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CU-Boulder Has Three Payloads On Shuttle AtlantisBoulder CO (SPX) May 12, 2010 NASA's space shuttle Atlantis will make its final flight May 14 carrying three University of Colorado at Boulder-built biomedical payload devices, including one to help scientists understand how and why slimy and troublesome clumps of microorganisms flourish in the low-gravity conditions of space. The experiments on biofilms - clusters of microorganisms that adhere to each other or to various surfaces - are of high interest to space scientists because of their potential impacts on astronaut and sp ... read more |
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Houston TX (SPX) Apr 26, 2010NASA's Human Research Program and the National Space Biomedical Research Institute, or NSBRI, of Houston will fund 11 proposals to help investigate questions about astronaut health and performance on future space exploration missions. The selected proposals, representing 10 institutions in eight states, will receive a total of almost $10 million over a three- to four-year period. The Human ... more  
Tel Aviv, Israel (UPI) Apr 22, 2010 Most water treatment plants use chlorine to keep water free of bacteria but Israeli scientists say ultraviolet light might be a better method. Tel Aviv University postdoctoral researcher Hadas Mamane, doctoral student Anat Lakretz, Professor Eliora Ron and their team said although chlorine keeps water free of micro-organisms, it also produces carcinogenic byproducts. The scientis ... more  
Baltimore MD (SPX) Apr 21, 2010Inpatient mortality rates, used by organizations to issue "report cards" on the quality of individual U.S. hospitals, are a poor gauge of how well hospitals actually perform and should be abandoned in favor of measures that more accurately assess patient harms and the care being provided, argue patient safety experts in a new paper. Peter Pronovost, M.D., Ph.D., professor of anesthesiology ... more |
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Sri Lanka war wounded face long fight to recoveryRagama, Sri Lanka (AFP) April 18, 2010 Sri Lanka's leaders have hailed the end of the island's long civil war as the start of a new era, but for soldiers injured in battle, the future is far from rosy. In a hospital outside the capital Colombo, Manju Lakshman, 32, lies on a bed staring at the ceiling. He was shot in the spine by Tamil Tiger rebels one year ago in the last weeks of fighting in the northeast of Sri Lanka as the military offensive reached its climax along the coastal Mullaittivu district. His wounds have left him a ... read more |
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