Archive for October 15th, 2008

Plant-eating predator to fight superweed is not magic bullet

Plans to introduce plant-eating predators to fight a superweed spreading throughout Britain should not be seen as a “magic bullet,” says a world expert on Japanese knotweed at the University of Leicester.

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Wednesday, October 15th, 2008

To reduce costs of medical care, pay for procedures that are known to work

Authors of an article in the Oct. 15 Journal of the American Medical Association are available to provide details on “evidence-based reimbursement” as a way to reduce health care costs without diminishing quality.

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Wednesday, October 15th, 2008

Earliest known human TB found in 9,000-year-old skeletons

The discovery of the earliest known cases of human tuberculosis in bones found submerged off the coast of Israel shows that the disease is 3000 years older than previously thought. Direct examination of this ancient DNA confirms the latest theory that bovine TB evolved later than human TB.

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Wednesday, October 15th, 2008

What do you know? Not as much as you think

We’ve all met know-it-alls—people who think they know more than they actually do. If they’re talking about products, like wine or motorcycles, they might actually know as much as they think. But when it comes to health plans,

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Wednesday, October 15th, 2008

Hubble gets a jump start

Posted on behalf of Ashley Yeager. If all goes well, Hubble could be back to its old tricks by the end of the week. The Hubble Space Telescope’s science mission has been largely suspended since 27 September, when the earth-orbiting

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Wednesday, October 15th, 2008

Comment 1 (AAS DPS 2008: Pluto)

At the beginning of the topic all person say is pluto planet ı think we have a lot of planet in the world we dont know beetwen our world how much planet maybe they are to much smaller than our world where we know.

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Wednesday, October 15th, 2008

China's Nobel Desire

It’s Nobel Prize season, and the inevitable question is appearing on China-related websites. “China has become the third country to have a man walk in space. But as yet, no Chinese citizen has won a Nobel Prize. This puzzles the Chinese

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Wednesday, October 15th, 2008

Scientists close in on method to fight deadly childhood cancer

Focusing on a gene known as ALK in human cell lines and tissue samples, scientists used a small-molecule inhibitor to block abnormalities that apparently cause neuroblastomas, a type of cancer responsible for 15 percent of all cancer deaths in children.

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Wednesday, October 15th, 2008

Providing in-state tuition to undocumented immigrants increases college enrol…

Providing tuition subsidy increased the college enrollment and educational attainment of young noncitizen Mexicans.

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Wednesday, October 15th, 2008

School voucher adoption affected by political decision-making

Success in introducing vouchers is highly correlated with these governments’ political institutions and traditions.

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Wednesday, October 15th, 2008