Archive: 05/02/2008
Creating Highly Sought Magnetic Nanoparticles in One Step
Researchers from the University of Minnesota have demonstrated a one-step technique for producing a class of magnetic nanoparticles that could be used in everything from biomedical applications to data storage. ...
May 02, 2008 |
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Study shows how 'horse tranquiliser' stops depression
Researchers have shown exactly how the anaesthetic ketamine helps depression with images that show the orbitofrontal cortex – the part of the brain that is overactive in depression – being ‘switched off’.
May 02, 2008 |
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New software allows ISPs and P2P users to get along without getting too cozy
Peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing services, which connect individual users for simultaneous uploads and downloads directly rather than through a central server, are reported to account for as much as 70 percent of Internet ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
May 02, 2008 |
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A new idea for how anti-aging products delay ripening of fruit and wilting of flowers
When plants encounter ethylene, a gas they also produce naturally as a hormone, the result is softening and ripening in the case of fruit, and wilting and fading in the case of flowers – all of which ethylene ...
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Diatoms discovered to remove phosphorus from oceans
Scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology have discovered a new way that phosphorus is naturally removed from the oceans – its stored in diatoms. The discovery opens up a new realm of research into ...
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May 02, 2008 |
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Evidence that stun guns may stimulate the heart
On the eve of the British Columbia inquiry into the death of Robert Dziekanski, a review of scientific data in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) finds that in some cases, stun guns may stimulate the heart in experimental ...
May 02, 2008 |
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Study shows gene variations may predict risk of breast cancer in women
According to a recent study, led by Virginia Kaklamani, MD, an oncologist at Northwestern Memorial Hospital and assistant professor of medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, variations of the adiponectin ...
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Nano-designed transistors with disordered materials, but high performance
The Holy Grail for transistor designers has been the requirement to be able to get high performance at reduced costs over very large substrate areas. Transistors on cheap and flexible substrates like glass and plastics are ...
May 02, 2008 |
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Bringing down the language barrier... automatically
Progress being made by European researchers on automatic speech-to-speech translation technology could help the EU tackle one of the biggest remaining boundaries to internal trade, mobility and the free exchange of information ...
May 02, 2008 |
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Some women more likely to miss or ignore heart attack warning signs
Many women under age 55 aren’t seeking timely treatment for heart attack because they expect the warning signs and their reaction to follow a Hollywood script — tightening in the chest, shortness of breath, clutching the ...
May 02, 2008 |
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NASA calls on APL to send a probe to the sun
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory is sending a spacecraft closer to the sun than any probe has ever gone - and what it finds could revolutionize what we know about our star and the solar ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 02, 2008 |
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Did the solar system 'bounce' finish the dinosaurs?
The sun’s movement through the Milky Way regularly sends comets hurtling into the inner solar system – coinciding with mass life extinctions on earth, a new study claims.
May 02, 2008 |
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Advertisements saying dairy products help you lose weight are misleading
There have been recent claims that dairy products can help people lose weight, and the dairy industry has hyped the assertion by investing millions of dollars in commercial advertising. However, a new review of the evidence ...
May 02, 2008 |
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Analysis of alcoholics' brains suggests treatment target
An analysis of brain tissue samples from chronic alcoholics reveals changes that occur at the molecular level in alcohol abuse – and suggests a potential treatment target, according to researchers from Wake Forest University ...
May 02, 2008 |
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Blood pressure killing the world's workers while banks and drug firms stand idle
In a today’s issue of The Lancet, international health experts call for urgent action from international development banks and pharmaceutical companies to stem the epidemic of blood pressure-related diseases affecting develo ...
May 02, 2008 |
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