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[edit] Events in science and technology
[edit] January 29, 2008
- Exercise during leisure time, as opposed to physical labor, has been shown to be a factor in telomere length. Those who exercised regularly had cells that were biologically 10 years younger. (NewScientist)
[edit] January 28, 2008
- A new Alzheimer's treatment involving a beta-secretase inhibitor, which prevents amyloid plaque formation in the brain has successfully completed first phase testing in healthy patients. (ScienceDaily)
[edit] January 19, 2008
- Scaled Composites, a private spaceflight company, was fined for unsafety following an explosion at the Mojave Spaceport. (LA Times)
[edit] January 14, 2008
- MESSENGER, a NASA mission ,flies by Mercury, the second spacecraft to do so and the first in thirty-three years. (BBCNews)
[edit] January 4, 2008
- Intel Corporation leaves the One Laptop per Child project's board amid controversy over its marketing of the Classmate PC in developing countries. (Reuters)
[edit] January 3, 2008
- Researchers publish the first time observation of a planet in a newly forming planetary system, TW Hydrae, in the journal Nature. (BBCNews)
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[edit] Events in science and technology by month
2008 in science: January February March April May June July August September October November December
2007 in science: January February March April May June July August September October November December
2006 in science: January February March April May June July August September October November December
2005 in science: January February March April May June July August September October November December
2004 in science: November December
(For earlier science and technology events, see October 2004 and preceding months)
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