Top Ten Astronomy Pictures of 2008

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From Neatorama: Phil Plait of Bad Astronomy blog has selected his ten favorite astronomy pictures from the year 2008. His descriptions are as entertaining as the pictures! This one shows spiral galaxy NGC 7331, which is about 50 million light years away. Read the whole ar

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Researchers Test Whether Sharks Enjoy Christmas
Songs

post from CR4 - Recent Blog Entries on 18 December 2008 09:37:58 AM. © CR4 - Recent Blog Entries

From Slashdot: Scientists plan to test whether sharks enjoy listening to Christmas pop songs, after US research showed fish could recognize melody. Chris Brown, senior marine biologist at the Loch Lomond aquarium, said seasonal music would be played through walkthrough underwater t

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Scientists find hole in Earth's magnetic
field

post from CR4 - Recent Blog Entries on 18 December 2008 09:37:25 AM. © CR4 - Recent Blog Entries

From USATODAY.com Tech - Top Stories: Recent satellite observations have revealed the largest breach yet seen in the magnetic field that protects Earth from most of the sun's violent blasts, researchers reported Tuesday. The discovery was made last summer by Themis, a fleet of five

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British Royal Navy Submarines Now Run Windows

post from CR4 - Recent Blog Entries on 18 December 2008 09:37:15 AM. © CR4 - Recent Blog Entries

From Slashdot: On his Government blog, Microsoft's Ian McKenzie announced today that the Royal Navy was ahead of schedule for switching their nuclear submarines to a customized Microsoft Windows solution dubbed 'Submarine Command System Next Generation (SMCS NG)' which apparently c

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LIF Cytokine Delays Photoreceptor Degeneration

post from ZAMP Bionews on 18 December 2008 09:35:26 AM. © ZAMP Bionews

Neural stress or injury activates opposing signaling pathways that promote survival and cell death. A thorough understanding of these pathways could allow researchers to effectively shift the balance in favor of survival without exacerbating damage.[...]

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Rutgers College Of Nursing Faculty Member Tests
Cell Phone Videos To Reduce HIV Risk

post from ZAMP Bionews on 18 December 2008 09:34:37 AM. © ZAMP Bionews

Rutgers College of Nursing faculty member, Rachel Jones, has been awarded a four-year, $2 million grant from the National Institute of Nursing Research at National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study the effects of a series of soap opera videos designed[...]

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Researchers Discover New Way Men Can Transmit HIV
To Women

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Researchers at Northwestern University have discovered a critical new way a man can transmit the HIV virus to a woman.Scientists had long believed that the normal lining of the female vaginal tract was an effective barrier to invasion of the HIV virus[...]

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Cabinet Secretary For Health & Wellbeing Hears
Breast Cancer Patient Experiences At Breakthrough Breast Cancers Scottish Launch Event

Nicola Sturgeon, MSP and Deputy First Minister & Cabinet Secretary for Health & Wellbeing heard breast cancer patients talk about their experiences of breast cancer services in Scotland at Breakthrough Breast Cancer’s Scottish Conversation[...]

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Vitamin D Deficiency In Infants And Nursing
Mothers Carries Long-Term Disease Risks

Once believed to be important only for bone health, vitamin D is now seen as having a critical function in maintaining the immune system throughout life. The newly recognized disease risks associated with vitamin D deficiency are clearly documented in a[...]

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GE Sets Up World's First OLED Christmas Tree

From TreeHugger: So, is it more efficient than an evergreen with LED string lights laced through it? GE has set up the world's first OLED Christmas tree. It's almost like they were bored after hours at the old Global Research Center. I guess they really wanted to show off their

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