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Hey all, I'm Henry. I'm a student right now and I'll be majoring in Business at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. During my free time, I play tennis and Minesweeper. I also repeatedly check my many email accounts.

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Gene Plays 'Jekyll And Hyde' In Brain Cancer

Science – Perhaps the only positive spin one can put on the brain cancer glioblastoma is that it's relatively uncommon.

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Antarctic Expedition Provides New Insights Into The Role Of The Southern Ocean For Global Climate

Science – In the Southern Ocean, large quantities of surface-drifting plankton algae are able to significantly reduce the carbon dioxide content of the surface waters, which can affect the global carbon dioxide cycle.

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Plant Reflections May Be Key To Early Detection Of Plant Diseases And Treatment Needs

Science – When disease and insect problems in crops are visible to the naked eye, it may be too late to treat. That's why Dr. Christian Nansen, Texas AgriLife Research entomologist, likes to take a closer look. A hyperspectral look, that is.

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Submitted and Voted for on February 11, 2008 12:35pm

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Death Of Waitress Linked To Environmental Tobacco Smoke, Case Study Shows

Science – A young asthmatic woman who collapsed and died shortly after arriving for her shift as a waitress at a bar may be the first reported death to be reported nationally from acute asthma associated with environmental tobacco smoke.

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Advice From A Germ Expert: Don't Overdo Spring Cleaning

Science – Advice from a Saint Louis University germ expert is music to the ears of those who dread the annual tradition of spring cleaning.

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Computer Interaction Gets Some Humanity

Science – Human-computer interaction has not improved enormously since Mark Twain's time, when the typewriter was invented. A European research task force hopes to change that by making human-computer interaction, well, 'similar' to the way humans do it.

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Liver Transplants: Donor Organ Allocation System Analyzed

Science – Liver transplant is a life saving treatment option for people with end-stage liver disease. Unfortunately, the need for donor livers far exceeds the supply.

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Submitted and Voted for on February 11, 2008 12:20pm

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Patients At Increased Risk Of Heart Attack Within 3 Months After Stopping Clopidogrel Therapy

Science – Patients who receive the anti-platelet medication clopidogrel following an acute coronary syndrome (such as heart attack) appear to be at greater risk of a heart attack or death in the first 90 days after stopping clopidogrel treatment, according to a new study.

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History Of Quaternary Volcanism And Lava Dams In Western Grand Canyon

Science – John Wesley Powell wrote in 1895: "...what a conflict of water and fire there must have been [in western Grand Canyon]! Just imagine a river of molten rock running down over a river of melted snow."

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Clinton Replaces Campaign Manager

Politics – Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton has replaced campaign manager Patti Solis Doyle, naming longtime aide Maggie Williams to the top job.

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