K-State professor takes chemistry to another world
...ts have had to freeze cells and bring them back to earth for analysis. With Culbertson's device, the astron...tches the gravitational force -- which pulls us to earth -- you get a simulated freefall in the aircraft cabin." In the future, Culbertson plans to take seve...New technology shows our ancestors ateeverything!
...t," said Teaford. The result is like a map of the earth that shows mountains, valleys and plains in full relief, only at a microscopic scale. As anticipated from traditional examination of fossilized teeth, the tooth surfaces of P. robustus were more pitted and complex, while those of A. africanus were mo...Poorest countries well behind global health goals agreed years ago
...d five years ago, most of the poorest countries on earth are lagging far behind achieving it, say a series of papers published on BMJ.com today (11/11/05). If these countries are to make meaningful progress on the strategy aims - the Millennium Development Goals - most will have to raise funds or be forced...Arsenic discharged from landfills, says Dartmouth research
...oauthor on the paper and an assistant professor of earth sciences at Dartmouth. "In the Coakley Landfill, it appears that these microbes increase arsenic concentrations by consuming organic wastes and creating a 'reducing condition' where the oxygen concentration is very low, which is conducive to arsenic ...New study identifies louse-borne diseases that ravaged Napoleon's army
... lice in a forensic excavation of two kilograms of earth containing fragments of bone and remnants of clothing. Three of the lice carried DNA from Bartonella quintana, which causes the disease commonly known as trench fever, which afflicted many soldiers in World War I. The team analyzed dental pulp fro...MSG-2 will advance long-term monitoring of Earth's energy balance
...sensor was first proposed in 1958, and a number of earth radiation budget instruments have flown before the first GERB launched on MSG-1. What makes the GERB series unique is that, for the first time, they observe the Earth disc from geostationary orbit, approximately 36 000 km up. In such an orbit also ...Obesity lawsuits lessons learned from tobacco litigation
...ecrease the industry's incentive to use a scorched earth strategy and encourage the industry to improve the nutritional content of its products and to change its marketing practices."...Scientist-astronaut sends T-cells into space
...that can accelerate cells in a range from 0.2 to 2 earth gravities. On board the space station, European Space Agency astronaut-scientist Thomas Reiter will simultaneously activate T-cells in the weightless compartment and in the centrifuge for four hours. "By activating the cells, he'll be simulating th...Molecular medicine comes to the rescue
...nter at the University of Chicago moved heaven and earth to get permission and the resources to treat Lilly and we will be forever grateful for those efforts." Treatment required a team of pediatric endocrinologists who cared for the child 24 hours a day while she was in the hospital, skilled nursing to ...Therapeutic role found for carbon monoxide
...in. "CO has been around since before life began on earth and, in fact, it is thought to have contributed to the origin of life. Perhaps this was a sign of its necessary role in biology."...Global warming and your health
...ger cities." Thirteen of the 20 largest cities on earth are located at sea level on coasts, Parker points out. "As sea level rises, there go our medical institutions, water treatment plants, emergency response units such as fire departments and ambulances. The bulk of the services designed to keep us heal...Reduced greenhouse gas emissions required to avoid dangerous increases in heat stress
...oah Diffenbaugh, the Purdue assistant professor of earth and atmospheric sciences who led the study. "The frequency at which that scale of event occurs at high greenhouse gas concentrations is staggering. Rare events become the norm, and the extreme events of the future are unprecedented in their severity....