Archive: 01/03/2008
Strange-behaving crystals could have impact on research, technology
Aperiodic, rule-bending crystals are the focus of an article that appears in the Jan. 4 issue of the journal Science. Co-authors looked at how these aperiodic crystals behave differently from "normal" periodic crystals. These ...
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The dopamine transporter gene influences alcohol withdrawal seizures
“People with alcoholism continue to die because of complications related to withdrawal symptoms, mainly delirium tremens – delirium associated with visual hallucinations – and /or seizures,” said Philip Gorwood, professor ...
Jan 03, 2008 |
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Mom's obesity during conception phase may set the stage for offspring's obesity risk
The number of overweight and obese Americans continues to grow rapidly. Today, 50 percent of adults are overweight and up to 20 percent are obese. While the number of overweight/obese children is at an all time high, the ...
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Children are introduced to sipping and tasting alcohol in the home
“Almost all of the limited scientific literature on alcohol use in children has focused on drinking, not sipping or tasting alcohol,” said John E. Donovan, an associate professor of psychiatry and epidemiology at the University ...
Jan 03, 2008 |
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Gene therapy can reduce long-term drinking among rodents
“An ‘experiment of nature’ is observed in some individuals of East Asian origin, who are 66 to 99 percent protected against alcoholism,” explained Yedy Israel, professor of pharmacological and toxicological chemistry at the ...
Jan 03, 2008 |
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Researchers use neuroimaging to study ESP
Psychologists at Harvard University have developed a new method to study extrasensory perception that, they argue, can resolve the century-old debate over its existence. According to the authors, their study not only illustrates ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 03, 2008 |
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Study finds most TV prescription drug ads minimize risk information
Prescription drug ads on television first hit the airwaves just over a decade ago, but a new University of Georgia study finds that most of them still do not present a fair balance of information, especially when it comes ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jan 03, 2008 |
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Inside college parties: surprising findings about drinking behavior
“Most studies use survey methods that require people to recall their drinking behavior – days, weeks or months prior – and such recall is not always accurate,” noted J.D. Clapp, director of the Center for Alcohol and Drug ...
Jan 03, 2008 |
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Human hormone blocker found to help prevent obesity and diabetes: study
A new study finds that a chemical found in the body is capable of promoting weight loss, improving insulin resistance and reversing diabetes in an animal model. The hormone is gastric inhibitory polypeptide (GIP) receptor ...
Jan 03, 2008 |
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U of M physicist reads the history of the solar system in grains of comet dust
Four years ago, NASA's Stardust spacecraft chased down a comet and collected grains of dust blowing off its nucleus. When the spacecraft Comet Wild-2 returned, comet dust was shipped to scientists all over ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 03, 2008 |
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North Atlantic warming tied to natural variability; but global warming may be at play elsewhere
A Duke University-led analysis of available records shows that while the North Atlantic Ocean’s surface waters warmed in the 50 years between 1950 and 2000, the change was not uniform. In fact, the subpolar regions cooled ...
Jan 03, 2008 |
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US presidential candidates and their views on scientific issues
What are the United States presidential candidates’ positions on scientific topics ranging from evolution to global warming? A special news report, which is being published in the 4 January issue of the journal Science, addres ...
Jan 03, 2008 |
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2 explosive evolutionary events shaped early history of multicellular life
Scientists have known for some time that most major groups of complex animals appeared in the fossils record during the Cambrian Explosion, a seemingly rapid evolutionary event that occurred 542 million years ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jan 03, 2008 |
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Smell-wars between butterflies and ants
Among humans, making yourself smell more alluring than you really are is a fairly harmless, socially accepted habit that maintains a complete perfume industry. However, it is a matter of life and death for caterpillars of ...
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Novel mechanism for long-term learning identified by Carnegie Mellon researchers
Practice makes perfect — or at least that’s what we’re told as we struggle through endless rounds of multiplication tables, goal kicks and piano scales — and it seems, based on the personal experience of many, to be true. ...
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