At a meeting held at CERN this morning, scientists presented the latest results from the search for the long-sought Higgs particle. After 30 years of research and $9 billion of investment, they've changed the face of physics forever: they've found the Higgs boson. More »
According to a study published online in Nature Genetics, researchers have identified three new mutations associated with megalencephaly (enlarged brain size), cancer, autism, hydrocephalus, skin growth disorders, epilepsy, and vascular anomalies. The study, led by Seattle Children's Research...
Like the mystery of how the great pyramids in Egypt were built, no one's really sure how the giant Moia statues on Easter Island were transported to the platforms where they were later discovered. But researchers think they might have finally figured it out. More »
A shipment of 1,700 children's shoes containing three times the acceptable levels of lead was stopped last week by Customs officers at the Port of Seattle. The shoes, which were on their way from China, were headed to a local distributor, and would have ended up on store shelves. More »Post...
Ebola is an incredibly aggressive virus that kills 90 percent of people it infects, and it is often feared that its use as a biological weapon could wipe out millions of people—because it has no known cure. Now, though, scientists are one step closer to finding a solution, because they can now...
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Inflammatory breast cancer is a very aggressive type of cancer associated with early metastasis and poor survival rates, and the prognosis is even worse for patients with tumors expressing the ErbB2 receptor. The ErbB2-inhibiting drug lapatinib can slow the spread of cancer cells in individuals...
Researchers at NYU School of Medicine have, for the first time, identified a single gene that simultaneously controls inflammation, accelerated aging and cancer. "This was certainly an unexpected finding," said principal investigator Robert J. Schneider, PhD, the Albert Sabin Professor of...
A human's self-awareness is controlled by a small region in the brain called the anterior insular cortex (insula). Within the insula lies a unique cell type - the von Economo neuron (VEN) - believed to be unique to humans, elephants, whales and great apes. Now, German researchers have found...
Vanderbilt researchers have discovered a rare, but important risk posed by the antibiotic azithromycin, commonly called a "Z-pack." The study found a 2.5-fold higher risk of cardiovascular death in the first five days of taking azithromycin when compared with another common antibiotic or no...
...kidney! doctor says wait a year? Had blood in urine once alst week and freaked out, my pee returned to normal after 1 pee but I went to the doctors and took CT scan without contrast in the abdomin, found an unobstructing kidney stone in my kidney! doctor says wait a year and then do an ultra...
...kidney! doctor says wait a year? Had blood in urine once alst week and freaked out, my pee returned to normal after 1 pee but I went to the doctors and took CT scan without contrast in the abdomin, found an unobstructing kidney stone in my kidney! doctor says wait a year and then do an ultra...
Black children are less likely than white children to receive medication for abdominal pain in the emergency department (ED) even when they report severe pain, according to a study to be presented Saturday, April 28, at the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) annual meeting in Boston. "The...
For the last two years, I have been on a never-ending quest to find an all-natural, eco-friendly deodorant. During that time--and many "pit"falls, I have tried over a dozen different brands and none of them stood the test of my hot, humid Florida climate. Until I discovered LUSH. More »Post...
This is what I have in my head.
A lounge that isn't crowded, plays music like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9ej-GSb7MQ
That looks something like this:
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/254590_2127257184815_3023235_n.jpg...
Left-ventricular hyper-trabeculation (LVHT) - a feature of certain cardiomyopathies (chronic disease of the heart muscle) - has been found to be more common in black, male athletes according to a new study presented at the World Congress of Cardiology. A study of 692 athletes carried out in the...
What figurative language technique is found in the following line of "The Bells" by
Edgar Allan Poe? "Hear the? What figurative language technique is found in the following line of "The Bells" by Edgar Allan Poe?
"Hear the mellow wedding bells"
Alliteration
Assonance
Both A and B
None of...
In a joint study, researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Arizona State University found evidence suggesting that a class of antibiotics previously banned by the U.S. government for poultry production is still in use. Results of the study were published in...
A compound found in red wine, grapes and other fruits, and similar in structure to resveratrol, is able to block cellular processes that allow fat cells to develop, opening a door to a potential method to control obesity, according to a Purdue University study. Kee-Hong Kim, an assistant...
only use alt.series test now? I have to state whether it's absolute convergence, conditional convergence, or divergence.
I learned that if I get the answer of divergent, then I must check for conditionally convergent.so,
Ex. I found SUM (-1)^(n+1) n!/2^n to = infinity which is Divergent by my...