Superconducting magnet attracts molecular research
One of the newest - and unequivocally the coolest - pieces of real estate on the Brandeis University campus is a facility containing a state-of-the-art superconducting magnet for use in researching biological macromolecules such as DNA, RNA, enzymes and other proteins. The installation of the gleaming 800 MHz German-made Bruker magnet was recently completed in a specially built facility o...Fitchburg Technology Campus attracts nanotechnology firms
Ground-breaking will be held on Nov. 16 for the second New Venture Center building. Its anchor...UW attracts speaker on network that could supplant Internet
In a seminar Tuesday evening held by the University of Wisconsin-Madison's computer science department, a leading Princeton researcher said the commercial Internet is no longer friendly to experimentation. <a target="b...Attractive Male Not Only Attracts but Stimulates
A recent study finds that the presence of attractive males stimulates the females to mature// early. Scientists from the Universities of Exeter and Glasgow discovered that some females become sexually mature more quickly if they see attractive males. The researchers studied a captive population of green swordtail fish, a species native to Central America and popular in t...Bird Flu Vaccine - Indonesia Attracts WHO Attention
Today, the key challenge in the development of vaccines for bird flu, clearly revolves around finding a vaccine to combat the deadly strain //of bird flu, the H5N1 virus, which could mutate to pandemic proportions. In the past 50 years, nations in the world have continually exchanged information with the WHO on new flu strains. This is being done with the motive of assisting scientist...Gay Pride Attracts Tens of Thousands in Rome
Tens of thousands Saturday staged the Gay Pride parade in Rome, urging the Italian government to fast-track plans to grant homosexual couples legal status and override Vatican objections . The raucous and colourful crowd, which included transvestites and lawmakers, marched under a baking sun from Rome's Saint Paul's Gate to the Basilica of Saint John Lateran, the official ecclesiastica...Inquest of Date-rape Drug Victim Attracts Wide Attention in Australia
Dianne Elizabeth Brimble, the 42-year-old mother of three from Brisbane, Queensland in Australia died on September 23, 2002 , within 24 hours of boarding a cruise liner. She was apparently felled by a toxic combination of alcohol and date-rape drug gamma hydroxybutyrate, also known as fantasy. She had gone on the cruise with her 12-year-old daughter, sister and niece, and two families...