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Highway Barriers Stifle Sound, Sight, and Soot
Highway barriers erected along roadways to block the sound and sight of traffic for the adjoining neighborhoods may also be reducing the amount of pollutants, such as soot from diesel exhaust, reaching area residents. Quickly Seeing Medicines Work In The Brain
It often takes several weeks to discover whether a medicine for a psychological or neurological condition actually works. By the time that the decision is taken to try a different anti-depressant, a patient has often had to wait for a long time without his or her complaints being alleviated, but while still suffering disturbing side effects of the medication. It is frustrating for the patient, frustrating for the doctor and also frustrating for those who develop new medicines. Can it not be done quicker? No Clear Connection Between Mobile Phone Use And Brain Cancer, Interna
According to a study conducted in five Northern European countries, there is no clear connection between mobile phone use and malignant brain tumours. The results of the study were published in the web version of the International Journal of Cancer on 19th January. Massive Black Hole
A massive, or rather supermassive, black hole, millions of times the mass of the sun, has been spotted by UK and German astronomers. Prescription Opioid Abuse More Prevalent Than Heroin, Canadian Study R
A new study conducted in seven Canadian cities reveals that prescription opioids, and not heroin, are the major form of illicit opioid use. These findings raise questions about the current focus of Canada's drug control policy and treatment programs. How Would Einstein Use E-mail? Letter Writers Of Yore Had Same Corresp
You're not as different from Albert Einstein and Charles Darwin after all, at least when it comes to patterns of correspondence. A new study of human behavior has determined that those who wrote letters using pen and paper -- long before electronic mail existed -- did so in a pattern similar to the way people use e-mail today. The probability model provides some insight into how people make choices. Recording Labels to Offer New Online Music Options
Music fans will see more online options this year as the recording industry scrambles to develop new business models and find new sources of revenue to offset losses from plunging CD sales. NASA Telescope Sees Black Hole Munch On A Star
A giant black hole has been caught red-handed dipping into a cosmic cookie jar of stars by NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer. This is the first time astronomers have seen the whole process of a black hole eating a star, from its first to nearly final bites. Ancient Humans Brought Bottle Gourds To The Americas From Asia
Thick-skinned bottle gourds widely used as containers by prehistoric peoples were likely brought to the Americas some 10,000 years ago by individuals who arrived from Asia, according to a new genetic comparison of modern bottle gourds with gourds found at archaeological sites in the Western Hemisphere. The finding solves a longstanding archaeological enigma by explaining how a domesticated variant of a species native to Africa ended up millennia ago in places as far removed as modern-day Florida, Kentucky, Mexico and Peru. Detaining Patients Is Justified To Contain Deadly TB Strain In South A
A team of medical ethics and public health experts say tough isolation measures, involuntary if need be, are justified to contain a deadly, contagious, drug-resistant strain of TB in South Africa and to prevent "a potentially explosive international health crisis."
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