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... LII: This Week's Batch, February 3, 2005
This week's heart-healthy collection of searchlicious Web sites includes resources related to civil rights, Valentine's Day, non-dairy "milk,"cowgirls, sheet music, snow sculpture, free phone service, the giant sequoia, and a delightful poem about librarianship. In More New This Week , build an igloo, learn math, find country studies, learn about buffalo milk and lactose intolerance, and much more. Bon appetit from the LII team: librarian-editors Karen, Wendy, Jennifer, Maria, Pat, Tom, Charlotte, and Jerry, and our 100-and-change contributors. Galaxy Observations Show No Change In Fundamental Physical Constant
A fundamental constant of nature, called the fine structure constant, is central to all equations describing light and its interactions with matter. Yet some theories predict it should slowly change over the history of the universe. Despite such predictions and reported observations by some astronomers, observations of distant galaxies show no change in the constant, at least in the last 7 billion years, UC Berkeley and LBNL astrophysicists report. [Scary] Man Accused of Poisoning Company's Coffee
A man was accused of placing hazardous chemicals in his company's coffeepot, according to authorities. Kemarat Vathananand was angry at a vice president of Schiller Park-based Castle Metal Finishing Corp. who told him he could not drink coffee in the shop area, investigators said. Improved Adherence To Certain Medications Associated With Longer Survi
New research suggests that the pharmacological effects of taking medications such as statins and beta-blockers as prescribed following a heart attack is associated with living longer, according to a study in the Jan. 10 issue of JAMA. Study Shows How Granular Materials Get Themselves Out Of A Jam
University of Chicago physicists have made careful measurements of flowing sand that can help resolve longstanding questions regarding how glasses differ from liquids at the atomic level. Glass flows just like liquids do, but at such a super-sluggish pace that for all practical purposes it takes on the appearance of a solid at room temperature. Yet after years of experiments, scientists still have failed to determine if atoms arrange themselves differently in glass than in liquids. DNA Replication Behavior In Complex Organisms May Foreshadow Leaps In
Scientists describe how they were able to determine the replication timing and efficiency at the various loci in the genome. Specifically, replication efficiency was found to be low at the beginning of the S-phase, and increased at the later stage of this phase. Stanford Snake Venom Study Shows That Certain Cells May Eliminate Pois
Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have shown that the immune system really does side with the victim, at least in four kinds of venom that were used in their experiments. Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treat
Text of this declaration that went into effect in 1987. Also includes an alphabetic list of ratifying nations, declarations and reservations, and information about the Committee against Torture, which was established to monitor the convention's implementation. From the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. Simple, Noninvasive Test Measures Survival Time In Adult Pulmonary Hyp
Researchers have developed a simple, noninvasive way to measure right ventricular function in the heart to predict survival of adults who suffer from pulmonary hypertension. The research appears in the first issue for November 2006 of the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, published by the American Thoracic Society. Wired Test 2007: Digital Cameras, Casio's Pocket Cam a Superfast Shot
Wired tests the latest in digital cams, the speedy Casio Exilim Zoom.
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