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Registered Traveler Pilot Program
"The Registered Traveler (RT) pilot programs allow qualified volunteer participants to benefit from expedited security screening [for airline travel]. ... Volunteers provided information about themselves in order for TSA to conduct a security assessment to determine eligibility for participation. If approved, the volunteer became eligible for an expedited screening process at TSA security checkpoints."This briefing provides an overview of the pilot program. From the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). Can Bilberry Extract Help Prevent Certain Cancers?
Cancer researchers are investigating whether extracts of bilberries can aid cancer prevention. Scientists have shown that bilberry extract decreases the development of colorectal cancer. Now they are looking to see how much of the bilberry extract actually gets into human tissue and whether there are changes in the tissue that may have been caused by the substance. Study Improves Breast Cancer Risk Prediction In Women With Atypia
Women with at least three sites of cellular atypia in breast tissue are nearly eight times more likely than average women to develop breast cancer, according to findings of a Mayo Clinic Cancer Center-led study of women with atypical hyperplasia. Make It Your Resolution: Play It Safe On The Slopes And Snow
When a celebrity suffers a fatal sports-related head injury, it hits the national news; when the average person does, it may hit the local newspaper. Both hit home and are equally devastating and often preventable tragedies. Astronomers Detect Powerful Bursting Radio Source
Astronomers at Sweet Briar College and the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) have detected a powerful new bursting radio source whose unique properties suggest the discovery of a new class of astronomical objects. Fuel For Your Body -- And Car
With an increasing percentage of the nation's corn harvest going to ethanol production, some are questioning the wisdom of taking away corn as food for people. But Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientist Kurt Rosentrater has a way to at least partially allay that concern: create new foods from an edible byproduct of ethanol production, distiller's dried grains (DDGs). New mental treatment improves anxiety and depression in secondary educ
Research in Spain supports the effectiveness of mindfulness, an emotional self-regulating tool that consists in focusing on what we are doing, thinking about or feeling at every moment. This psychological technique, more and more popular in the U.S., contributed to fight against psychological diseases such as anxiety, depression, concern or complaints about health, and improves emotional regulation. Human Antibodies That Block Human And Animal SARS Viruses Identified
An international team of investigators has identified the first human antibodies that can neutralize different strains of virus responsible for outbreaks of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). The researchers used a mouse model and in vitro assays (lab tests) to test the neutralizing activity of the antibodies. Halloween: Find Your Perfect Party Theme
Collection of ideas for "eerily elegant Halloween party themes"for Halloween, such as a masquerade dinner party (with "phantom floating candles,""ghostly glove placecard holders,"and more), a dessert party, and a Halloween barbecue. Includes many recipes and food ideas. From HGTV. Solar-Studying Spacecraft Successfully Launched
NASA's STEREO (Solar TErrestrial RElations Observatory) spacecraft -- en route as the first mission to capture the sun in 3-D -- successfully launched Oct. 25 aboard a single Delta II vehicle from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. During its two-year mission, the twin observatories will explore the origin, evolution and interplanetary consequences of coronal mass ejections. These powerful solar eruptions are a major source of the magnetic disruptions on Earth and a key component of space weather, which can greatly affect satellite operations, communications, power systems, and the lives of astronauts in space.
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