Researchers find new learning strategy
Aug 03, 2006 |
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Central to being human is the ability to adapt: We learn from our mistakes. Previous theories of learning have assumed that the size of learning naturally scales with the size of the mistake. But now biomedical ...
Scratch your leg, stall that pit stop
Aug 03, 2006 |
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Australian women needing to suppress the urge to visit a toilet should scratch the back of their leg, a local health expert said.
Report: New test for breast cancer
Aug 03, 2006 |
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An international research group led by Professor Jasminka Godovac-Zimmermann, UCL Medicine, has developed an ultra-sensitive blood test for breast cancer that could help to detect cancer at a very early stage and improve ...
Key Event in Cell Death Occurs as Single, Quick Event
Aug 03, 2006 |
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Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have demonstrated that a key event during apoptosis (cell suicide) occurs as a single, quick event, rather than as a step-by-step process. Apoptosis eliminates extraneous ...
Microscopic Geochemical Processes Point to Potential Problems If the Arctic Warms
Aug 03, 2006 |
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A little-known valley in northern Sweden holds evidence that warming temperatures may lead to significant changes in nutrient availability for plants and increasing amounts of greenhouse gases, a University ...
Research leads to first treatment for drug-resistant HIV
Aug 03, 2006 |
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Doctors have their first FDA-approved tool to treat drug-resistant HIV thanks to a new molecule created by a Purdue University researcher.
Biofuels research searches for new sources
Aug 03, 2006 |
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The words are becoming familiar, even if the products aren't: biofuel, biobased, biodiesel, bioethanol. All refer to fuel that's made from bio-produced materials such as plants. Chengci Chen (pronounced Chen-see Chen), an ...
Disabled technologies pave the way for next generation mobile Web
Aug 03, 2006 |
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Scientists at The University of Manchester have a launched a new project which seeks to combine web accessibility with cutting-edge mobile phone technologies.
Culling grey squirrels may be problematic
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British conservationists say they've found culling grey squirrels isn't the best way to save Britain's threatened native red squirrel population.
Technique used commonly in physics finds application in neuroscience
Aug 03, 2006 |
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To understand how brain cells release compounds (or transmitters) used when the cells communicate with each other, Vladimir Parpura, associate professor of neuroscience, and Umar Mohideen, professor of physics, devised a ...
Links Between DNA Damage and Breast Cancer Studied
Aug 03, 2006 |
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Researchers from the Pacific Northwest Research Institute (PNRI) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have uncovered a pattern of DNA damage in connective tissues in the human breast that could shed ...
Biodiesel Byproduct Fuels Growth in Broilers
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Glycerine, a byproduct of biodiesel production, can be used as a dietary supplement for growing broiler chickens, according to research by University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture poultry scientists.
Solo living is a potential environmental time bomb
Aug 03, 2006 |
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One-person households are the biggest consumers of land, energy and household appliances in England and Wales, with men between the ages of 35 and 45 being the worst offenders, according to UCL (University College London) ...
Breastfeeding after 9 months may be risky
Aug 03, 2006 |
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A study by a Finland hospital has said babies fed exclusively on breast milk for more than nine months may have an increased risk of allergies.
Heat waves cause increased air pollution
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July's U.S. heat waves produced a "blanket of smog" from California to Maine, with public health ozone standards being exceeded more than 1,000 times.
