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[Stupid] Former Exec Used $10K to Buy Church Stones
The former president of Blue Cross &Blue Shield of Rhode Island used $10,000 of the company's money to purchase two stones to honor his family at a local church. Anger and Stress Contribute To Coronary Heart Disease
Prehypertensive middle-aged men who have high levels of trait anger -- a tendency to experience anger across a range of situations -- are at increased risk of progressing to hypertension and developing coronary heart disease, according to a secondary analysis of a large population-based study. California Institute Researchers Unveil Computer Graphics Innovations
Researchers at UC San Diego and UC Irvine in the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology will present their computer-graphics research findings at SIGGRAPH 2005 in Los Angeles. The Museum of Unworkable Devices
View daffy designs envisioned by the world's most confused inventors. In Table of Malcontents. Key To Stem Cell Transplant Success Is Tricking Immune System
Tricking the bodys immune system into ignoring stem cells will be the key to successful stem cell transplants, according to Professor Maggie Dallman, Imperial College London, speaking at the BA Festival of Science. Professor Dallman is investigating how to trick the body into producing regulatory cells, which prevent the bodys immune system from attacking its own molecules, at the site of a stem cell transplant. Mice Provide Insight Into Therapy-induced Cancers In Humans
Scientists have developed a new tool that may prove to be invaluable for investigating the long-term mutagenic effects of chemotherapy and radiation, therapies that are widely used for the treatment of cancer. The research study, published in the October issue of Cancer Cell, provides evidence that a genetically engineered mouse model faithfully recapitulates treatment-associated cancers that occur in humans and may be useful for investigating the mechanisms involved in the development of therapy-induced cancers and for testing preventive strategies. Better Biofuels From Termite Guts
Mining insects' microbial genes could boost ethanol production. In Autopia. Astronomy's Case Of The Missing Disks
Astronomers announced Jan. 10 that they have a lead in the case of the missing disks. The report was presented by UCLA graduate student and Ph.D. candidate Peter Plavchan; his adviser, Michael Jura; and Sarah Lipscy, now at Ball Aerospace, to the American Astronomical Society meeting in San Diego. This lead may account for the missing evidence of red dwarfs forming planetary systems. Nanotube Dermatology
The process by which carbon nanotubes repair themselves has now been explained and modeled in detail. These tubes, sometimes only a nanometer or so in width but microns in length are among the toughest but also flexible materials known. And when they develop a tear, whether through irradiation or the application of extreme heat or strain, they are able to sew themselves back up without any leftover stitches or imperfections. NASA's Spitzer Finds Water Vapor On Hot, Alien Planet
A scorching-hot gas planet beyond our solar system is steaming up with water vapor, according to new observations from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope.
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