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Canon Warns of Extra-Hot Cameras
Digicams crash the overheating gear party, but this time it's not the batteries' fault. In Gear Factor. New Player In Commitment To Life As A Fat Cell
Researchers have discovered a pivotal new player in early events that commit fat cell precursors to becoming full-blown fat, according to a report in the February issue of the journal Cell Metabolism, published by Cell Press. Drugs that block some activities of the enzyme, known as xanthine oxidoreductase (XOR), might therefore offer a novel antiobesity therapy designed to fight fat before it even forms, the researchers said. Psychologist Explains The Neurochemistry Behind Romance
The Beatles' George Harrison wondered in his famous love song about the "something"that "attracts me like no other lover."A University at Buffalo expert explains that that "something"is actually several physical elements that -- if they occur in a certain order, at the right time and in the right place -- can result in true love. Hydrated Electrons Can Take More Than One Guise
Scientists with the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) appear to have settled a long-standing scientific question about water clusters -- aggregates of water molecules that feature unique properties, somewhere between that of liquid water and steam. New Evidence Of Link Between Carbon Dioxide Emissions And Climate Chan
New research aimed at understanding the link between carbon dioxide emissions and climate change in boreal systems has found clear links between both spring and fall temperature changes and carbon uptake/loss. Dr. Kevin Robert Gurney, assistant professor in the Earth &Atmospheric Science/Agronomy at Purdue University and associate director of the Purdue Climate Change Research Center, presented these results at the American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting in San Francisco, Calif., on December 17. Experts Urge Complete Global Access To Iodized Salt; Prevents IQ Loss
The Network for Sustained Elimination of Iodine Deficiency at the UN has urge renewed international commitment to prevent loss of IQ due to fetal brain damage by facilitating access to iodized salt for the final 30 percent of world households that don't yet have it -- most of them found in just 20 countries. [Hero] Handgun Stops Man From Driving Drunk
Taking to heart the credo that friends should never let friends drive drunk, a man shot out two tires on his pal's car to keep him from driving under the influence. First Sunrise On Solar Satellite's Instruments
The Hinode (formerly Solar-B) satellite, a joint Japan/NASA/PPARC mission launched on 22nd September 2006, has reported its first observations of the Sun with its suite of scientific instruments. The satellite was renamed "Hinode"which is Japanese for Sunrise, which is most appropriate since Hinode will watch at close hand massively explosive solar flares erupting from the Sun's surface and rising into interstellar space. Environmental Paper Network
Web site for a "group of environmental organizations joined together to support socially and environmentally sustainable transformations within the pulp and paper industry."Features fact sheets, statistics, reports, and other material on responsible fiber sourcing and endangered forests, recycled paper, and clean production technologies (such as chlorine-free bleaching and pulping) to reduce pollution. Includes a glossary and links to related organizations. Energy Drink 'Cocktails'Lead To Increased Injury Risk, Study Shows
College students who drink alcohol mixed with so-called "energy"drinks are at dramatically higher risk for injury and other alcohol-related consequences, compared to students who drink alcohol without energy drinks, according to new research.
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