http://www.generef.com/ GeneRef - Science News, Genomics, Bioinformatics, Nanotechnology, A Global Resource en-us Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:35:01 PDT kcowing@spaceref.com (Keith Cowing) mkboucher@spaceref.com (Marc Boucher) Copyright 2009, SpaceRef Interactive Inc. http://www.generef.com/images/generef.sm.jpg http://www.generef.com/ 100 25 GeneRef - Science News, Genomics, Bioinformatics, Nanotechnology, A Global Resource http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=82493 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=82493 The University of Hawaii at Manoa's School of Ocean Earth Science and Technology completed a three-year long investigation of Sea Disposal Site Hawaii Number 5, a deep-water military munitions disposal site in US coastal waters approximately 5 miles sout Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:20:21 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=82333 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=82333 A five-year study into the causes of deaths of workers at Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant shows significantly lower death rates from all causes and cancer in general when compared to the overall United States population. This is known by occupational heal Thu, 22 Jul 2010 07:20:23 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=82307 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=82307 Recently, academic debate has been swirling around the existence of unusual quantum mechanical effects in the most ubiquitous of phenomena, including photosynthesis, the process by which organisms convert light into chemical energy. In a paper in The Jour Wed, 21 Jul 2010 12:20:22 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=82110 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=82110 Video Results Thu, 15 Jul 2010 23:21:04 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=81865 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=81865 A major breakthrough in remote wave sensing by a team of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute researchers opens the way for detecting hidden explosives, chemical, biological agents and illegal drugs from a distance of 20 meters. Sun, 11 Jul 2010 10:20:20 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=81863 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=81863 Video Results Sat, 10 Jul 2010 20:21:02 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=81645 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=81645 Using super-high pressures similar to those found deep in the Earth or on a giant planet, Washington State University researchers have created a compact, never-before-seen material capable of storing vast amounts of energy. Sun, 4 Jul 2010 10:20:21 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=81644 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=81644   Sat, 3 Jul 2010 08:21:03 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=81639 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=81639 Prison programs to de-radicalize terrorists show promise, if well-run, says a joint report from the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism at the University of Maryland, and the International Center for the Study of Radi Fri, 2 Jul 2010 13:20:20 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=81349 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=81349 Video Results Fri, 25 Jun 2010 16:21:05 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=81091 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=81091 An earlier study has shown that the stress of the Second Lebanon War in Israel increased the frequency of attacks in multiple sclerosis patients. The present study reveals that a potential way to minimize MS exacerbation is by directly coping with the sit Mon, 21 Jun 2010 06:20:22 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=81067 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=81067 Video Results Fri, 18 Jun 2010 15:21:04 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=80791 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=80791 Video Results Fri, 11 Jun 2010 11:21:07 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=80491 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=80491   Sat, 5 Jun 2010 06:21:04 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=80273 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=80273 Video Results Mon, 31 May 2010 10:21:03 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=80271 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=80271 Video Results Mon, 31 May 2010 07:21:05 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=79940 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=79940 While no terrorist has managed to deploy a dirty bomb, the same cannot be said of chemical agents. In a series of tests still underway researchers are using lasers to scrub surfaces clean of sulfur mustard gas and VX, a nerve agent. The tests have proved Thu, 20 May 2010 14:20:20 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=79682 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=79682   Fri, 14 May 2010 13:21:03 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=79495 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=79495   Mon, 10 May 2010 18:21:04 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=79368 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=79368 Bacterial spores, the most resistant organisms on earth, carry an extra coating of protection previously undetected, a team of microbiologists reports in the latest issue of the journal Current Biology. Their findings offer additional insight into why spo Thu, 6 May 2010 09:20:23 PDT