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Bloody Disturbances in Xinjiang/East Turkistan
July 9, 2009 Bloody Disturbances in Xinjiang/East Turkistan -- 2,100 Monitoring Cameras Installed Rights group: Beijing intends to tear down the traditional city of Kashgar By Rebecca Sommer Special to Huntingtonnews.net The outbreak of bloody disturbances in the province of Xinjiang/East Turkistan has led the Society for Threatened Peoples ...
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Erythropoietin boosts brainpower
Healthy young mice treated with erythropoietin show lasting improved performance in learning and other higher brain functions.
Former Pupil Discovers Carlogie Balloon in Edinburgh
FOLLOWING their mega balloon launch last month, Carlogie Primary pupils have been eagerly waiting the return of the labels attached to the balloons in order to determine which balloon travelled furthest.
Physical Biology latest papers
Viscoelastic response of a model endothelial glycocalyx
Physikalisches Institut, Fakultat fur Physik, Georg-August-Universitat, Gottingen, Germany 4 Author to whom any correspondence should be addressed E-mail: cfs@physik3.gwdg.de Abstract.
Substance from flower fights prostate cancer: German scientists
The lily-like flowers of Belamcanda chinensis are grown in temperate-region gardens.
Chemical biology news and research from across RSC Publishing. Pulling membranes off cells 11 May 2009 German scientists are ripping cells apart to study their elasticity.
Pharmaceutical Technology - Manufactu...
It's become an embarrassment of riches. New, robust cell lines now churn out therapeutic monoclonal antibodies in quantities so high, biopharmaceutical manufacturers are having a hard time purifying the drugs with state-of-the-art tools and techniques.
Newport lorry driver tried to import ecstasy
A NEWPORT man who tried to flood the UK's streets with 165 kilos of Ecstasy tablets worth A 2.44m was jailed for 16 years yesterday.
Trucker jailed over ecstasy haul
Customs chiefs have welcomed the 16-year jail sentence for a lorry driver who was found with 165kg of ecstasy tablets, worth 2.44m. Leong Paul, 56, from Newport, south Wales, picked up the drugs from a service stop near Antwerp in Belgium, HM Revenue and Customs said.
VIVID MEMORIES: Ivan Dey, now a sprightly 96, can still recall the elation he felt on April 11, 1945, the day their German guards abandoned them to American soldiers.
Report warns on herbal weight-loss products
Some "herbal" weight-loss products may in fact contain powerful drugs that could put consumers at risk of serious side effects, according to researchers.
Physics in Medicine and Biology lates...
Fourier deconvolution reveals the role of the Lorentz function as the ...
Fourier deconvolution reveals the role of the Lorentz function as the convolution kernel of narrow photon beams Armand Djouguela et al 2009 Phys.
Why George Frideric Handel Still Matters
Mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato's new Handel recording features flights of fury and tragedy.
Chinese Herbal Supplements That Claim To Help With Weight Loss? Maybe Poison
Herbal supplement use has continued to rise as people have become aware that some natural products may be superior to synthetic ones, meaning a boost in reported herbal supplement use from 2.5% of people in 1990 to 18.6% in 2002.
Penny-pinching benefits bosses have slashed a jobless dad's payments after he was caught begging.
It doesn't pay to be industrious--even if it involves begging--when one is on social welfare in Germany.
Cheltenham Mayor to welcome German visitors from twin town
A group of 50 pupils from Cheltenham's twin town of Gottingen in Germany will be visiting the town for the day on Thursday.
Intra-shell luminescence of transition-metal-implanted zinc oxide nanowires
Zinc oxide nanowires were grown by vapor transport using the vapor–liquid–solid growth mechanism.
Inverse Problems latest papers
Iterative and range test methods for an inverse source problem for acoustic waves
We propose two methods for solving an inverse source problem for time-harmonic acoustic waves.
Paris, D.C. Honor Robert Frank's Gritty `Americans' Photos at 50: Review
Robert Frank was denounced as sneakily subversive and technically inept when his photography book a oeThe Americansa came out in 1959.