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CSAIL hosts debate on robotic 'nature' and future
11-28-2006 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)"Creativity: The Mind, Machines, and Mathematics," a debate and discussion hosted by AI pioneer Rodney Brooks, will celebrate the 70th anniversary of Alan Turing's groundbreaking paper "On Computable Numbers," on Nov. 30.
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- Adaptation to global climate change is an essential response to a warming planet
02-07-2007 · EurekAlert!
Temperatures are rising on Earth, which is heating up the debate over global warming and the future of our planet, but what may be needed most to combat global warming is a greater focus on adapting to our changing planet, says a team of science policy experts writing in this week's Nature magazine.
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- Why do so many species live in tropical forests and coral reefs?
10-31-2007 · EurekAlert!
The latest development in a major debate over a controversial hypothesis of biodiversity and species abundance will be published in the Nov. 1, 2007, issue of Nature. The authors report good agreement between the species richness of two of the most vulnerable ecosystems -- tropical forests and coral reefs -- and a simple mathematical model building on the "neutral theory of biodiversity." The research could aid the effort to protect terrestrial biodiversity from climate change and urban development.
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- Gene discovery aids understanding of common inherited neurological disorder
06-21-2007 · EurekAlert!
Thanks to a randomly appearing strain of "pale tremor" lab mice, the multi-university research team was rapidly able to track down the gene responsible for similar disability in people. The work, published online in the Journal Nature, paves the way for future genetic tests and later on, possible treatments for a small percentage of people with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disorder, which causes leg pain, muscle weakness and foot deformities.
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- Protein enhances lethality of influenza virus
10-10-2007 · EurekAlert!
The 1918 influenza virus pandemic was responsible for more than 40 million deaths across the globe. The incredible lethality of the 1918 flu strain is not well understood, despite having been under intense scrutiny for many years. Now, a new study published by Cell Press in the October issue of the journal Cell Host & Microbe unravels some of the mystery surrounding the devastating 1918 pandemic and provides key information that will help prepare for future pandemics.
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- CEHS hosts gene-environment symposium
01-24-2007 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
The MIT Center for Environmental Health Sciences (CEHS) will host a Gene-Environment Interaction Symposium featuring talks by MIT experts on Jan. 26 in the Stata Center (Room 32-141).
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- A discordant name for a dwarf planet
10-70-2006 · Science News Online
The largest known object at the fringes of the solar system, the icy body whose discovery heated up the debate about the nature of planethood, has an apt new name.
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- Iowa State astronomer helps discover planet that offers clues to Earth's future
09-12-2007 · EurekAlert!
Iowa State University's Steve Kawaler helped an international team of astronomers make the first discovery of a planet orbiting a star near the end of its life. The news provides a preliminary picture of what could be the Earth's destiny in four to five billion years. The discovery will be announced in the Sept. 13 issue of the journal Nature.
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- Improved wettability of carbon nanotubes opens the door to new possibilities
11-21-2007 · EurekAlert!
Carbon nanotubes have long been touted as the wonder material of the future but their wonder properties can also be their downfall. The non-reactive nature of carbon nanotubes means they can be difficult to incorporate into other materials for real world applications.
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- 'No' doesn't always mean 'no'
04-25-2007 · EurekAlert!
Just because someone decides not to participate in a research project doesn't necessarily mean that they fundamentally object to taking part, a study published online in BMC Health Services Research suggests. Misunderstandings about the nature and process of a study often contribute to expressions of nonconsent, a factor that should be incorporated in the design of future studies.
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- Several genes that regulate the disease SLE have been identified
01-22-2008 · EurekAlert!
Swedish researchers, in collaboration with foreign colleagues, have identified a number of new genes that can be tied to the disease SLE, including a gene that hopefully might be used to treat the disease in the future by regulating the production of antibodies. These unique findings are being published in three articles in the new issue of the journal Nature Genetics.
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