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Burb's Eye View: It's getting easier to find the right genes
The steps leading down to the quiet storefront added to the intimidation. He remembers it not as a cellar, exactly, but it was a small, dense room underneath the street-level life pulsing away in the evening. Leo Myers, then just a teen, approached the...Tags: Abraham Lincoln, Slavery, Genes and Chromosomes, Human Body, Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
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Autry center buys Burbank land
The Autry National Center on Wednesday bought a new facility on Victory Boulevard to house a new research and resource center. The acquisition will accommodate curatorial offices, laboratories, two research libraries and about 500,000 artworks and...Tags: Los Angeles, Burbank (Los Angeles, California)
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From The Back Pew: Mixing religion with the extraterrestrial
Last week I visited Jet Propulsion Laboratory during its annual open house. I was told by JPL media relations that about 30,000 to 40,000 visitors attended the event. I was in high school the last time I attended a JPL open house, attending as part of an...Tags: CBS Corp., Trips and Vacations, Giordano Bruno, Travel, Vatican City
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Dr. Mark E. Molliver, Hopkins neuroscientist
Dr. Mark E. Molliver, a Johns Hopkins School of Medicine professor emeritus of neuroscience and neurology, died of complications after cardiac arrest May 10 at his hospital. The Canton resident was 75.
Colleagues said his discoveries had an impact on...Tags: Teachers, Wetlands, Physiology, Food and Drug Administration, Teaching and Learning
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MIT develops ketchup bottle that lets you use every drop
The research institution that brought you the fax machine and GPS has come up with another potentially world-changing invention: a bottle coating so slick that every last bit of ketchup slides out quickly and easily. In what could be a disruptive...
Tags: Arable Farming, Google+, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Ketchup, DARPA
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Showcase unveils $292 million in potential contracts
Daily American Staff WriterApproximately $292 million in new deals was announced Thursday at the conclusion of the Showcase for Commerce in Johnstown. Leading the pack in terms of contract totals was the nonprofit Concurrent Technologies Corp., also known as CTC. President and CEO...Tags: Technology, U.S. Navy, U.S. Army, Corporate Officers, Economy, Business and Finance
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Forecasters predict near-normal Atlantic hurricane season
Conditions in the atmosphere and the ocean favor a near-normal hurricane season in the Atlantic Basin this season, NOAA announced today from Miami at its Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, and home to the Hurricane Research Division....
Tags: Tropical Storms, Natural Disasters, Jane Lubchenco, Tropical Weather, Hurricane Andrew (1992)
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Researchers eye saliva for patient testing
No one likes to get stuck with a needle.
But it's the only way doctors can get blood to test for diabetes, anemia and numerous other health problems.
Scientists at the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing say there is a much less invasive and...Tags: Diabetes, Children's Health, DNA, Heart Disease, Heart Attack
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Why Used-Car Prices Will Stay High
KickingTiresMike Hogan didn't expect much for his trade-in, a 13-year-old stick-shift Subaru Forester SUV with 129,000 miles on the odometer. He'd have been happy with $1,500. The dealer offered $2,750. "I suppose I undervalue my used cars because I drive......Tags: Subaru, Passenger Cars, Vehicles, Ford, Manufacturing and Engineering
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Injury prevention laws save lives, report shows
Tens of thousands of lives have been saved over the years because Americans more routinely wear seat belts and don't drive drunk.
But there are other public health threats from those who text while driving or overdose on prescription drugs.
That's why a...Tags: University of Virginia, Abusive Behavior, Yeardley Love, Injuries and Wounds, Justice System
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Runners Race Along the Lakefront in Support of Brain Tumor Research
TribLocal - EvanstonThe 2012 Magellan Development Chicago Spring Half Marathon and 10K raised funds for Northwestern Brain Tumor Institute CHICAGO— More than 1,500 runners braved wind and …... -
PSA test for prostate cancer should be dropped, task force says
The PSA test should be abandoned as a prostate cancer screening tool, a government advisory panel has concluded after determining that the side effects from needless biopsies and treatments hurt many more men than are potentially helped by early detection...Tags: Internists, University of California, Los Angeles, Trials, Prostate Cancer, Health and Medical Professionals
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