Red wine ingredient wards off effects of age on heart, bones, eyes and muscle
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Large doses of a red wine ingredient can ward off many of the vagaries of aging in mice who begin taking it at midlife, according to a new report published online on July 3rd in Cell Metabolism, a Cell Press publication. Those ...
Resveratrol found to improve health, but not longevity in aging mice on standard diet
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Scientists have found that the compound resveratrol slows age-related deterioration and functional decline of mice on a standard diet, but does not increase longevity when started at middle age. This study, conducted and ...
Probing Question: What is the history of tattooing?
Jul 03, 2008 |
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You might not think the sullen, tattooed teenager skulking around your local record store has anything in common with Winston Churchill, but you would be wrong. Sir Winston, King George V, and the slaves of ...
Ulysses hanging on valiantly
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 03, 2008 |
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The Ulysses spacecraft, whose mission was expected to end on 1 July 2008, is hanging on valiantly as spacecraft controllers wait for a sign of the fuel freeze that would end the mission. This could happen ...
'Smart' materials get smarter with ability to better control shape and size
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A dynamic way to alter the shape and size of microscopic three-dimensional structures built out of proteins has been developed by biological chemist Jason Shear and his former graduate student Bryan Kaehr at The University ...
Ridding meat of E. coli
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You may be able to enjoy a rare hamburger soon, thanks to a discovery made by a team of University of Alberta researchers.
Nature reserves attract humans, but at a cost to biodiversity
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Rather than suppressing local communities in developing nations, nature reserves attract human settlement, according to a new study by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley.
Staph infections carry long-term risks
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Patients who harbor the highly contagious bacterium causing staph infections can develop serious and sometimes deadly symptoms a year or longer after initial detection, a UC Irvine infectious disease researcher has found.
Researchers clarify function of glucose transport molecule
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Researchers at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA have solved the structure of a class of proteins known as sodium glucose co-transporters (SGLTs), which pump glucose into cells. These transport proteins are used ...
Sophisticated communication a prerequisite for people's independence
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With the availability of the Internet, citizens are increasingly expected to search themselves for information on security risks in their living environment. Until now, however, too little was known about the willingness ...
GoLive2 Introduces a Wiimote for PC Games
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Jul 03, 2008 |
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For all Wii-lovers out there, GoLive2 has recently announced the Stix, a motion-sensing remote control that can be used to play PC games.
Infant formula blocks HIV transmission via breastfeeding
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Jul 03, 2008 |
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Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) is a global epidemic threatening the lives of millions of people. Because there is no known cure, prevention of the transmission of the virus that causes AIDS, the Human Immunodeficiency ...
Local elite rule over small villages in Indonesia
Jul 03, 2008 |
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Dutch-sponsored researcher Y. Argo Twikromo has investigated how the local ruling elite have retained their political control over the local population. He has tried to understand and analyse the dynamic processes of state ...
Ancient marine invertebrate diversity less explosive than thought
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Diversity among the ancestors of such marine creatures as clams, sand dollars and lobsters showed only a modest rise beginning 144 million years ago with no clear trend afterwards, according to an international ...
Prevalence of religious congregations affects mortality rates
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LSU associate professor of sociology Troy C. Blanchard recently found that a community's religious environment – that is, the type of religious congregations within a locale – affects mortality rates, often in a positive ...
