I thought was that she was going to kill me and my child and that is the only thing that ran through my mind." South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project
Website for this environmental restoration project in San Francisco Bay, which is "the largest tidal wetland restoration project on the west coast of the United States."Includes a project description (featuring restoration of tidal marshes and other wetland habitats that had been used for commercial salt production since 1854), a FAQ, reports, maps, and video clips. Also include events and meeting listings and newsletters. In English and Spanish. From California state and federal agencies. High-Intensity Ultrasound May Launch Attack On Cancer, Wherever It Lur
An intense form of ultrasound that shakes a tumor until its cells start to leak can trigger an "alarm"that enlists immune defenses against the cancerous invasion, according to a new study. The new findings from animal experiments suggest that once activated by the ultrasound, the immune system might even seek and destroy cancer cells, including those that have spread through the bloodstream to lurk in other parts of the body.
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