In the News
Authors Warn Of Inaccuracies Concerning Use Of Race In Health &Social
New and sophisticated methods for studying the relationship between human genetic differences, the environment, health and behavior, all made possible by the completion of the Human Genome Project, have made traditional race-based measurements of human differences obsolete, according to numerous authors writing in a special issue of the American Psychologist devoted to Genes, Race, and Psychology in the Genome Era (January, 2005). NYU Physicist Isolates First Source Of Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Rays
Professor Glennys R. Farrar, a physicist at New York University, announced that, for the first time, a source of ultra-high energy cosmic rays has been isolated and studied, a major breakthrough in the field. Ultra-high energy cosmic rays-which rarely hit the earth-are believed to be the result of extremely powerful cosmic phenomena, such as the creation or accretion of massive black holes. Polaroid Sunglasses Let Astronomers Take A Closer Look At Black Holes
An international team led by an Edinburgh astronomer have discovered that by studying polarised light from black holes they can focus much more closely on what exactly is going on around them. The work is published this week in the monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society on November 11th. Biomarker For PTSD And Why PTSD Is So Difficult To Treat
New research identifies a characteristic physiological response in veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) that could be used as a biomarker to diagnose the disease. Other findings show how trauma disables normal brain functioning and highlight deficits in basic mechanisms of learning and memory. Recent findings also show that a common neurological basis explains altered emotional responses in veterans with PTSD, and that fear learning caused by trauma is different from other types and may explain why it is more difficult to treat. Electronic Tracking System Can Help Diabetes Patient Care
An electronic system with personalized patient information shared by diabetes patients and their primary care providers improved diabetes care and clinical outcomes. Nanotechnologists reveal the frictional characteristics of atomically
Nanotechnology researchers have used friction force microscopy to determine the nanoscale frictional characteristics of four atomically-thin materials, discovering a universal characteristic for these very different materials. Friction across these thin sheets increases as the number of atomic layers decreases, all the way down to one layer of atoms. Polymorphisms Of The Interleukin-1 Gene Complex May Influence Alcohol
Cytokines are small proteins secreted by cells that serve as molecular messengers between cells. Pro-inflammatory cytokines -- which function in the immune system -- may be involved in alcohol dependence. A study of three polymorphisms of the interleukin-1 gene complex (IL-1) and one of the tumor necrosis factor-alpha has found that IL-1 may directly contribute to AD among Spanish Caucasian males. What Are Coral Reef Services Worth? $130,000 To $1.2 Million Per Hecta
Experts have revealed jaw-dropping dollar values of the "ecosystem services" of biomes like forests and coral reefs -- including food, pollution treatment and climate regulation. Looking Deep In Earth, Researchers See Upwellings That Could Be Root O
Deep within Earth, researchers are finding hints of exotic materials and behaviors unrivaled anywhere else on the planet. Now a team of researchers, which includes two seismologists from Arizona State University, have detected a relatively small and isolated patch of exotic material, called an ultra low velocity zone, that may in fact be a "root"for mantle plumes that connect Earth's hot and tumultuous core and its surface. [Absurd] Man Escapes Avalanche
A Slovak man trapped in his car under an avalanche freed himself by drinking 60 bottles of beer and urinating on the snow to melt it.Rescue teams found Richard Kral drunk and staggering along a mountain path four days after his Audi car was buried in the Slovak Tatra mountains.He told them that after the avalanche, he had opened his car window and tried to dig his way out.
MP3 Music Downloads
Preview songs, Download Free Music,Burn CDs at ITunes.com
 
|
