Cells that Avoid Suicide May Become Cancerous
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(PhysOrg.com) -- When a cell's chromosomes lose their ends, the cell usually kills itself to stem the genetic damage. But University of Utah biologists discovered how those cells can evade suicide and start down the path ...
Disease diagnosis in just 15 minutes
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Testing for diseases such as cancer and multiple sclerosis could soon be as simple as using a pregnancy testing kit.
Researchers use nanoparticles to deliver treatment for brain, spinal cord injuries
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Oct 01, 2008 |
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Purdue University researchers have developed a method of using nanoparticles to deliver treatments to injured brain and spinal cord cells. A team led by Richard Borgens of the School of Veterinary Medicine's Center for Paralysis ...
The search for 'green' gold in the Amazon rain forest
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In a hunt for plants in the Amazon rain forest that have potential to be used for sustainable light-weight construction beams, electronic cases or other high-performance materials, Cornell ...
Sensing the Energy: Calibrating the LCLS
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The Linac Coherent Light Source will generate X-rays 10 billion times brighter than any source before it. Being the first of its kind, the LCLS has presented engineers with a number of unique technical hurdles. ...
Ring-cellphone concept combines style and basic functions
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
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Even though it's one of the tiniest cell phones you've probably ever seen, it would be difficult to lose this one. As its name implies, the "ring-cellphone" is worn on the finger, and includes all the components ...
Gun shows do not increase homicides or suicides
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study finds no evidence that gun shows lead to substantial increases in either gun-related homicides or suicides.
Study reveals specific gene in adolescent men with delinquent peers
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Birds of a feather flock together, according to the old adage, and adolescent males who possess a certain type of variation in a specific gene are more likely to flock to delinquent peers, according to a landmark study led ...
Study: Mortgage Losses On Owner-Occupied Homes Lower Than Assumed
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Homeowners who are struggling with mortgages for their own residences are a relatively small part of the overall mortgage crisis, according to results of a new nationwide study of consumer balance sheets.
Autumn colours may be a safety mechanism for trees, say researchers
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(PhysOrg.com) -- One sign of autumn is the leaves turning colour, but why do some turn red? This question has baffled biologists for decades, and many ideas have been put forward to explain leaf colour change ...
Computer hardware 'guardians' protect users from undiscovered bugs
Technology / Computer Sciences
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As computer processor chips grow faster and more complex, they are likely to make it to market with more design bugs. But that may be OK, according to University of Michigan researchers who have devised a system that lets ...
New piece in reading ability 'jigsaw'
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A gene thought to be associated with dyslexia is also connected with reading ability in the general population, according to Oxford University research.
The hybrid offensive
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Fraunhofer research engineers are busy converting a standard production gasoline-engine car into a hybrid. By doing so, they aim to demonstrate what hybrid technology can do, and prove that it can even be ...
More star births than astronomers have calculated
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The "birth rate" for stars is certainly not easy to determine. Distances in the universe are far too great for astronomers to be able to count all the newly formed celestial bodies with the aid of a telescope. So it is fortunate ...
War from the ground up
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
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The connection between geology and the history of the Civil War has fascinated Robert Whisonant since his undergraduate days, and now Whisonant has teamed up with geomorphologist Judy Ehlen, both of Radford University, to ...
