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Urban Experience in Chicago: Hull-House and Its Neighborhoods, 1889-19
This Web site explores the history of Jane Addams and Hull-House, the social settlement she founded in Chicago in 1889. It features "interpretive narrative, selected essays and images, and a great variety of historical texts including relevant letters, memoirs, newspaper and magazine articles, popular literature, political tracts and cartoons."Includes curriculum materials. Searchable. From the University of Illinois at Chicago. American HikingSociety
"Whether you are a twice a year day-hiker, hard-core backpacker, land manager, or trail club volunteer,"this site provides you with news and information on topics including trail conservation advocacy, events (such as for National Trails Day held on the first Saturday of June), and basic hiking topics (such as hiking safety). Also includes a link to the "Trail Finder,"which provides information about trails in the United States and Canada. Searchable. 'Clean' Vehicle Research Initiative On Track, But Many Challenges Ahea
A public-private effort to develop more fuel-efficient automobiles and eventually introduce hydrogen as a transportation fuel is well-planned and identifies all major hurdles the program will face, says a new report from the National Academies' National Research Council. Line Between Quantum And Classical Worlds Is At Scale Of Hydrogen Mole
Where do the realms of quantum mechanics and classical physics begin to overlap? It's a long-argued question of philosophical interest and practical importance. Now the world's smallest double slit experiment, performed at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's Advanced Light Source and using as "slits"the two proton nuclei of a hydrogen molecule, has shown that quantum particles start behaving in a classical way on a scale as small as a single hydrogen molecule. How Human Body Fights Off African Parasite
Trypanosoma are a nasty class of single-celled parasites that cause serious, even fatal, diseases in human and animals. Two species cause sleeping sickness, a disease that threatens all of sub--Saharan Africa. There's a catch though: one parasite, Trypanosoma brucei brucei (T. b. brucei), infects animals but seems to spare humans, and scientists haven't quite understood why. A team of researchers propose that T. b. brucei actually does infect humans but that the infection triggers release of hemoglobin from red blood cells. USGS Introduces New 3D Seismic Velocity Model For The San Francisco Ba
The U.S. Geological Survey is releasing a 3D computer model of the upper 20 miles of the earth's crust in the greater San Francisco Bay Area that will enable researchers to recreate the shaking levels of past and future earthquakes. The new model combines 100 years of surface geologic mapping with decades of research into the seismic properties of the rocks in the Bay Area. It is also based on information from boreholes and variations in the earth's gravity and magnetic fields. Color Is In The Eye Of The Beholder: New Study Examines Unusual Color
The unique makeup of the cells in our retina, as well as the specific physical properties of substances themselves, explain why we occasionally see things change color before our very eyes. Samo and Marko Kreft from the University of Ljubljana in Slovenia investigated this phenomenon using pumpkin seed oil as an example. Induction At 32 Weeks Possible Action For Expectant Moms With Prematur
A new Mayo Clinic study of pregnant women who experience early membrane rupture has found induction of labor at 32 weeks gestation to be a viable option. The Lawrence &Houseworth Albums: Online Photographic Database
This collection of nearly 1,500 pictures from a photographic publishing company, "used for the selection of prints by its customers, is ... 'without doubt the finest single pictorial record of the maturation of Northern California and the Pacific Coast following the rambunctious days of the Gold Rush and statehood.'"Includes images of the states of California and Nevada, San Francisco and Sacramento, mining, buildings, landscapes, and Native Americans. From the Society of California Pioneers. MySpace Sued by Victims' Parents
News Corp. is sued by the families of four underage girls sexually abused by men they met on the social networking site. By the Associated Press.
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