Shannon Brownlee and Michael Wilkes: Health debate short on evidence-based science Sep 9, 2009
Take lumbar fusion surgery for simple lower back pain pain that isn't caused by cancer or a major accident. Between 1993 and 2003, spending for lumbar fusion rose 500 percent, despite an almost complete lack of sound evidence that this invasive, potentially risky procedure is effective. (Sacramento Bee -- Opinion)
Metaklett, A Steely Hook And Loop Fastener Sep 8, 2009
7, 2009) Hook and loop fasteners have become commonplace features of both industry and households. However, they have one snag: they are too weak for many applications. (Science Daily)
Sen. Kennedy carried out family's causes Aug 27, 2009
It lives on in a fusion of politics and celebrity created by patriarch Joseph P. Kennedy and his sons: in John F. Kennedy's leadership style and call to service; in a commitment to social justice inspired by Robert F. Kennedy, and in dozens of laws that bear Ted Kennedy's name or imprint, including one that helped make possible the multicultural, multihued society that elected a Black man president. The dark side of the family story also endures: two assassinations and 13 children who grew up... (AZCentral)
Soundoff:Spektor sparkles, others shine Aug 23, 2009
The self-titled debut from Zak Jacobson and the Pryor Convictions has several layers, perfectly patching together everything from classic rock guitar riffs ( Twisted ) to reggae fusion ( Rolling Up the 9-Mile ). The album opener, Like the Way (You Stay Away) emits hazy psychedelic rock, and the closer, Running for Cover, has a genuine front-porch blues feel with well-placed bending harmonica notes and timely acoustic guitar riffs. (Pembroke Mariner, MA)
Toward Limitless Energy: National Ignition Facility Focus Of Symposium Aug 21, 2009
20, 2009) Chemists are preparing to play an important but often unheralded role in determining the success of one of the largest and most important scientific experiments in history next year's initial attempts at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) to produce the world's first controlled nuclear fusion reaction ... A special two-day symposium addressing this topic, "Nuclear Diagnostics in Fusion Energy Research," will be presented Aug. 19 and 20 during the 238th National Meeting of the... (Science Daily)
'Swiss Army Knife' Protein Plays Unexpected Role Protecting Chromosome Tips; Possible Tie To Metastatic Cancer Aug 17, 2009
"The reason they died, in part, was that telomeres were fusing together. There was no reason to think Gcn5 would have anything at all to do with telomeres, so these fusions were quite puzzling." ... In the Molecular Cell paper, the researchers show that depletion of Gcn5 leads to chromosomal fusion and damage in mouse embryonic cell lines and also reduces the level of TRF1. (Science Daily)
Scripps Research scientists find early evolution maximized the 'spellchecking' of protein sequences Aug 7, 2009
"Then AlaXps got bigger during evolution by the addition of C-Ala. They then came together with the aminoacylation function through gene fusion.". Guo and Schimmel decided to figure out the function of C-Ala. (EurekAlert!)
Little-known Protein Found To Be Key Player in Building and Maintaining Healthy Cells Jul 31, 2009
McNew has spent the past 15 years studying SNARE proteins, a specialized family of proteins that carries out membrane fusion ... "It grows. It retracts. It expands. It collapses. It's highly dynamic, and for that to be the case, there has to be a mechanism by which it can grow new pieces and connect those pieces together. That's where the fusion comes in.". (Science Daily)
Washington diary Jul 30, 2009
But this is a very "liveable" city with great food, music, parks and twice the number of opera houses or symphony orchestras you would normally expect, thanks to the fusion of two halves. Like the Reichstag (which was revamped and re-domed by Sir Norman Foster), the newly refurbished Neues Museum - courtesy of British architect David Chipperfield - is an astonishing melding of neo-classicism and 21st Century post-modernism that does not hide the bullet holes and bomb craters of an ugly era. (BBC News -- Americas)
Aussies will struggle at Olympics Jul 27, 2009
Motorcycle Grand Prix riding is usually a fusion of man and machine. Sometimes that synthesis can go wrong, very wrong. (Yahoo News -- Swimming)
Colleagues, friends react to Cronkite's death Jul 18, 2009
By The Associated Press. Friday, July 17, 2009. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Selig stands by territory Jul 15, 2009
From the first time he saw Emmett "Doc" Brown fire up the Mr. Fusion home energy reactor in the "Back... If "The Andy Griffith Show" had a veterinarian, he would've looked and talked like George Doering. Advertisers Advertising Services: Reader Services: Company Info: Be the first to share your thoughts on this story. Share your thoughts on this story. - be the first to share your thoughts on this question. - Sorry, comments are closed for this story. Commissioner's perspective / Selig stands by... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
Discovery Highlights New Direction For Drug Discovery Jul 14, 2009
