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Treatment For Rare Liver Disease Increases Mortality Risk
Patients with primary biliary cirrhosis who are treated with methotrexate have an increased risk of death, according to a new systematic review of studies. 3-D Photonic Crystals Will Revolutionize Telecommunications
Three-dimensional photonic crystals will revolutionize telecommunications. Smaller, faster, more efficient: Research scientists are helping to revolutionize the future world of telecommunications -- with the aid of 3-D photonic crystals. How To: Cross Training for Geeks
Match your gadgets with the right software to really feel the burn. By Mathew Honan from Wired magazine. Gadget Lab: Sexy Plasma TV
A 42-inch flat screen pops, but fizzles; an FM transmitter sends merely a drizzle (of sound); and a new camera phone is just not worth the dizzle. In Gadget Lab. New Device For Finding Bacteria Developed
Infection-causing bacteria can't hide anymore. Researchers have just developed a new diagnostic tool to detect them. A patent is pending for the new Lateral Flow Assay device to detect the microorganisms bound together in a protective wall, known as biofilms, which attach to inanimate substances, such as rocks in streams or catheters in humans, or to living tissue such as human heart valves and bone. A Tree's Response To Environmental Changes: What Can We Expect Over Th
The many environmental issues facing our society are prevalent in the media lately. Our ecosystem is composed of a very delicate network of interactions among all species and the non-living environment. Predicting how each component of this complex system will respond to the many environmental changes sweeping the globe is a challenging problem today's scientists face. This study explores how increasing concentrations of atmospheric carbon dioxide may be affecting trees and, ultimately, affecting water and carbon cycles. Presence Of Wolves Allows Aspen Recovery In Yellowstone
The wolves are back, and for the first time in more than 50 years, young aspen trees are growing again in the northern range of Yellowstone National Park. The study shows that a process called "the ecology of fear"is at work, a balance has been restored to an important natural ecosystem, and aspen trees are surviving elk browsing for the first time in decades. Mechanism Of Gene Linked To Autism, Schizophrenia Pinpointed
A researcher has pinpointed the mechanism by which a gene associated with both autism and schizophrenia influences behavior in mice. Instrument To Make Detailed Measurements Of Sun Activity
For five years, Stanford research physicist Phil Scherrer and his team have raised a sophisticated space telescope with the attention a parent gives to a child, preparing it for the day when it flies away on a satellite to study the weather on the sun?and maybe save an astronaut from dying of radiation sickness. [Ironic] Professional beggars prowling about the streets of Moroccan c
The government plans to crack down on the scam used by faux beggars in growing numbers for a kind of "emotional blackmail", a cabinet minister was quoted as saying...
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