Science News / Nonstick Chemicals Linked To Infertility
A provocative new study finds that women who have trouble getting pregnant are more likely to have high concentrations of certain nonstick-chemical pollutants circulating in their blood than are those who become pregnant within the first month of ... [... more]
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Science News / Stimulus Bill Doesn't Ignore R & D;
Rumors have circulated for weeks about how robustly the economic-stimulus package would invest in research and development. The first solid clues emerged yesterday when the House Appropriations Committee released draft legislation to finance a ... [... more]
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Science News / Obama Selects Steven Chu As Energy Secretary
Since 2004, physicist Steven Chu has been on indefinite leave from Stanford University so that he might head Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Looks like Stanford will have to hold his slot a bit longer. This afternoon the Associated Press ... [... more]
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Science News / Federal R & D; Downturn Preceded '08 ...
Federal scientists and those whose work is funded out of the federal coffers have been lamenting that their budgets are inadequate. In fact, new data show, the buying power of what they get has been falling - as have federal outlays. The National ... [... more]
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New England Journal of Medicine
Last September, Chinese officials acknowledged that months-long illegal use of a fraudulent protein substitute - melamine - had poisoned powdered infant formula that was sold throughout the country. Some 300,000 children are believed to have ... [... more]
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Science News / New Money For Undergraduate Research
Profs who want to push science beyond the classroom have a strong ally: the Tucson, Ariz.-based Research Corporation for Science Advancement. In about a month, it will begin issuing requests for proposals to launch a new type of grants for ... [... more]
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Science News / Half-life (more Or Less)
Physicists are stirred by claims that the sun may change what's unchangeable-the rate of radioactive decay Home / November 22nd, 2008; Vol.174 #11 / Feature Half-life (more or less) Physicists are stirred by claims that the sun may change what's ... [... more]
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Science News / Large Hadron Collider
This fall, the massive Large Hadron Collider beneath France and Switzerland will switch on Home / July 19th, 2008; Vol.174 #2 / Feature Large Hadron Collider This fall, the massive Large Hadron Collider beneath France and Switzerland will switch ... [... more]
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Science News / Nicotine's New Appeal
Mimicking the addictive compound's action in the brain could lead to new drugs for Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and schizophrenia First, let's clear the air: Nicotine invites addiction, and it employs a delivery device that's been killing people for ... [... more]
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Science News / Superconductors Escape Flatland
Iron-based materials allow 3-D current flow at high temperatures, open new doors for understanding superconductivity Home / News / News item Superconductors escape Flatland Iron-based materials allow 3-D current flow at high temperatures, open ... [... more]
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Science News / Quantum Information Teleported Between ...
New technique can move fragile quantum data between atoms without destroying it Home / News / News item Quantum information teleported between distant atoms New technique can move fragile quantum data between atoms without destroying it By ... [... more]
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Science News / Steven Chu's Senate Confirmation Looks ...
It wasn't exactly a love-fest, but the initial hearing, today, on Steven Chu's soon-to-be-formal Energy Secretary nomination couldn't have been more cordial. Although senators can be a fairly imperious lot, members of the Committee on Energy and ... [... more]
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