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System That Regulates Blood Pressure May Also Affect Aging The same system that regulates blood pressure may also play a role in aging, according to new research from Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. An Initial Assessment of the Impact of the Earthquake and Tsunami of D "Summarizes the information available until January 10, 2005 about the seismic shift that took place in the morning of December 26, 2004 in the Indian Ocean in the province of Aceh in Indonesia, and the ensuing tsunami that devastated some areas in East and Southeast Asia. It offers an initial assessment of the possible economic impact of the disaster."Opens directly into a PDF document. From the Asian Development Bank (ADB). New Process For Making Much-sought Iron Nanospheres Using a process that creates bubbles as hot as the surface of the sun, chemists are reporting development of a new method for making hollow hematite (iron oxide) nanospheres. World's smallest semiconductor laser to have big impact in computing, Researchers have demonstrated the world's smallest semiconductor laser, which may have applications to the Air Force in communications, computing and bio-hazard detection. Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) Information about NASA's summer 2005 mission to Mars that "will examine the red planet in unprecedented detail from low orbit"and "will examine Martian features ranging from the top of the atmosphere to underground layering."The mission's launch opportunity begins August 10, 2005. Includes news, fact sheets, and images, which will expand as the mission progresses. From the Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology. Genes Play Important Role In Risk For Dependence On Illicit And Licit The genes that play a role in illegal drug abuse are not entirely the same as those involved in dependence on legal substances like alcohol and nicotine, and caffeine addiction appears to be genetically independent of all the others, according to a new study. On A Wing And A Prayer: Alaska Researchers Seek Clues To Bird Flu University of Alaska (UAF) scientists and state and federal biologists from across Alaska have joined forces and formed the University of Alaska Program on the Biology and Epidemiology of Avian Influenza in Alaska to study migratory birds in Alaska and determine how many are infected and how strains of influenza virus jump from one species to another. Research On Nerve Cell Circuitry Reveals Clue About Schizophrenia Animal research at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center has found how one of the genes linked to schizophrenia might function to cause the disease. The work was reported today at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience in San Diego. Chemophobia and risk As a chemist by training, I’ve always been loath to give credence to unfounded criticism of synthetic chemicals that might stoke up chemophobia. Indeed, on several occasions I have written about how our bodies have evolved to cope with all kinds of chemicals regardless of whether they are synthetic or “natural”. I’ve never been a [...]Chemophobia and risk is a post from: Sciencebase Science Blog Chemists Characterize Alzheimer's Plaque Precursor Using a nuclear magnetic resonance technique, University of Illinois at Chicago chemists have obtained the first molecular-level images of precursors of bundled fibrils that form the brain plaques seen in Alzheimer's disease.
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