Science News – Weekly Newsletter for March 1-7, 2011
Radio-guided op safe, simple way to remove cancerous nodules in lung
WASHINGTON - Italian researchers have suggested that using tiny spheres of radioactive liquid to guide surgeons as they remove potentially cancerous material in the lungs is safe and more effective than other techniques.
Luca Bertolaccini, Alberto Terzi and colleagues from Santa Croce e Carle Hospital in Cuneo, Italy, studied a technique known as radio-guided surgery in ... Original source on Gaea Times at : Radio-guided op safe, simple way to remove cancerous nodules in lung.
Science News – Newsletter for March 2, 2011
Himachal may experience heavy snow, rain
SHIMLA - Himachal Pradesh may experience heavy rain and snowfall in the next two days, a weather official said here Tuesday.
“There are chances of heavy snowfall and rainfall at some places in Lahaul and Spiti, Kinnaur, Chamba, Kangra, Mandi, Kullu and Shimla districts till March 3,” meteorological office director Manmohan Singh told IANS.
He .... Source article : Himachal may experience heavy snow, rain.
Science News – Newsletter for March 1, 2011
Team achieves record 1 trillion bits per second speed on single chip
WASHINGTON - A development team at at Infinera Corp. in Sunnyvale, Calif. Has achieved a record one trillion bits per second (1 Terabit/s) speed on a single integrated indium phosphide chip.
“Traditional transponder-based system architectures are inflexible and costly and time-consuming to upgrade,” said Dr. Radhakrishnan Nagarajan, research fellow at Infinera and a senior member of .... Original article on Gaea Times at : Team achieves record 1 trillion bits per second speed on single chip.
Science News – Monthly Newsletter March 2011
Frogs re-evolved 'lost' lower teeth after more than 200mn yrs
LONDON - New research suggests that frogs re-evolved ‘lost’ bottom teeth after more than 200 million years.
Tree-dwelling Gastrotheca guentheri are the only frogs with teeth on both their upper and lower jaw.
The reappearance of these lower teeth after such a long time fuels debate about whether complex traits are lost in evolution or if they .... Read the original article : here.
Science News – Newsletter for February 28, 2011
Radio-guided op safe, simple way to remove cancerous nodules in lung
WASHINGTON - Italian researchers have suggested that using tiny spheres of radioactive liquid to guide surgeons as they remove potentially cancerous material in the lungs is safe and more effective than other techniques.
Luca Bertolaccini, Alberto Terzi and colleagues from Santa Croce e Carle Hospital in Cuneo, Italy, studied a technique known as radio-guided surgery in ... Original source on Gaea Times at : Radio-guided op safe, simple way to remove cancerous nodules in lung.
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