FYI:SCI:NEWS: (edited) SG News Day 1.13 (fwd)

Eugene Leitl (eugene@liposome.genebee.msu.su)
Tue, 13 Jan 1998 18:47:26 +0300 (MSK)


Please notice that I will be slowly moving forwards like these to the
fresh-minted transhumantech list. The list is not moderated yet,
contribution of other narrow-focused information trawlers are solicited.

'gene

P.S. Search for 'strange star' in this document, it rocks.

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Date: Tue, 13 Jan 98 07:57:30 -0000
From: rgeorgan <rgeorgan@mail>
Subject: SG News Day 1.13

THE SCIENCE GUIDE DAILY NEWS UPDATE
The Science News from 7:44 AM EST; Tuesday, January 13, 1998

You have two ways to use the Science Guide News Update:

1) Goto our News Page
(http://www.scienceguide.com/News/News_LowGraph.html)

2) If your email program supports web links you can simply click on the
URL listed below each story title, or you can simply copy the URL into
you browser's location bar

******** Features From Daily News Sources *******

BIOLOGY, BIOTECHNOLOGY, AND MEDICINE

**** 19 European nations sign ban on human cloning - CNN Heath
http://www.scienceguide.com/News/News_Articles/11398Article_6.html
Nineteen European nations on Monday signed an agreement to prohibit the
cloning of humans.

**** WHO: Carotenoid pills could increase smokers' cancer risk - CNN Heath
http://www.scienceguide.com/News/News_Articles/11398Article_7.html
Scientists at the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Monday that
the intake of carotenoid pills by smokers could increase their risk of
lung cancer and mortality from cardiovascular diseases.

[...]
**** Blood Vessel Engineered Using Only Human Cells - UniSci
http://www.scienceguide.com/News/News_Articles/11398Article_25.html
In the first successful attempt to make engineered tissue without
synthetic scaffolding, a team of researchers has created a blood vessel
made entirely from human cells.

[...]
PHYSICS, ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS, SPACE, AERONAUTICS, AND AEROSPACE

**** U.S. space probe moving into lunar orbit - CNN Sci-Tech
http://www.scienceguide.com/News/News_Articles/11398Article_1.html
The space probe Lunar Prospector successfully executed the first of
three engine bursts designed to swing it gently into orbit around the
moon, officials said on Sunday.

**** Mir airlock still leaks despite repair - CNN Sci-Tech
http://www.scienceguide.com/News/News_Articles/11398Article_2.html
An airlock on the Mir space station was still losing pressure on Monday
despite repair work by two Russian cosmonauts during a spacewalk last
Friday.

[...]
**** Weizmann Institute Astrophysicist Hot On The Tracks Of A New
'Strange' Star - EurekAlert
http://www.scienceguide.com/News/News_Articles/11398Article_18.html
A Weizmann Institute astrophysicist has devised a way to identify
'strange' stars, which may make up a totally new class of celestial
objects with extraordinary properties. This research, reported in the
January 12 *Physical Review Letters* may also help settle the question of
the existence of quark matter, the most stable type of matter in the
universe.

**** Mir web links and orbital stats - Space News - CBS
http://www.scienceguide.com/News/News_Articles/11398Article_24.html

AGRICULTURE
[...]

ENGINEERING, ENERGY, MATHEMATICS, ANDTECHNOLOGY

**** Solar restaurant serves up energy savings - CNN Sci-Tech
http://www.scienceguide.com/News/News_Articles/11398Article_4.html
If you think your home-heating costs are high, try running a restaurant.

**** Latest high-tech gadgets help keep you in touch - CNN Sci-Tech
http://www.scienceguide.com/News/News_Articles/11398Article_5.html
The Consumer Electronics Show kicked off its four-day run in Las Vegas
this week, featuring more high-tech products aimed at keeping you in the
communications loop.

CHEMISTRY.

COMPUTERS, COMPUTER SCIENCE, AND THE INTERNET

ANTHROPOLOGY, ARCHAEOLOGY, LINQUISTICS, AND PALEONTOLOGY

[...]

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES & ISSUES, GEOLOGY, METEOROLOGY, AND OCEANOGRAPHY

[...]

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