ScienceDaily (July 13, 2009) In a discovery that rebuffs conventional scientific thinking, researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC) have discovered a novel way to block the activity of the fusion protein responsible for Ewing's sarcoma, a rare cancer found in children and young adults ... In the paper published online July 5 in Nature Medicine, they report discovering and successfully testing a small molecule that keeps the fusion protein from sticking to another protein that... (Science Daily)
Here's a message to you, Rudy - we're back Jul 2, 2009
Their music was a fusion of punk's furious energy and Jamaican rhythms ... These scenes have been prompted by the return of the Specials, the dancefloor-filling, chart-topping giants of the post-punk era, whose music was an inspirational fusion of punk's furious energy and the exuberant Jamaican rhythms of ska, rocksteady and reggae ... Their music was a fusion of punk's furious energy and Jamaican rhythms. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Making nanoparticles in artificial cells Jun 27, 2009
In many cases, this results in the fusion of two bubbles containing different reactants. These then react to form cadmium sulphide, which is not water soluble and thus precipitates in the form of nanoparticles. (EurekAlert!)
NASCAR owners will back reorganizing General Motors Jun 20, 2009
The 50-year-old driver made the fuel in his No. 5 Chevrolet outlast that of Johnson, whose No. 48 Chevrolet ran out a lap from the checkered flag, and that of Greg Biffle, who dropped out of the lead when his No. 16 Ford Fusion ran out with about a half-lap remaining ... That wasn t the case for Johnson or Biffle, who toed the company line when he proclaimed the Ford Fusion (at 41 miles per gallon) was still the best car in its class when it comes to fuel mileage. (Boston Globe)
Violence breaks out in East Timor Jun 17, 2009
Fusion falters under soaring costs ... Fusion falters under soaring costs. (Yahoo News -- East Timor)
Anti-cancer cream 'reverses signs of ageing' Jun 17, 2009
Page last updated at 11:37 GMT, Tuesday, 16 June 2009 12:37 UK. Anti-cancer cream fights wrinkles. (BBC News -- Health)
Pensioner who hit 25m jackpot plans allotment makeover Jun 17, 2009
Page last updated at 12:39 GMT, Tuesday, 16 June 2009 13:39 UK. Grandfather reveals lottery joy. (BBC News -- Europe)
The Dave Matthews Band Opens Up Jun 1, 2009
It's a strange and improbable fusion of folk, jazz, funk that has made the Dave Matthews Band one of the most popular groups of the past two decades. "We're still pretty strange in the whole picture," Matthews said. (CBS News -- Iraq)
* US weapons lab lifts the curtain on new super laser May 31, 2009
The National Ignition Facilitys (NIF) main purpose is to serve as a tool for gauging the reliability and safety of the US nuclear weapons arsenal but scientists say it could deliver breakthroughs in safe fusion power ... A fusion reaction triggered by the super laser hitting hydrogen atoms will produce more energy than was required to prompt ignition, NIF director Edward Moses said ... This is the long-sought goal of energy gain that has been the goal of fusion researchers for more... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
Picosecond Oscilloscope May 31, 2009
This makes SLIDER potentially valuable for monitoring the brilliant bursts of X-rays streaming from fusion targets at the collision point where the multiple laser beams of LLNL's National Ignition Facility (NIF) come together. The benefit of the device is that it enables the recording of very fast phenomena. (Science Daily)
US lab debuts super laser May 30, 2009
The National Ignition Facility's main purpose is to serve as a tool for gauging the reliability and safety of the US nuclear weapons arsenal but scientists say it could deliver breakthroughs in safe fusion power ... A fusion reaction triggered by the super laser hitting hydrogen atoms will produce more energy than was required to prompt "ignition," according to NIF director Edward Moses ... "This is the long-sought goal of 'energy gain' that has been the goal of fusion researchers for more than... (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
The most powerful machine on earth May 29, 2009
The aim is to make those pellets undergo nuclear fusion the process that causes stars to shine and hydrogen bombs to explode. Although the justification for building the NIF has changed over the years (originally there was talk of it being a prototype for fusion-based power stations), it is the resemblance to bombs which has saved the project from the budgetary chop ... If enough heat is generated it will sustain the process of fusion without laser input, until most of the nuclear fuel has been... (The Economist)
Healing wounds with lasers, vehicles that drive themselves, other cutting-edge optics May 27, 2009
This makes SLIDER potentially valuable for monitoring the brilliant bursts of X-rays streaming from fusion targets at the collision point where the multiple laser beams of LLNL's National Ignition Facility (NIF) come together ... As the world's fastest light deflector, it can be used as a picosecond oscilloscope or for observing transient events like the miniature fusion reaction that occurs at the National Ignition Facility. (EurekAlert!)
