Cosmic Bird? Triple Cosmic Collision Of Galaxies Stuns Astronomers Using ESO's Very Large Telescope, astronomers have discovered and imaged a stunning rare case of a triple merger of galaxies. This system, which astronomers have dubbed "The Bird" -- albeit it also bears resemblance with a cosmic Tinker Bell -- is composed of two massive spiral galaxies and a third irregular galaxy.
Taxol With Avastin Greatly Slowed Breast Cancer Progression, Study Shows Treatment of breast cancer with Taxol and Avastin increased the period patients went without progression of their disease from 5.9 months to 11.8 months. "The tumor can't grow bigger than the size of a sesame seed without an oxygen supply," said one of the researchers. "And patients can stay on Avastin as long at it works. It is not a chemotherapy drug so it has minimal toxicity. "
Robots Taking Over The Job On Offshore Oil Drilling Platforms Researchers are developing robots to operate offshore oil platforms. A lot of things have to be thought out carefully when human actions are replaced by robot movements. Sensors are one aspect of this. Another is the matter of operations that involve contact, such as when a robot has to pick up something from the floor. Contact operations are a particular challenge, because the robot is very strong and it can easily destroy the equipment with which it comes into contact, unless we keep its strength fully under control. The robot is similar to a computer, in that it does exactly what it is told. Unlike a human being, it will not stop moving by itself or move aside if it collides with something else.
Treatment For Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Successful In Animal Model Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, which deteriorates the alveolar tissue, does not currently have an effective treatment. Fibrosis prevents correct gas exchange in lungs, worsening quickly the quality of life of patients and eventually leading them to death in few years. Innovative pneumocytes transplantation has reverted the disease for the first time in rats.
The Library Of Congress In Your Wrist Watch? Every advance in memory storage devices presents a new marvel of just how much memory can be squeezed into small spaces. Considering the potential of nanolasers under development, things are about to get a lot smaller. Scientists are exploring lasers so tiny that they point to a future where a 10-terabit hard drive is only one-inch square. That is 50 times the data density of today?s magnetic storage technology, a technology that has nearly reached its limit for continued miniaturization.