Why GNEP can't jump to the future
...ram aimed at rendering plutonium inert in nuclear weapons but still useful in nuclear power plants. Nuclea...ld be thousands of times greater than from nuclear weapons production. Much smaller concentrations of similar wastes at the DOEs Savannah River Site have been ......ad by respiratory droplets, and make aerosol-based weapons capable of causing widespread pneumonic plague out...disease, availability of expert advice from former weapons scientists, or perhaps only the knowledge that many countries have investigated its use as a weapon....Garlic hope in infection fight
...ofilms'. The QS molecules also switch on bacterial weapons such as 'elastase', an enzyme which breaks down elastic tissue in the lung. "The beauty of this approach is that we may be able to render the germ harmless without killing it. If we use a conventional antibiotic which kills the Pseudomonas, there w...Feet, rather than fists, the most dangerous bodily weapon to use in assaults
...ded between sharp and blunt objects. The use of weapons was significantly more likely to cause serious injury than the use of body parts, overall, the findings showed. But, in descending order, feet, blunt objects, other body parts, and sharp objects were significantly more likely to inflict serious in...Massive gun 'buyback' doubled fall in Australian gun deaths
... shotguns and rifles, destroying more than 700,000 weapons taken from a population of 12 million adults. The study shows that in the 18 years before the legislation was passed, there were 13 mass shootings in Australia, in which 112 people died and 52 were wounded. There have been no mass shootings sin...Web tool helps gauge risk of having genetic mutation linked to colon cancer
...senior author. "Prevention remains one of our best weapons against colon and other cancers." The study's lead author is Judith Balmana, MD, formerly of Dana-Farber and currently at the Hospital Vall D'Hebron, Universitat Autonoma of Barcelona, Spain. Between two and five percent of all colorectal cancers...Feinstein Institute's top scientist weighs in on mind-body medicine at conference with Dalai Lama
... which he co-chaired. One of the immune system's weapons against foreign invaders is a molecule called tumor necrosis factor, or TNF. A "big gun," TNF can cause a local response to an injury or infection, such as pain and redness. This is good to a point, but in excessive amounts TNF and other like molecul...Alzheimer's medication shows promise in treating nerve agent and pesticide poisoning
...oman and sarin, are among the most lethal chemical weapons ever developed. They have been used with catastrophic results in wars and terrorist attacks, such as the subway attacks with sarin in Japan in the late 1990s," says Edson X. Albuquerque, M.D., Ph.D., professor and chair of the Department of Pharmac...Increased collaboration and awareness critical to managing climate variability and saving lives
...nd ongoing dialogue are currently among their best weapons for dealing with climate variability and change. A lack of awareness of climate-related risk management has been a major obstacle to improved prevention and reduction of loss. Over the course of five days, dialogue among experts in the fields of a...Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, July 2006
...volcanic glass, has been used for making tools and weapons since the Stone Age, but a team led by Anovitz of Oak Ridge National Laboratory has discovered another use for this sharp and shiny rock. While obsidian has proven difficult to date, Anovitz and colleagues from ORNL and the University of Tennessee ha...REM sleep behavior disorder found to be precursor of brain-degenerating diseases later in life
...or extra padding, remove dangerous objects such as weapons from the bedroom, lock all windows and doors to walk-out decks) See a sleep specialist and, if prescribed, take medications to suppress RBD symptoms Become familiar with the signs and symptoms of Parkinson's disease, dementia or multiple system atr...Diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis falls shortnon adherence compounds issue
...striking. The findings show that while we have the weapons to diagnose and treat osteoporosis, we are not yet able to direct them to where they are needed most," said Richy. The researchers examined what kind of medication or supplements were most often prescribed. Calcium, together with vitamin D, dietary ...Nanotechnology expert analysis: Huge impacts from tiny tech
...ve military uses as well--making far more powerful weapons and tools of surveillance. Thus, it represents not only wonderful benefits for humanity, but also grave risks. "Ongoing work toward molecular manufacturing is advancing rapidly in several fields," said Chris Phoenix, CRN's director of research. "Thes...Visual research seeks to cut through clutter
...culty faced by airport baggage checkers search for weapons amid a jumbled clutter of different textures and c...aggage screeners may not need to study pictures of weapons and of objects commonly found in suitcases, speculates Bravo. In fact, she suggests that the only w...Predicting the future of primary care in England
...of a system based on social values. Expenditure on weapons has been diverted to the NHS, coordination and cooperation have superseded market forces, and patients are dealt with quickly and appropriately. For Hamish Meldrum, Chairman of the BMA's General Practitioners Committee, the future finds general prac...Study reveals surprising attitudes about research involving adults with Alzheimer's
...years, researchers have brought out some heavy new weapons to test in the fight against Alzheimer's disease, including new medications, gene transfer interventions that inject genes into the brain, and "vaccines" designed to trigger the immune system to fight the disease from within. All of these promising, ...CDC awards UGA researchers $900,000 grant to study teen behaviors in high school
...to pushing and shoving, to the extreme of bringing weapons to school. The new study, called "Healthy Teens," is a continuation of a previous grant that followed the same students through middle school. "Healthy Teens" will study factors that protect students from violence-related behaviors, including aggres...Promote use of drugs to prevent AIDS infection, researchers urge
...counsel people to avoid risky behavior, still more weapons are needed to fight the stubborn scourge, they say. Writing in today's (Sept. 30) issue of the journal Science, an international team of researchers, clinicians and others explains that a promising, relatively new approach is for people not infected ...Ways to detect, thwart terrorist acts scrutinized during ACS national meeting
...D OTHERWISE WASHINGTON Detecting and identifying weapons of mass destruction is key to thwarting acts of te...devices that quickly and accurately root out these weapons before they can be used. More than 40 presentations over five days will focus on the promise and cha...Cognitive therapy effective in preventing repeat suicide attempts
...s for violence prevention address the lethality of weapons or social, pharmacological, and other situational factors that may lower the threshold for violent ideation to progress to violent action. Although these factors are late in the causal pathway from mental illness to violence, they are no less importa...