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By amplifying cell death signals,
scientists make precancerous cells
self-destruct
PhysOrg.com Aug. 15, 2008
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Rockefeller University scientists
have figured out a way in mice to
amplify the signals that tell
precancerous cells to die, by
inactivating the IAP protein (stands
for "inhibitor of apoptosis
protein"), which normally helps
cells avoid...
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Drawing Circuits with Nano Pens
Technology Review Aug. 14, 2008
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Northwestern University researchers
have developed a cheap, fast
lithography technique that uses
arrays of flexible polymer nano pens
to precisely pattern millions of
complex structures in parallel.
Polymer-pen lithography also shows
promise for patterning biological
molecules. It is an improvement over
dip-pen lithography, which uses
arrays of...
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Helping the deaf to 'see sound'
BBC News Aug. 13, 2008
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Deaf children have been testing
software called Lumisonic that
enables them to see a visual
representation of sound waves, using
circles that radiate on a display....
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Scientists learn from nature to
split water
PhysOrg.com Aug. 17, 2008
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An international team of
researchers led by Monash University
has used manganese clusters (found
in plants) to replicate a key
process in photosynthesis paving the
way to using sunlight to split water
into hydrogen and...
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1918 flu antibodies resurrected
from elderly survivors
PhysOrg.com Aug. 17, 2008
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Researchers at Monroe Carell Jr.
Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt
have recovered antibodies to the 918
flu pandemic virus from elderly
survivors of the original outbreak.
The antibodies could be effective
treatments for a future outbreak....
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Toward Plastic Spin Transistors
PhysOrg.com Aug. 17, 2008
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University of Utah physicists have
controlled an electrical current
using electron spin -- a step toward
building an organic "spin
transistor" for future ultrafast
computers and electronics....
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Do subatomic particles have free
will?
Science News Aug. 15, 2008
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Princeton mathematicians John
Conway and Simon Kochen claim to
have proven that if humans have even
the tiniest amount of free will,
then atoms themselves must also
behave unpredictably. Conway and
Kochen say that they have now proven
that subatomic particles' spin
responses can't be pre-determined,
even within this possible
interpretation. "We...
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Brain will be battlefield of
future, warns US intelligence report
The Guardian Aug. 13, 2008
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On the battlefield, bullets may be
replaced with "pharmacological land
mines" that release drugs to
incapacitate soldiers on contact,
says a report from the Defense
Intelligence Agency, while scanners
and other electronic devices could
be developed to identify suspects
from their brain activity and even
disrupt their ability to tell lies
when...
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U.S. Not Ready for Georgia-Style
Computer Attacks
NewsFactor Aug. 15, 2008
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The federal government and private
sector are not prepared for cyber
attacks from China and Russia,
according to national intelligence
officials, and a 2007 Department of
Defense report said the Chinese
government sees cyber war as part of
its first strike....
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