Satellite images reveal link between urban growth and changing rainfall patterns
Jul 03, 2007 |
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For the first time, scientists have used satellite images to demonstrate a link between rapid city growth and rainfall patterns, as well as to assess compliance with an international treaty to protect wetlands. ...
The elderberry way to perfect skin
Jul 03, 2007 |
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Forget expensive moisturisers and cosmetic surgery, a compound found in the humble elderberry could give a natural boost to skin.
Smart Suit Doesn't Miss a Beat
Jul 03, 2007 |
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Imagine wearing a smart T-shirt or a suit embedded with tiny electronics that can monitor your heart or respiratory function wirelessly. When dirty, you take it off and throw it in the wash or have it dry-cleaned.
Fat kills cancer
Jul 03, 2007 |
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Researchers in Slovakia have been able to derive mesenchymal stem cells from human adipose, or fat, tissue and engineer them into “suicide genes” that seek out and destroy tumors like tiny homing missiles. This gene therapy ...
If it wiggles, it must be jellyfish swimming -- or atoms moving in glass
Jul 03, 2007 |
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The scientist who first compared the movements of atoms in glass to the wiggling of jellyfish in water has won the top award in the field of glass science.
Human antibodies that block human and animal SARS viruses identified
Jul 03, 2007 |
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An international team of investigators has identified the first human antibodies that can neutralize different strains of the virus responsible for outbreaks of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).
Alzheimer's prevention role discovered for prions
Jul 03, 2007 |
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A role for prion proteins, the much debated agents of mad cow disease and vCJD, has been identified. It appears that the normal prions produced by the body help to prevent the plaques that build up in the brain to cause Alzheimer’s ...
Air pressure matters when landing on sandy planets
Jul 03, 2007 |
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A steel ball dropped into loose, fine sand makes an impressive splash, according to physicists of the Physics of Fluids group investigating the fluid-like properties of sand at the University of Twente in ...
Happy, sad, angry or astonished?
Technology / Computer Sciences
Jul 03, 2007 |
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How do people respond when they walk past an advertising poster? Do they stop and turn around to look at it with interest or march angrily past? A new system of detailed facial analysis can recognize a person’s ...
Many insomniacs turn to valerian and melatonin to help them sleep
Jul 03, 2007 |
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A study published in the July 1st issue of the journal SLEEP finds that large segments of the U.S. population use valerian or melatonin to treat their insomnia.
Blood clotting protein may inhibit spinal cord regeneration
Jul 03, 2007 |
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Fibrinogen, a blood-clotting protein found in circulating blood, has been found to inhibit the growth of central nervous system neuronal cells, a process that is necessary for the regeneration of the spinal ...
Harnessing the power of the immune system to fight cancer
Jul 03, 2007 |
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Teaching the body's own immune system to seek out and destroy cancerous tumours represents a promising way to fight a disease that kills more than 70,000 Canadians a year.
Today's waste, tomorrow's fuel
Jul 03, 2007 |
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A Cardiff University research collaboration is working to recycle precious metals from road dusts and vehicle exhausts to create greener energy.
Study: Testing one time is not enough
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 03, 2007 |
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A U.S. study of cognitive tests suggests obtaining results from a short series of repeated tests might more precisely define mental function.
'Smart' traffic boxes could help monitor roads, save money
Jul 03, 2007 |
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Ohio State University engineers are working to make the traffic control boxes that stand beside major freeways smarter.
