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Using Microbes To Fuel The New Hydrogen Economy
Experimental setups using bacteria given a simple glucose feedstock can generate copious amounts of hydrogen gas at temperatures between 158 and 185 degrees Fahrenheit at atmospheric to elevated pressure. A Brookhaven National Laboratory researcher believes it is possible to scale up this system for continuous, farm-based, economical hydrogen production. Preparing For The Biggest Experiment On Earth
An international team of over 2,000 scientists, led by Professor Tejinder Virdee New Window from Imperial College London's Department of Physics is stepping up preparations for the world's largest ever physics experiment, starting next year at CERN near Geneva, Switzerland. Presbycusis
Fact sheet on presbycusis, the loss of hearing that gradually occurs in most individuals as they grow older. Discusses symptoms, causes, prevention, hearing aids, communication tips, and related topics. From the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health. Modern Literature of Southeast Asia: Research Portal
"This is an educational website established to facilitate research on modern Southeast Asian literatures from a cultural studies perspective."The site features a compilation of links to sites with general information and information about specific countries (such as Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam) on topics such as history, literature, and film. Also includes a bibliography. From a professor of comparative world literature. Secrets Of The Cilia: Kidney Disease And Blindness Share Common Geneti
Scientists at the University of Michigan Medical School have discovered a gene called NPHP5 and found mutations in this gene that cause a rare genetic disease called Senior-Loken syndrome. Children with this syndrome develop a type of cystic kidney disease called nephronophthisis, as well as a form of blindness called retinitis pigmentosa. You've Got Mail, and Your Period
An old-school fertility-tracking method gives birth to a slew of high-tech products. Now your Treo can tell you precisely when you're most likely to get pregnant. By Jenn Shreve. Researchers Identify New Combination Therapy That Promotes Cancer Cell
To test the ability of combined therapy, researchers administered TRAIL, a tumor necrosis factor, and sorafenib, an inhibitor currently used to treat renal cancer, to mice with colon carcinomas. It reduced the size of tumors in mice with few side effects [Ironic] LONDON: A jailed cocaine dealer is working as Santa Claus on
John Tams, who dons beard, boots and red suit to work in a cafe's Christmas grotto, said he wanted to give something back to the community... Revised Classification System Is Effective For Predicting Breast Cance
A revised and commonly used system for classifying the seriousness of cancer is effective for predicting relapse and survival in women with breast cancer who receive chemotherapy prior to surgery, according to research from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center. Andean Highlands In Chile Yield Ancient South American Armored Mammal
A paleontological dig in Chile at an altitude of more than 14,000 feet in the Andes has yielded fossils of an 18-million-year-old armored mammal. It appears to be one of the most primitive members of a family of extinct mammals known as "glyptodonts,"a group closely related to the modern-day armadillo.
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