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[Funny] A referee has sent himself off in an English amateur league ma
Andy Wain had to abandon the Sunday league match between Peterborough North End and a Royal Mail side in the 63rd minute after throwing down his whistle and marching up to confront North End's keeper. Web Design References: Tools
Annotated collection of links to Web design tools, including HTML validators, link checkers, and tools for accessibility, color, CSS (cascading style sheets), information architecture, usability, and XML (extensible markup language). From Information Technology Systems and Services, University of Minnesota, Duluth. Data Effort Improves Flow Toward 'Greener' Chemistry
Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) report that flow properties for a relatively new class of alternative solvents called ionic liquids are extremely sensitive to tiny amounts of water. The finding should be helpful in the design of new industrial processes such as chemical separations that are both more efficient and more environmentally friendly. Dell Readies $4,450 WoW Laptop
Separating nerds from their money: Check out Dell's $4,500 WoW Laptop. Blackberry a Juicy Hacker Target
A security researcher presents a hacking program that turns company handhelds into a back door to the internal network. Kim Zetter reports from the DefCon hacker conference in Las Vegas. Columbia Study Shows How Doctors May Manage Blood Glucose Levels Durin
An anesthesiology research team at Columbia University Medical Center have completed the first human study to show that aprotinin, a protease inhibitor, was associated with lower blood glucose levels during coronary artery bypass graft surgery. The research presented today at the American Society of Anesthesiologists 2005 Annual Meeting in Atlanta, showed that CABG patients receiving aprotinin had 24% lower blood glucose levels and a decrease in perioperative insulin resistance compared to patients not receiving aprotinin. Elusive Rust Resistance Genes Located
The discovery of a DNA marker for two key rust resistance genes is enabling plant breeders around the world to breed more effective rust resistant wheat varieties. The genes, Lr34 and Yr18, are inherited together and provide wheat plants with improved protection against leaf rust and stripe rust -- two major diseases of wheat in Australia and worldwide. Water Pollution Can Be Reduced With New Storm Water Analysis System
Streams, lakes, and bays may soon be cleaner thanks to an innovative approach to managing storm-water runoff. A novel software application will help engineers and planners select the most efficient and site specific methods of controlling the amount of pollutants that enter the receiving waters through storm-water runoff. With old systems, pollutants are washed off the roads, parking lots, or other surfaces by storm-water, and include toxic motor oil, pesticides, metals, bacteria, and trash. Methanol Shows Increasing Promise As An Alternative Fuel
After grabbing headlines for years as the ultimate solution to world energy problems, the "hydrogen economy"has an emerging but lesser-known competitor called the "methanol economy,"according to a new article. Methanol, an alcohol like ethanol, shows increasing promise as an alternative energy source with advantages over both ethanol and hydrogen. New Insight Into Childhood Metabolic Disease
Glutaric acidemia type I is an inherited disorder similar to Huntington disease. In most, but not all, affected children, a period of normal development is followed by an irreversible brain injury triggered by a nonspecific illness. New research using a mouse model of GA-I has provided insight into the mechanisms underlying injury and age-dependent susceptibility to the disease and suggested a way to monitor children with the disease.
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