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Making a New Year's Resolution
This site offers tips and techniques on the practice of making and keeping New Year's resolutions, including successes and failures, related background and traditions, and a checklist of suggested common resolutions. How Earth survived its birth: New simulation reveals planet migration
New simulations show how planets form and maintain an orbit around a developing solar system. Until now, models plunged Earth-like objects into the stars they orbit. ... New This Week, September 15, 2005: Katrina, the Supremes, and Pira
Ahoy maties!In the midst of Hurricane Katrina recovery efforts and a historic Supreme Court nomination, we at LII felt the need for a little levity, so we are reminding our gentle readers that this Saturday is Talk Like a Pirate Day. Ye could swab a poop deck with the number of sites we offer about hurricanes, floods, survivor services, flood plans, John Roberts, and more. From your spyglass note a website for libraries helping other libraries. From fair wenches Karen, Wendy, Pat, Jennifer, Maria, and Charlotte, and our sturdy lad Tom. Arrrrrr!And don't forget our special Hurricane Katrina Featured Collection, http://lii.org/search/file/hurricanekatrina , with news, aid, survivor services, libraries and Katrina, background, people finders, and much more. First Glimpse Of Protein Structure Holds Promise For New Way To Fight
For years researchers have been trying to understand how a few HIV-infected patients naturally defeat a virus that otherwise overwhelms the immune system. New information about the structure of a key enzyme represents an early step toward the design of a new class of drugs that could afford to all the same natural protection enjoyed by few. Automated Technique Paves Way For Nanotechnology's Industrial Revoluti
In an assist in the quest for ever smaller electronic devices, engineers have adapted a decades-old computer-aided design and manufacturing process to reproduce nanosize structures with features on the order of single molecules. Recently Discovered Virus Associated With Pediatric Respiratory Tract
Using a rapid, sensitive, and inexpensive diagnostic tool called MassTag PCR, scientists implicated a new human rhinovirus as the cause of severe pediatric respiratory tract infections in Europe. Purdue Research Shows Added Calcium Benefits Women On The Pill
Women who take oral contraceptives can counteract bone loss by making sure they have enough calcium in their daily diet, especially early in life, according to Purdue University research. Unique Spoon-billed Bird Facing Extinction
Populations of one of the world's strangest birds have crashed over the last decade, and surveys this summer of its breeding grounds in the remote Russian province of Chukotka suggest that the situation is now critical. The charismatic, and rather aptly named, Spoon-billed Sandpiper Eurynorhynchus pygmeus, is now worryingly close to becoming extinct. With only 200-300 pairs left, conservationists are calling for urgent help to tackle the decline. Urban Kids With Asthma Need More Frequent Check-ups, Study Suggests
Because even mild asthma among young inner-city children appears to be more unpredictable than ever, four or more check-ups a year after diagnosis is a wise move as a hedge against dangerous flare-ups of wheezing and trips to the emergency room, according to a new study. New Target To Prevent Fatal Flu Lung Complication Identified
New research has identified a therapeutic target for acute lung injury resulting in acute respiratory distress syndrome, a highly fatal complication of influenza infection.
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