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![]() Calgary, Alberta (UPI) May 3, 2010 University of Calgary scientists in Canada say they have used measurements of distant earthquakes to learn more about the Earth's core and its formation. Professor David Eaton and doctoral student Catrina Alexandrakis said knowledge of the composition and the of that core is key to unraveling the source of the Earth's magnetic field and the formation of our planet. To determine the materials that make up the Earth's core, which is 1,797 miles below the surface, Eaton and Alexandrakis sai ... read more |
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New Meds Faster![]() Biomolecules are medicine's jacks-of-all-trades: They are suitable for the diagnosis and treatment of cancer diseases; they are used in the treatment of multiple sclerosis and asthma; they help stimulate the build-up of the body's own immune defenses with flu and polio inoculations. In the laboratories of the pharmaceutical industry, new biomolecules are constantly being engineered: Specif ... more Haiti's new burns unit kept busy as fire hazards rise ![]() Electrocuted by live wires or burned in fires, growing numbers of Haitians have been seeking treatment at a new field hospital here after accidents on the streets or in the camps. Faced with an increasing demand for burns treatment, Medecins Sans Frontiers set up the unit after the January 12 earthquake in a special wing of its hospital in Delmas. And the service, the only one in the cou ... more IV Water Filter May Open Medical Options For Astronauts ![]() Technology for a water filtration system initially developed at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida is going to get a major test during the STS-131 mission as it is called on to create water clean enough to be used intravenously, commonly referred to as an IV. If it works, the system could prove critical to future astronauts if they have a medical emergency while traveling far from Earth. It ... more |
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![]() Beijing (AFP) April 5, 2010 Nine workers were rescued alive from a Chinese coal mine early Monday, more than a week after the vast site flooded trapping 153 miners underground, state television said. China Central Television showed live footage from the Wangjialing mine, in the northern province of Shanxi, of several of the rescued men - the first known survivors - being rushed to hospital in ambulances. They were strapped to stretchers, wrapped in green blankets and had towels covering their eyes and blackened faces to ... read more |
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