Low doses of a red wine ingredient fight diabetes in mice
Oct 02, 2007 |
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Even relatively low doses of resveratrol—a chemical found in the skins of red grapes and in red wine—can improve the sensitivity of mice to the hormone insulin, according to a report in the October issue of Cell Metabolism. As ins ...
Are women being scared away from math, science, and engineering fields?
Oct 02, 2007 |
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Have you ever felt outnumbered? Like there are just not that many people like you around? We’ve all felt outnumbered in one situation or another and walking into a situation in which you sense the possibility of being ostracized ...
FDA approves knee-injury device for humans
Oct 02, 2007 |
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A new knee-surgery device investigated by University of Missouri-Columbia researchers that will help to repair meniscus tears, which were previously defined as irreparable, has been approved by the FDA for use in humans.
Sex and depression: Study finds your gender can affect your mental health
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 02, 2007 |
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A University of Western Sydney study which explored men's experiences of depression has revealed that gender has a significant impact on the success of mental health treatment.
Engineer develops technology to quickly find leaks in spacecraft
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 02, 2007 |
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Tiny meteors flash through space. There's spacecraft debris flying around, too. And so there's a risk that objects just a few millimeters across could pierce the thin aluminum skin of spacecraft such as the ...
Sony Unveils Second Edition of Reader Digital Book
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Oct 02, 2007 |
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The new Reader (model PRS-505) features a svelte body design and is available in two colors – silver and dark blue. Re-styled controls more closely mimic paper page turns and allow for quick, intuitive navigation.
Amazon Rainforest at risk from initiative to connect South American economies
Oct 02, 2007 |
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An unprecedented development plan to link South America’s economies through new transportation, energy and telecommunications projects could destroy much of the Amazon rainforest in coming decades, according to a new study ...
Nanotechnology: not just for geeks
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Oct 02, 2007 |
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Say “nanotechnology,” and geeks imagine iPhones, laptops and flash drives. But more than 60 percent of the 580 products in a newly updated inventory of nanotechnology consumer products are such “un-geeky” items as tennis ...
Researchers studying model to learn why certain cancers become resistant to drugs
Oct 02, 2007 |
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Resistance to chemotherapy treatments can be the worst news a cancer patient ever receives. A pair of researchers at the University of Missouri-Columbia is working steadfastly to learn why some tumors eventually build a tolerance ...
Fuji Xerox Prototype Translator Copier
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Oct 02, 2007 |
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A prototype copier by Fuji Xerox is currently on show in Japan. The one touch translator function allows scanned Japanese language documents to be immediately translated into Chinese, Korean and English. The ...
Daisies lead scientists down path to new leukemia drug
Oct 02, 2007 |
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A new, easily ingested form of a compound that has already shown it can attack the roots of leukemia in laboratory studies is moving into human clinical trials, according to a new article by University of Rochester investigators ...
Black gay men, lesbians, have fewer mental disorders than whites
Oct 02, 2007 |
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According to a study conducted at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health among lesbian, gay, and bisexual populations, blacks and Latinos do not have more mental disorders than whites.
Algorithms to reanimate the heart
Oct 02, 2007 |
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When an adult suffers a cardiorespiratory arrest the rapid application of an electrical discharge with a defibrillator can avoid sudden death in many cases. Nevertheless, defibrillation also has its impediment or enemy: time. ...
New clinical guideline for low-back pain
Oct 02, 2007 |
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A summary of evidence on the diagnosis and treatment of low-back pain has prompted the American Pain Society (ASP) and the American College of Physicians (ACP) to issue a new treatment guideline. The guideline is based on ...
New study sheds light on Galápagos hawk evolutionary history
Biology /
Oct 02, 2007 |
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Scientists at the University of Missouri-St. Louis used DNA sequences from feather lice to study how island populations of their host, the Galápagos Hawk might have colonized the Galápagos islands, home to the endangered ...