SECOND PLACE: Adam Lambert looks to future after 'Idol' May 23, 2009
I'm more about fusion. I like adding little elements of things into the final mix. (USA Today)
Poor Kris Allen! Wrong guy wins American Idol over Adam Lambert May 22, 2009
There was no elation, only confusion ... On behalf of the Ford Motor Company, David Cook gives them keys to new 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrids. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
A star is born May 22, 2009
The National Ignition Facility (NIF) in California aims to demonstrate the feasibility of nuclear fusion, the reaction at the heart of the Sun and a potentially abundant, clean energy source for the planet ... "In recreating the process of fusion it was always understood that we could pursue three areas of interest and value," explained Dr Erik Storm of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), the home of NIF. ... "Then, we can study the physics of fusion - can you make a fusion power... (BBC News -- Science)
Ultra-dense Deuterium: Future Nuclear Fuel? May 12, 2009
One important justification for our research is that ultra-dense deuterium may be a very efficient fuel in laser driven nuclear fusion. It is possible to achieve nuclear fusion between deuterium nuclei using high-power lasers, releasing vast amounts of energy , says Leif Holmlid ... It has proved to be very difficult to compress the deuterium ice sufficiently for it to attain the high temperature required to ignite the fusion. (Science Daily)
New View Of HIV Entry May Lead To Next-generation Of Inhibitors May 6, 2009
Rather than fusing directly with the plasma membrane at cells' outer surfaces to release its contents, HIV fusion primarily occurs via smaller, membrane-bound compartments inside of cells known as endosomes, the new research shows. The discovery implies that anti-HIV drugs known as fusion inhibitors might be more effective in blocking HIV if they too can do their work inside of cells, where fusion takes place ... "We show that HIV fusion occurs virtually exclusively from endosomes," said Gregory... (Science Daily)
Decision gives filibuster proof majority... Apr 29, 2009
The Fix - Specter To Switch Parties. Wall Street Journal 2 panics some New Yorkers. (The Drudge Report)
Ivy Leaguer infiltrates’ Falwell’s university Apr 28, 2009
Thus, our planet as a whole can grow more complex because the sun pours heat and light onto it, and the greater entropy associated with the sun's nuclear fusion more than rebalances the scales. Simple organisms can fuel their rise toward complexity by consuming other forms of life and nonliving materials. (Winona Daily News, MN)
Cold Fusion A Reality? Apr 20, 2009
Cold Fusion Is Hot Again - CBS News ... Cold Fusion Is Hot Again ... 60 Minutes: Once Considered Junk Science, Cold Fusion Gets A Second Look By Researchers. (CBS News)
Cold Fusion Is Hot Again Apr 20, 2009
60 Minutes: Once Considered Junk Science, Cold Fusion Gets A Second Look By Researchers ... When first presented in 1989 cold fusion was quickly dismissed as junk science ... But, as Scott Pelley reports, there's renewed buzz among scientists that cold fusion could lead to monumental breakthroughs in energy production. (CBS News -- 48 Hours)
Cold Fusion: Could It Ever Be for Real? Apr 19, 2009
Cold Fusion: Still Cold, or Is There New Promise ... Cold Fusion: Still Cold, or Is There New Promise ... Two decades ago, B. Stanley Pons left, and Martin Fleischmann, displayed a large-scale model of the flask in which they said they created sustained nuclear fusion reactions at room temperature. (ABC News)
Reinventing Nuclear Power Apr 16, 2009
A fusion-fission hybrid reactor could produce clean electricity and remove dangerous nuclear waste from the planet ... This fusion is the same reaction that takes place in the center of the sun and stars, and at the business end of a nuclear bomb ... 5 billion hammer, which took 12 years to build and was just completed in March, to ignite for the first time on Earth a controlled fusion reaction. (Forbes -- Technology)
Waste not: promise of clean nuclear power Apr 10, 2009
The resulting temperatures and pressures will be millions and billions times greater than those on Earth, triggering the start of a fusion reaction ... By using hydrogen as its fuel, the NIF should become the first fusion machine that gives off more energy than is needed to trigger the reaction ... For a commercial fusion power station, that would need to be 10 times a second. (The Age, Australia -- World)
Laser experiment powers up Apr 1, 2009
