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First Brain Recordings From Behaving Fruit FliesPasadena CA (SPX) Feb 17, 2010 Researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have obtained the first recordings of brain-cell activity in an actively flying fruit fly. The work-by Michael Dickinson, the Esther M. and Abe M. Zarem Professor of Bioengineering, with postdoctoral scholars Gaby Maimon and Andrew Straw-suggests that at least part of the brain of the fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster) "is in a different and more sensitive state during flight than when the fly is quiescent," Dickinson says. A p ... read more |
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Port Harcourt, Nigeria (UPI) Feb 4, 2009 A 10-week-old leadership crisis that has paralyzed government lies behind a threat by southern rebels to not only resume their war against Africa's largest oil industry but expand it with an "all-out onslaught" in which "nothing will be spared." Worse, the power vacuum caused by the absence of President Uramu Yar'Adua, who has been hospitalized in Saudi Arabia with heart problems since ... more  
Manchester UK (SPX) Feb 03, 2010Medical equipment used for diagnosis of patients with heart disease and cancer could be a key weapon in stopping nuclear waste seeping into the environment, according to new research. A team of scientists from the Universities of Manchester and Leeds have joined forces with experts in nuclear medicine at Manchester Royal Infirmary, using medical gamma-ray cameras to track radioactive isoto ... more  
Washington (AFP) Feb 1, 2010President Barack Obama's defense budget invests heavily in medical care and morale-boosting programs for US soldiers and their families amid the mounting strain of more than eight years of war. The 2011 budget unveiled on Monday and a Pentagon strategy review put a spotlight on the emotional and financial burden placed on the all-volunteer force since the attacks of September 11, 2001. T ... more |
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US funds treatment of critical Haiti quake victimsPort-Au-Prince (AFP) Feb 1, 2010 The US government stepped-up medical relief for Haitians Monday by releasing additional funds to cover the cost of treating critically injured quake victims in US hospitals. The funds will allow hospitals in the United States to receive federal reimbursement for treatment of the "rare patients with life-threatening conditions that cannot be handled within Haiti or by evacuation to another country," said USAID and the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Rajiv Shah, the newly-appoint ... read more |
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