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Combination Of Minimally Invasive Techniques Improves Diagnosis Of Per
The combined use of two minimally invasive techniques -- endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS) and electromagnetic navigation bronchoscopy (ENB) -- in the diagnosis of peripheral lung lesions has been shown to be more effective than either procedure alone and does not compromise patients'safety, according to a new study. 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.
 Genome Sequence Published For Important Biofuels Yeast
A strain of yeast that thrives on turning sugar cane into ethanol for biofuel has had its genome completely sequenced. The findings could lead to more efficient biofuel production. Short On Time, Long On Feeling: Study Suggests Deadlines Intensify Emo
Older people often have more intense and complex emotional lives than their younger cohort. What accounts for the difference, wondered UC San Diego psychologist Ursina Teuscher: Wisdom gained with the gathering years? A shift in values thanks to greater life experience? Or, is it a keener sense of time itself -- a precious and, of necessity, diminishing resource? Dozens Of Newly Discovered Pulsars Probed By NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Sp
With NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, astronomers now are getting their best look at those whirling stellar cinders known as pulsars. Astronomers have analyzed gamma-rays from two dozen pulsars, including 16 discovered by Fermi. Treatment checklists may cut hospital deaths
Patient deaths at three London hospitals have been cut by almost 15 percent after introducing treatment checklists (known as care bundles), a new study finds. In the Realms of the Unreal
Companion website to a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) P.O.V. program on outsider artist Henry Darger. Features an audio tour about Darger's collage and painting techniques, images of the artist's work, excerpts from his 15,000-page novel, a brief biography, and annotated links to resources on self-taught and outsider art. Paper Cuts: A Blog About Books
This blog is "about books and other forms of printed matter, written by Dwight Garner, senior editor of The [New York Times] Book Review. Look here for book news and opinion, interviews with writers, regular raids on the Book Review's archives, and other special features."Includes posts on topics such as the 50th anniversary of Jack Kerouac's "On the Road"in 2007 and playlists of songs from writers. From The New York Times. Regulating The Regulators: New Therapeutic Approach Against Cancer
The development of cancer involves the uncontrolled growth of normal cells of the body. Our immune system can sense the growth of the tumor cells and can usually eliminate them using direct killing mechanisms, mediated by natural killer cells and cytotoxic T lymphocytes. However, the tumor has an arsenal of strategies to counteract the immune response that seeks to eliminate it. Researchers have developed a new strategy to selectively block the tumor induced immunosuppression and thereby enhance the efficacy of tumor immunotherapeutics. Sony Numbers Add Up to Trouble
How widespread is the damage from Sony's XCP rootkit software? New statistical evidence says 568,200 networks, including military and government targets, likely contain at least one infected machine. By Quinn Norton.
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