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Multiferroic compounds used to produce smaller and cheaper digital mem
Is it possible to make even more compact digital memories for portable electronic devices and which consume even less energy? Researchers have recently demonstrated that it is feasible, thanks to a new class of materials known as multiferroics, which combine unusual electric and magnetic properties. McGill Researcher Looks At The Genetics Behind Cheese
Does Swiss cheese come from Swiss cows? How about blue cheese? Professor of animal science at McGill's Macdonald campus K.F. Ng-Kwai-Hang has the answer to these questions. He has spent the last 25 years studying the genetics of cows and how this affects quality and type of cheese. Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the United States Regar
This commission established in February 2004 "is charged with assessing whether the Intelligence Community is sufficiently authorized ... to identify and warn in a timely manner of, and to support United States Government efforts to respond to ... the proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction [WMD]."The site features a FAQ, the commission's report submitted to the president on March 31, 2005, and related material. Nighttime Dying Linked To Sleep Apnea From Brain Cell Loss
Aim to grow old and die peacefully in your sleep? Be careful what you wish for. A new UCLA study suggests that some people die in their sleep because they stop breathing due to a cumulative loss of cells in the brain's breathing command-post. The online edition of Nature Neuroscience reports the findings on Aug. 7. Brain imaging shows kids' PTSD symptoms linked to poor hippocampus fun
Psychological trauma leaves a trail of damage in a child's brain, say scientists. Their new study gives the first direct evidence that children with symptoms of post-traumatic stress suffer poor function of the hippocampus, a brain structure that stores and retrieves memories. The research helps explain why traumatized children behave as they do and could improve treatments for these kids. Why Israeli rodents are more cautious than Jordanian ones
Rodent, reptile and ant lion species behave differently on either side of the Israel-Jordan border. Researchers found that Israeli gerbils are more cautious than their Jordanian friends, and the funnel-digging ant lion population in Israel is unmistakably larger than in Jordan. Reasons For Severe Blindness Illluminated
People suffering from a severe retinal disease will sooner or later lose their eyesight considerably or even become completely blind. Those affected, family members, researchers and doctors hope that this fate might be avoided one day by a better understanding of the reasons for this disease. Scientists have now identified a further gene for the inherited retinal disease Leber Congenital Amaurosis and discovered first evidences of how it functions. When It Comes To Cell Entry, Being Average Has Its Advantages
Mid-sized viruses, nanotubes and other bioparticles are more likely to get through receptors, or cellular gates, than smaller or bigger versions. L.B. Freund, a professor of engineering at Brown University, andcolleagues at the Max Planck Institute for Metals Research have published a model showing an optimal size for cell entry -- an idea that can be exploited in drug design -- in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. [Ironic] An Italian pensioner committed suicide after his wife fell in
Recalling the end of Romeo and Juliet, the 70-year-old man, Ettore, who had sat by his wife's bedside for four months after she slipped into a coma following a heart attack, finally gave up hope and gassed himself in the garage of his family home.Less than a day later, his wife, Rossana, woke up in her hospital bed in Padua and immediately asked for him. Video: Depp Goes Deep on Mad Hatter in New Alice in Wonderland
Johnny Depp talks up his Mad Hatter character in a new Alice in Wonderlandclip.
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