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Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:40:26 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Data Mining Made Faster
Data Mining Made Faster
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:15:00 -0500
To many big companies, you aren't just a customer, but are described by multiple
"dimensions" of information within a computer database. Now, a University of Utah computer scientist has devised a new method for simpler, faster "data mining," or extracting and analyzing massive amounts of such data.
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Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:59:55 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: From the Heart: How Cells Divide to Form Different but Related Muscle Groups
From the Heart: How Cells Divide to Form Different but Related Muscle Groups
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:45:00 -0500
Using the model organism Ciona intestinalis, commonly known as the sea squirt, researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, have uncovered the origins of the second heart field in vertebrates.
Sea squirts are bag-like gelatinous creatures whose full genome has been sequenced--one that shares 80 percent of its genes with humans. Though its body is clearly more primitive than creatures with backbones and spinal columns, the sea squirt nevertheless offers a valuable ...
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Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 07:00:51 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: If Spiders and Worms Can Do It, Why Can't We?
If Spiders and Worms Can Do It, Why Can't We?
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:14:00 -0500
Imagine a material that is tougher than Kelvar or steel, yet remarkably flexible. It's something you can easily find in your attic or a lingerie store. It's as instantly recognizable today as it was to our early ancestors, yet we still aren't sure exactly how it's made.
The miracle thread in question is natural silk, the ubiquitous fibers made by spiders and silkworms, which has been used throughout history for items ranging from stockings and parachutes to surgical sutures. Today ...
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Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 07:02:23 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Decontaminating Dangerous Drywall
Decontaminating Dangerous Drywall
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:52:00 -0500
A nanomaterial originally developed to fight toxic waste is now helping reduce debilitating fumes in homes with corrosive drywall.
Developed by Kenneth Klabunde of Kansas State University, and improved over three decades with support from the National Science Foundation, the FAST-ACT material has been a tool of first responders since 2003.
Now, ...
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