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[Odd] A Romanian couple has named their son Yahoo as a sign of gratitu
Daily Libertatea said on Thursday Cornelia and Nonu Dragoman, both from Transylvania, met and decided they were meant for each other following a three-month relationship over the net.They married and had a baby this Christmas, whom they decided to name after one of the worldwide web's most popular portals."We named him Lucian Yahoo after my father and the net, the main beacon of my life,"Cornelia Dragoman was quoted as saying. Harmful Environmental Effects Of Livestock Production On The Planet 'I
The harmful environmental effects of livestock production are becoming increasingly serious at all levels -- local, regional, national and global -- and urgently need to be addressed, according to researchers from Stanford University, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and other organizations. Discovery That Bacterium Is Phosphate Gourmet Key Clue To What Makes I
New research into one of the world's most social bacteria - Myxococcus xanthus, has discovered that it has a gourmet style approach to its consumption of phosphates, which provides a key clue to what makes it the most "social"of bacteria. Penn State Scientists Spy On Black-hole Eating Habits With 'LISA'
As big fish eat little fish in the Earth's vast oceans, so too do supermassive black holes gorge on smaller black holes and neutron stars, making themselves more massive in the process. Using sophisticated computer modeling, Penn State scientists have calculated the rate of this black-hole snacking, called "extreme-mass-ratio inspirals." Cincinnati Study Of Chernobyl Residents Uncovers New Cause Of Thyroid
Cincinnati University scientists studying papillary thyroid cancer in Chernobyl residents following the 1986 nuclear plant accident have identified a novel genetic mutation event that occurs as a result of their exposure to high levels of radioiodide. Microsoft Tries to Buy Friends
Will a round of new Acer laptops get top bloggers gabbing about Windows Vista? Redmond apparently thinks so. In Monkey Bites. An Irregular Heartbeat Makes Exercise Deadly
Humans lacking the protein cardiac calsequestin (CASQ2) have a normal heartbeat when not exercising, but their heartbeat becomes irregular when they exercise, putting them at risk for sudden death. A new study in mice, by researchers from Vanderbilt University, has now shed light on why the lack of CASQ2 only triggers an irregular, and potentially fatal, heartbeat during exercise. Research Casts Doubt On Circulating Stem Cells
Although adult stem cells taken from bone marrow are able to migrate into the muscle fibres, they do not generally take on any tissue-specific functions. This result of a study currently being conducted at Bonn's University Clinic means the cells would not serve as a substitute for defective muscle cells. The study is reported in the online section of the science journal PNAS (www.pnas.org, PNAS Early Edition). World Health Organization: Flooding and Communicable Diseases Fact She
Information and risk assessment for dangers from diseases associated with flooding, standing water, corpses, and related risks. Briefly address water-borne diseases and vector-borne diseases. Includes short-term and long-term preventative measures, such a chlorination of water, vaccination, use of insecticides, and education. From the World Health Organization (WHO). Growth Factor Receptor Affects Prostate Cancer Progression
Breeding mice with a gene for a cellular receptor that can be turned on and off-at will-not only enabled researchers to show how prostate cancer progresses, but also provides a model for studying when a drug targeting a gene will have an effect on the cancer.
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