From: LARRY KLAES (ljk4_at_msn.com)
Date: Fri Feb 20 2004 - 07:04:07 PST
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>Biochemical clues to long lifespan
>revealed
>KurzweilAI.net Feb. 19, 2004
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>Researchers at Children's Hospital
>Boston have found that longer life
>results, at least in part, from
>biochemical interactions that boost
>cells' ability to resist
>environmental stresses while
>inhibiting them from committing
>suicide. The team found that the
>Sir2 gene regulates a group of
>proteins...
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>Know your imitations
>Guardian Feb. 19, 2004
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>Traditional areas of AI have
>already become mainstream, including
>fuzzy logic, Bayesian statistics,
>neural networks, and expert...
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>Researchers Find a Type of Stem
>Cell May Have the Ability to Repair
>the Brain
>New York Times Feb. 20, 2004
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>Neural stem cells, whose function
>has been a mystery, may have the
>potential to repair brain damage or
>disease, scientists reported in
>Nature, Feb. 19. The cells form
>ribbons of astrocytes, which produce
>different types of brain cells,
>including neurons. Found in the
>lining of two fluid-filled...
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>Cdn. researcher: Cells can grow on
>silicon
>cnews Feb. 19, 2004
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>Researchers at the University of
>Calgary have found that nerve cells
>grown on a microchip can learn and
>memorize information which can be
>communicated to the brain. The
>findings could help in the design of
>devices that combine electronic
>components and brain cells. That
>includes controlling...
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>Five Robots That Will Change Your
>Life
>Forbes.com Feb. 18, 2004
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>For decades, science fiction has
>been promising a future filled with
>robots that will make the various
>annoyances and dangers of life
>easier or more bearable. But now a
>new generation of robots--either
>available now or in
>development--will take on a whole
>new range of tasks, and could...
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