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1. NOAA announces next solar storm cycle will likely start next March
   04-27-2007 · EurekAlert!
   The next 11-year cycle of solar storms will most likely start next March and peak in late 2011 or mid-2012 -- up to a year later than expected -- according to a forecast issued today by NOAA's Space Environment Center, in coordination with an international panel of solar experts. Expected to begin last fall, the delayed onset of Solar Cycle 24 stymied the panel and left them evenly split over the cycle's intensity.
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2. Stormy days ahead for coral reefs
   11-28-2006 · EurekAlert!
   Scientists from the ARC Center of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies have produced the world's first engineering model to predict how much damage a reef is likely to suffer when confronted with an angry sea. In a paper in Nature, Dr. Joshua Madin and Dr. Sean Connolly use mathematical models to calculate the forces that coral is subjected to by waves or storm surge and the probability of the colonies being ripped from the seabed.
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3. Arizona State scientists keep an eye on Martian dust storm
   07-11-2007 · EurekAlert!
   Scientists at Arizona State University's Mars Space Flight Center are using the Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) on NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter to monitor a large dust storm on the Red Planet. The dust storm, which erupted during the last week of June 2007, is affecting operations for all five spacecraft operating at Mars: two NASA rovers on the ground plus three orbiters, two of which belong to NASA and one to the European Space Agency.
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4. Spinal Cord Stimulators Tested As Treatment For Patients With Migraine Headaches
   09-29-2006 · ScienceDaily
   Researchers at Rush University Medical Center are testing a new treatment for migraine headaches: occipital nerve stimulation, a surgical procedure in which an implanted neurostimulator delivers electrical impulses to nerves under the skin at the base of the head at the back of the neck.
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5. Department of Energy Seeks Public Comment On Brookhaven Lab Cleanup
   10-12-2006 · Brookhaven National Laboratory
   The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is seeking public comment on a proposed cleanup plan for soil and groundwater contamination near the center of the Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) site. The public comment period will be open from October 12 through November 13, 2006.
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6. Scientists pinpoint brain site for rapid learning
   10-20-2006 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
   MIT researchers have provided the first two-pronged evidence--based on both behavior and physiology--that a specific juncture in the memory center of the brain is crucial for rapid learning.
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7. Cedars-Sinai researchers on multicenter team linking gene mutation to Crohn's disease
   10-26-2006 · EurekAlert!
   The North American IBD Genetics Consortium has linked a gene mutation to the development of Crohn's disease, a chronic, relapsing inflammatory disorder of the gastrointestinal tract that affects 100 to 150 of every 100,000 people of European ancestry. The consortium is composed of IBD genetics research groups from seven centers in North America, including Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, and this effort was led by teams at Yale University and the University of Pittsburgh.
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8. Common antacids could help keep gingivitis at bay
   11-02-2006 · EurekAlert!
   Chemicals commonly used to treat heartburn also display fighting power against the oral bacteria linked with gum disease, according to researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center and Göteborg University in Sweden.
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9. Research finds shorter-course radiation treatment safe for breast cancer
   11-08-2006 · EurekAlert!
   External-beam radiation therapy for early-stage breast cancer can be delivered safely and in a shorter course that eliminates as much as two weeks from conventional treatment, finds a Fox Chase Cancer Center study.
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10. Children's Hospital and Research Center-Oakland presents a new maternal diet study
    11-13-2006 · EurekAlert!
    Children's Hospital and Research Center, Oakland, Calif., scientists are the first to show that maternal diet during pregnancy can impact obesity, diabetes and cancer issues in offspring for generations. It's no secret that a mother's diet could affect her children, but this study suggests it can affect grandchildren and possibly further generations. You may not only be what you may eat, but what your maternal grandmothers ate.
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