Science news articles about 'oct 7'

  • Also in the Oct. 7 JNCI

    ... Institute office of media relations, ncipressofficers@mail.nih.gov, (301) 496-6641 Also in the October 7 JNCI: http://www.eurekalert.org/emb_releases/2008-10/jotn-orc100208.php http://www ...
  • New Stanford diagnostic test for rare leukemia appears to give faster results, study finds

    ... use this signaling assay to confirm a diagnosis much more quickly." The study will be featured on the cover of the Oct. 7 issue of Cancer Cell. In addition to Nolan, who is an associate professor of ...
  • Small Asteroid To Light Up Sky Over Africa

    An asteroid measuring several feet in diameter is expected to enter the atmosphere over northern Sudan before dawn Tuesday (Oct. 7), setting off a potentially brilliant natural fireworks display.
  • Law improves mental health coverage

    WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 (UPI) -- The U.S. economic bailout bill signed into law Friday includes a requirement that insurers provide equal coverage for mental and physical illnesses.
  • Mayo Clinic study shows stool DNA testing for colorectal cancer has potential, but challenges remain

    ... DNA test to identify early colorectal cancer has limitations, according to a Mayo Clinic-led study published in the Oct. 7, 2008, issue of Annals of Internal Medicine. Results did ...
  • How are children choosing their food portions?

    ... . In findings to be presented at The Obesity Society's Annual Meeting on Oct. 7, children took more food when larger portions were made available to them. Jennifer Fisher, Ph.D., ...
  • New theory created for the start of cancer

    SALT LAKE CITY, Oct. 7 (UPI) -- A U.S. study using fruit flies has become the first to show in animals that losing just the end of a chromosome can lead to abnormalities, including cancer.
  • Pacific 'chemical equator' is discovered

    YORK, England, Oct. 7 (UPI) -- British scientists say they've found a "chemical equator" that divides Northern Hemisphere polluted air from the mostly uncontaminated Southern Hemisphere.
  • Nearly all Alaskan glaciers are thinning

    WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 (UPI) -- The U.S. Geological Survey says nearly all Alaskan mountain range and island group glaciers are experiencing significant retreat, thinning or stagnation.
  • U.S. announces 'Biofuels Action Plan'

    WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 (UPI) -- U.S. government officials have released the National Biofuels Action Plan, an interagency plan to accelerate development of a sustainable biofuels industry.
  • 2008 ozone hole larger than 2007's hole

    PARIS, Oct. 7 (UPI) -- The European Space Agency says scientists have determined the 2008 ozone hole is larger than last year's ozone hole but smaller than the 2006 hole.
  • FDA works to create safe malaria vaccines

    WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said it is entering into a collaboration to create better safety and efficacy tests for experimental malaria vaccines.
  • Study: Shade trees protect coffee crops

    ANN ARBOR, Mich., Oct. 7 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they've discovered traditional techniques offer promise for guarding against temperature and precipitation extremes in coffee crops.
  • Satellites study Greenland ice shrinkage

    AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 7 (UPI) -- U.S. and Dutch scientists say they've developed a method of accurately determining the precise extent of Greenland's shrinking ice cap.
  • CT scans change some ER treatment plans

    SEATTLE, Oct. 7 (UPI) -- A U.S. study shows computerized tomography scans change the initial ER treatment plans of more than one-quarter of all suspected appendicitis patients.

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