NIF is a step on what is still a very long road to fusion reality ... The US National Ignition Facility is designed to demonstrate the feasibility of nuclear fusion, a process that could offer abundant clean energy ... Professor Mike Dunne, who leads a European venture that is also pursuing nuclear fusion with lasers, told BBC News that if NIF was successful, it would be a "seismic event". (BBC News -- Science)
Scientists take another stab at nuclear fusion Apr 1, 2009
The U.S. Department of Energy certified the world's largest laser on Tuesday, an instrument that will test the reliability of the nation's nuclear weapons stockpile, explore the origins of the universe and seek to create nuclear fusion energy. Nuclear fusion is the National Ignition Facility's biggest goal ... By 2010 or 2011, the lab's scientists hope to achieve ignition - that is, produce the first tiny thermonuclear explosions inside their capsule targets in hopes of ultimately creating a... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Business)
Missouri Highway Patrol orders militia report shut down Mar 28, 2009
The document was compiled by the Missouri Information Analysis Center, a fusion center in Jefferson City that combines resources from various federal and state agencies to collect intelligence to combat terrorism or criminal activity. Elsewhere, fusion centers have come under fire from privacy advocates for what critics call domestic spying ... And in Texas, a recent fusion center memo to law enforcement groups urged monitoring of Muslim civil rights groups and anti-war protesters. (Jefferson City News Tribune, MO)
Navy Chemist May Have Rediscovered 'Cold Fusion' Mar 26, 2009
Navy Chemist May Have Rediscovered 'Cold Fusion ... The 'cold fusion' device produced this pattern of 'triple tracks' that may be caused by high-energy neutrons resulting from a nuclear reaction ... Twenty years ago this week, a pair of previously unknown scientists stunned the world by announcing they'd done the impossible by achieving nuclear fusion in a lab flask at room temperature. (Fox News)
Girl with Mermaid syndrome defies the odds Mar 25, 2009
Also known as mermaid syndrome, sirenomelia is a condition where a fetus fails to develop normally beneath the waist, resulting in a fusion of the lower limbs. The condition is also accompanied by an array of other abnormalities, including kidney, colon and genital deformities. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Scientists in possible cold fusion breakthrough... Mar 25, 2009
Scientists in possible cold fusion breakthrough ... Scientists in possible cold fusion breakthrough ... Researchers at a US Navy laboratory have unveiled what they say is "significant" evidence of cold fusion, a potential energy source that has many skeptics in the scientific community. (The Drudge Report)
'Cold Fusion' Rebirth? New Evidence For Existence Of Controversial Energy Source Mar 24, 2009
Cold Fusion' Rebirth ... Cold Fusion' Rebirth ... 23, 2009) Researchers are reporting compelling new scientific evidence for the existence of low-energy nuclear reactions (LENR), the process once called "cold fusion" that may promise a new source of energy. (Science Daily)
Plant Biologists Discover Gene That Switches On 'Essence Of Male' Mar 21, 2009
The authors show that germ cell mitosis and specification are regulated by DUO1, including the expression of cell cycle and gamete fusion proteins. Thus DUO1 has a key integrative role linking germ cell division and sperm cell differentiation in flowering plants. (Science Daily)
CHAT TRANSCRIPT: James R. Healey answers your car questions Mar 21, 2009
Manhattan, KS: If you had to choose between the Toyota Camry Hybrid and the Ford Fusion Hybrid, which one would you go with. James Healey: Fusion ... La Motte, Iowa: I have a AWD Ford Fusion and I have heard mixed reviews (more that one coming form Ford themselves) on whether it is full-time AWD car, or if the AWD system is disabled above a certain speed. (USA Today -- Money)
Lasers to Create 'Mini Sun' in Hunt for Clean Energy Mar 17, 2009
After more than 50 years of experimentation, physicists are hoping to develop the first form of nuclear fusion technology that produces more energy than it consumes ... "We hope the ignition experiments will show that we can generate more power than we put in and that fusion can be the source of a supply of carbon-free energy," said Ed Moses, director of the NIF.. (Fox News)
Symphony of synthesis Mar 14, 2009
He is enthusiastic for the concert series and encourages all to come out and see the fusion of culture, history, music and people. "I am so honored to be part of this collaboration," he said. (Juneau Empire)
Black Box: Joseph Was Speeding Mar 10, 2009
