'Super' enzyme may lead way to better tumor vaccines
Dec 04, 2006 |
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A "super" form of the enzyme Akt1 could provide the key to boosting the effect of tumor vaccines by extending the lives of dendritic cells, the immune-system master switches that promote the response of T-cells, which attack ...
Who's afraid of the big bad boss? Plenty of us, study shows
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 04, 2006 |
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The abusive boss has been well documented in movies ("Nine to Five"), television (Fox's "My Big Fat Obnoxious Boss") and even the Internet (http://HateBoss.com). Now, a Florida State University professor and two of his doctoral ...
Sony Now Shipping 50GB Dual Layer Blu-Ray Disc in the U.S.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Dec 04, 2006 |
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Sony Electronics has begun U.S. shipments of 50GB dual layer Blu-ray Disc recordable (write-once) media with AccuCORE technology.
Researchers suggest new direction for development of psychotropic drugs
Medicine & Health / Medications
Dec 04, 2006 |
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Leading brain and behavior researchers called today for a new direction to develop innovative psychotropic drugs to treat mental illness at the annual meeting of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology. The panel ...
Why do males and females of some species look so different?
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Dec 04, 2006 |
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Why and how do males and females of the same species often look so different? Armin Mocsek (Indiana University) has shown that in a certain group of insects, sex-differences in appearance are not the product ...
Cities change the songs of birds
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By studying the songs of a bird species that has succeeded in adapting to urban life, researchers have gained insight into the kinds of environmental pressures that influence where particular songbirds thrive, and the specific ...
Print-and-Peel Method Creates Microfluidic Devices
Dec 04, 2006 |
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Typically, researchers create microfluidic devices using the same lithographic techniques and tools used to fabricate computer chips. Lithography is expensive and slow, factors that could limit the ultimate utility of microfluidic ...
Young children learn to tell fact from fiction
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 04, 2006 |
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Children are able to distinguish between reality and fantasy between the ages of 3 and 5, according to new research at The University of Texas at Austin.
Cooking you own food leads to better diet
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U.S. dieticians say young adults who buy their own food and prepare meals at home have better overall diet quality than those who do not.
Freshwater snails are surprisingly fast-moving invaders
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Dec 04, 2006 |
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A new study from The American Naturalist studies some very fast snails and their success at long-distance colonization. Introduced into the rivers of the Martinique islands less than twelve years ago, the freshwater ...
Weight determination of individual viruses with a miniature ion trap
Dec 04, 2006 |
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Viruses are the simplest life forms on our planet, consisting of only DNA or RNA and a shell. After the prokaryotes (bacteria and archebacteria), viruses are the second most common type of organism. In our oceans they are ...
Study uncovers mutation responsible for Noonan Syndrome
Dec 04, 2006 |
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Scientists have discovered that mutations in a gene known as SOS1 account for many cases of Noonan syndrome (NS), a common childhood genetic disorder which occurs in one in 1,000-2,500 live births. NS is characterized by ...
Technology can't replace doctors' judgment in reading mammograms
Dec 04, 2006 |
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Radiologists should not become too dependent on the use of computer-assisted detection (CAD) technology when reading screening mammograms because the doctors can see lesions that CAD sometimes misses. This is according to ...
Gene-bender proteins may sway to DNA
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Dec 04, 2006 |
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Among the many genes packed into each cell of our body, those that get turned on, or expressed, are the ones that make us who we are. Certain proteins do the job of regulating gene expression by clasping onto key spots of ...
Siemens Competition winners are announced
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A U.S. high school senior has won the grand prize scholarship in the Siemens Competition in Math, Science and Technology for his research in mathematics.
