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• Breast Cancer
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  Saving More Breasts

  February 4, 2007 — A single tissue sample reveals if you have breast cancer with spread. That means the most aggressive cancer types can be detected at an early ... > full story
• Computer Programming
  Computers and Internet
  Information Technology
  Software
  Hacking
  Encryption
   

  'Hash' Competition Could Help Strengthen Computer Security

  February 1, 2007 — NIST is planning a competition to develop one or more cryptographic 'hash' algorithms to augment and revise the current Secure Hash Standard (Federal Information Processing Standard ... > full story
• Biometric
  Electronics
  Energy Policy
  Engineering
  Technology
  Nature of Water
   

  Right Counter Height Can Improve Fingerprint Capture

  January 19, 2007 — Once a tool primarily used by law enforcement, biometric technologies such as fingerprint readers increasingly are being used by governments and private industry for a personal ID that can't easily ... > full story
• Biometric
  Forensic Research
  Chemistry
  Biology
  Inorganic Chemistry
  Materials Science
   

  Dead Giveaway: Odors Released From Corpses Leave Chemical Fingerprint

  January 18, 2007 — A tiny microbe may hold the key to simpler, lower-cost production of ethanol from biomass sources such as trees, grasses and cornstalks. Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers are studying a ... > full story
• Genes
  Biochemistry Research
  Human Biology
  Organic Chemistry
  Biometric
  Microarrays
   
  

  Adenine 'Tails' Make Tailored Anchors For DNA

  December 23, 2006 — Researchers from NIST, the Naval Research Laboratory and the University of Maryland have demonstrated a deceptively simple technique for chemically bonding single strands of DNA to gold. The ... > full story
• Technology
  Biometric
  Detectors
  Environmental Issues
  Microbes and More
  Pollution
   

  Professors To Develop Hand-Held Pathogen Testing Device

  December 19, 2006 — Testing for deadly food, air and water pathogens may get a lot easier and cheaper thanks to the work of a Michigan State University researcher and his team. Syed Hashsham, an associate professor in ... > full story
• Biometric
  Forensics
  Forensic Research
  Technology
  Medical Devices
  Personalized Medicine
   

  Fingerprint Technology Pioneered In Leicester -- To Identify The Dead

  November 28, 2006 — Technology developed for roadside fingerprints using hand-held devices -- announced in the media this month -- has also been pioneered in identifying the dead, it has been ... > full story
• Microarrays
  Genes
  Human Biology
  Epigenetics Research
  Epigenetics
  Genetics
   

  Taking 'Chips' To The Next Level Of Gene Hunting

  November 16, 2006 — Researchers at the Johns Hopkins' High Throughput Biology Center have invented two new gene "chip" technologies that can be used to help identify otherwise elusive disease-causing mutations in the 97 ... > full story
• Biochemistry Research
  Organic Chemistry
  Biotechnology
  Evolutionary Biology
  Biochemistry
  Biology
   

  Solving The Structure Of XDNA

  November 13, 2006 — James Watson and Francis Crick deciphered the structure of regular DNA 53 years ago. Now, scientists from Stanford University have determined the structure of xDNA. That's "expanded DNA," a strange ... > full story
• HIV and AIDS
  Blood Clots
  Pharmacology
  Anemia
  Tuberculosis
  Pharmaceuticals
   

  Sports Cheats Beware -- New Test Detects Previously Undetectable Drug

  November 12, 2006 — Injecting performance enhancing corticosteroid hormones for other than medical treatment is banned, and tests exist that can detect injected hormones. Injecting synacthen, which stimulates the body ... > full story

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