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CMV Infections Affect More Than Just Patients With Compromised Immune SystemsAn infection due to a virus called cytomegalovirus, which most commonly affects people with compromised immune systems, can also affect hospital intensive-care patients who have no immune-system problems, researchers have found. CMV infection is also associated with longer hospital and intensive-care unit stays independent of other causes, according to the study.Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 28 Jul 2008 | 12:00 am New Health Drink? Chemist Goes Nano With CoQ10If one researcher has his way, you may soon be buying bottles of water brimming with the life-sustaining coenzyme CoQ10 at your local Costco. Like vitamin C, CoQ10 is a compound that's vital to our survival.Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 28 Jul 2008 | 12:00 am No Gender Differences In Math PerformanceWe've all heard it. Many of us in fact believe it. Girls just aren't as good at math as boys. But is it true? After sifting through mountains of data - including SAT results and math scores from 7 million students who were tested in accordance with the No Child Left Behind Act - a team of scientists says the answer is no.Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 28 Jul 2008 | 12:00 am Surgery Will Put Dog With Amputated Leg Back On All Fours AgainA pioneering collaboration between a veterinary surgeon and an engineer will give a deserving dog the ability to walk on four legs again. A German shepherd mix is having a lost leg replaced with an osseointegrated prosthetic limb. If successful, this research could lead to implants for humans that allow the prosthetic limbs to attach without chafing or irritation, and limbs with more natural ranges of motion.Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 28 Jul 2008 | 12:00 am Meet Robo Habilis: Robot Has Human-like Hand Controlled By 'Brain' Modeled After Human CerebellumThe dream of human-like robots is a step closer to reality with the recent creation of a human-like arm and hand controlled by an electronic 'brain' modeled on the human cerebellum.Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 28 Jul 2008 | 12:00 am Watching A 'New Star' Make The Universe DustyAstronomers were able for the first time to witness the appearance of a shell of dusty gas around a star that had just erupted, and follow its evolution for more than 100 days. This provides the astronomers with a new way to estimate the distance of this object and obtain invaluable information on the operating mode of stellar vampires, dense stars that suck material from a companion.Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 28 Jul 2008 | 12:00 am New Generation Of Simpler Sensors For Detecting Disease-causing Microbes And ToxinsScientists in Singapore are reporting development of a complete, palm-sized sensor that can detect disease-causing microbes, toxins, and other biological threats instantly without the need for an external power source or a computer.Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 27 Jul 2008 | 6:00 pm Giving An Additional Early Vaccination May Reduce Measles OutbreaksOutbreaks of measles in developing countries may be reduced by vaccinating infants at 4.5 months of age as well as at the World Health Organization's recommended routine vaccination at 9 months, according to a new study.Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 27 Jul 2008 | 6:00 pm Researchers Discover New States Of Electrons That Behave Like LightA team of researchers has observed electrons moving through a crystal of bismuth metal behaving like light. The discovery may enable powerful new electronic devices that exploit the principles of quantum mechanics to compute and communicate.Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 27 Jul 2008 | 6:00 pm Genetic Mutation Identified For Eye ComplaintResearchers have identified a gene that, when modified, causes the eye disease Duane syndrome. Importantly, by identifying this gene the team has discovered how the visual system develops which may lead to new ways to treat other vision disorders.Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 27 Jul 2008 | 6:00 pm Typhoon nears Taiwan, markets to closeTAIPEI (Reuters) - A typhoon in the Pacific Ocean with wind gusts of 173 kph was on course to hit Taiwan late on Sunday, prompting local governments, including Taipei, to cancel work and classes on Monday and close markets.Source: Reuters: Science News | 27 Jul 2008 | 12:26 pm Boost for China panda populationFour giant panda cubs are born within 14 hours in China, boosting the population of the endangered species.Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 27 Jul 2008 | 12:00 pm Storms and floods in Ukraine kill 13, 2 missing (AP)AP - Ukraine's Emergency Ministry says storms and floods have killed 13 people, including five children, and at least two more are missing.Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 27 Jul 2008 | 11:12 am New space race heats up with unveiling of aircraft (AP)AP - Aerospace engineers have been holed up in a Mojave Desert hangar for four years, fashioning a commercial spaceship to loft rich tourists some 62 miles above Earth. Now the wraps come partially off the top-secret project.Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 27 Jul 2008 | 10:36 am Mars lander has trouble getting sample in oven (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 27 Jul 2008 | 5:53 am Night Lights Turned Off to Save Migrating Birds (LiveScience.com)LiveScience.com - Birds, like moths, are attracted to light at night and if they become disoriented, will fly in circles around the lights in a tall building, often hitting the building, or dropping exhausted to the ground.Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 27 Jul 2008 | 5:21 am Attacks on birds of prey 'up 40%'The RSPB says reported attacks on birds of prey, including shootings and poisonings, hit a record high in 2007.Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 27 Jul 2008 | 1:13 am Robin McKie: Actions speak louder than a lot of government hot airRobin McKie: Melt our ice-caps and you release forces you cannot controlSource: guardian.co.uk Science | 26 Jul 2008 | 11:03 pm UK scientists hit out at new coal station plansPower plants to be built without technology to cut emissions will accelerate global warming, experts claimSource: guardian.co.uk Science | 26 Jul 2008 | 11:03 pm Row over plan to DNA test Chopin's heartScientists refused permission to analyse organ to prove composer died of cystic fibrosis, not TBSource: guardian.co.uk Science | 26 Jul 2008 | 11:01 pm Laughter: the secret of loveSelf-deprecating humour is key to English art of seduction, psychological study revealsSource: guardian.co.uk Science | 26 Jul 2008 | 11:00 pm Phil Hogan finds out what the truth is behind memory loss and if you can avoid itPhil Hogan asks leading academics and medics what the truth is behind memory loss and, crucially, can you avoid it?Source: guardian.co.uk Science | 26 Jul 2008 | 11:00 pm Why smiles are better than ProzacGovernment scientist claims lifestyle changes can be as effective as drugs for depressionSource: guardian.co.uk Science | 26 Jul 2008 | 11:00 pm Mexico finds dozens of dead sea turtles (AP)AP - Environmental officials in Mexico say dozens of dead sea turtles apparently killed in fishing nets have washed up on beaches in recent days.Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 26 Jul 2008 | 10:55 pm Final approval given to merger of US satellite radio firms (AFP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 26 Jul 2008 | 6:51 pm U.S. Auctions Wild Horses OnlineThe Bureau of Land Management is running an online adoption of wild horses through July 30.Source: Livescience.com | 26 Jul 2008 | 5:47 pm Night Lights Turned Off to Save Migrating BirdsBirds, like moths, are attracted to light at night and can become disoriented.Source: Livescience.com | 26 Jul 2008 | 4:24 pm Diamonds May Have Jumpstarted Life on EarthResearchers says diamonds may have been life's best friend.Source: Livescience.com | 26 Jul 2008 | 4:02 pm Oil prices could drop if Iran concerns allayed: OPEC (AFP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 26 Jul 2008 | 3:33 pm The Surprising History of America's Wild Horses (LiveScience.com)LiveScience.com - Modern horses, zebras, and asses belong to the genus Equus, the only surviving genus in a once diverse family, the Equidae. Based on fossil records, the genus appears to have originated in North America about 4 million years ago and spread to Eurasia (presumably by crossing the Bering land bridge) 2 to 3 million years ago. Following that original emigration, there were additional westward migrations to Asia and return migrations back to North America, as well as several extinctions of Equus species in North America.Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 26 Jul 2008 | 3:01 pm Artificial pancreas just years away, experts agreeBETHESDA, Maryland (Reuters) - Researchers working on an artificial pancreas believe they are just a few years away from a nearly carefree way for people with diabetes to monitor blood and inject insulin as needed.Source: Reuters: Science News | 26 Jul 2008 | 2:25 pm Indian army to help prevent rhino poaching (AP)AP - Authorities in northeastern India have asked the army to help protect endangered one-horned rhinoceroses from poachers and have made the soldiers honorary wildlife wardens, officials said Saturday.Source: Yahoo! News: Science News | 26 Jul 2008 | 2:25 pm Jeremy Leggett: Burn Up makes our climate crisis into a dramaJeremy Leggett: You may think Burn Up was far-fetched. Believe me, having witnessed climate negotiations myself, it was anything butSource: guardian.co.uk Science | 26 Jul 2008 | 1:00 pm Rare seahorses born at aquariumMore than 120 endangered baby short-snouted seahorses are born at a Hampshire aquarium as part of a breeding programme.Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 26 Jul 2008 | 11:53 am
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