The car Nick Joseph was driving the night of June 7 2008, his brother's Ford Fusion, had one of these boxes. An investigator from the Ontario Canada Provincial Police analyzed the data and found Joseph was traveling 75 miles per hour in a 55 mile per hour zone on 390 North near Ridge Road. (R News)
Ultracold Gas Mimics Ultrahot Plasma Mar 7, 2009
10, 1998) Nuclear fusion, the same reaction that fuels the sun, holds the potential for providing humankind with a clean and limitless supply of energy. To reign in the awesome power of this reaction, numerous. (Science Daily)
Battle brews over Caylee case suicide note Mar 5, 2009
Casey Anthony caught on camera at Fusion nightclub reportedly the night of the club's "hot body" contest. Anthony is seen laughing and smiling as she parties the night away, but the entire time her little girl, Caylee, is missing. (CNN)
Freeing the spirit in Morocco Mar 4, 2009
It also has a delicious Moroccan-Asian fusion restaurant open to non-guests. Doubles from $320. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
Smart switching could solve communication tangle Feb 28, 2009
An awesome laser facility, built to provide fusion data for nuclear weapons simulations, will soon be used to probe the secrets of extra-solar planets. 21:32 27 February 2009 13 comments. (Yahoo News -- Instant Messaging)
From Russia With Blood, Beauty, and Beasts Feb 26, 2009
He had arranged a special class for me and had invited one of his students, Gleb, a nuclear fusion scientist withfortunately for mea gentle soul. We went through the basic throws, pins, and defenses against unarmed and armed attacks. (Slate)
Huge Pressures Melt Diamonds On Planet Neptune Feb 20, 2009
Accurate knowledge of these changes of state are essential in simulating behaviors of celestial bodies, and to the effort to produce nuclear fusion at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory s National Ignition Facility in California ... Granted, it s not immediately obvious why accelerating a projectile about the size of a stick of gum to 25 times the speed of a rifle bullet and smashing it into a target in central New Mexico would say anything about nuclear fusion or the state of diamonds on... (Science Daily)
Fusion future Feb 17, 2009
Physicist Professor Brian Cox has looked at the different strategies now being pursued to make nuclear fusion a reality ... Nuclear fusion is nature's power source ... The temperature at its core is 15 million degrees, and this is barely enough to allow fusion to take place at anything other than a snail's pace. (BBC News -- Science)
Turbulence and tragedies eclipse early triumphs Feb 16, 2009
When doctors recommended Ted undergo lumbar fusion surgery, his father, who had visited the hospital with Rita Dallas, strenuously objected with what little speaking ability he had, "Naaaaaa!" Jack had nearly died as a result of complications from his spinal fusion surgery. Joe Sr. wasn't going to take that chance again. (Boston Globe)
Record breaking prof a taekwondo expert, too Feb 15, 2009
But Sabur is currently researching the use of nanotube-based cellular probes in medical research at the Department of Advanced Technology Fusion at Konkuk University in Seoul, South Korea where she is a professor. The research aims to find a way to measure the reaction of nano-materials injected into individual cells. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- News)
Davis on Davis Feb 10, 2009
Davis's entire career can be seen as an ongoing critique of bebop: the origins of "cool" jazz (his collaborations with Gil Evans in the late 1940s), hard bop, or "funky" (his 1954 recording of "Walkin'"), modal improvisation (the track "Milestones" in 1958 and the 1959 album Kind of Blue), and jazz-rock fusion (In a Silent Way and Bitches Brew, both recorded in 1969) can be traced to his efforts to tear bebop down to its essentials. Unable as a younger musician to play "fast," or "in the upper... (The Atlantic Online)
Hero pilot tells how he brought down jet safely Feb 9, 2009
Monday, February 9, 2009. (02-08) 19:18 PST San Francisco -- In the two minutes after US Airways flight 1549 lost power over New York City, Capt. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger thought of nothing else but landing the aircraft safely, he said in his first nationally broadcast interview since Jan. 15 incident. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
HIV & AIDS Feb 7, 2009
In some cases, the virus may be transmitted through blood and blood products that you receive in blood transfusions ... This blood testing, along with improvements in donor screening and recruitment practices, has substantially reduced the risk of acquiring HIV through a transfusion ... Received a blood transfusion or blood products before 1985. (CNN -- Health)
