Still irritating after all these years: Study of adult children and parents
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The majority of parents and adult children experience some tension and aggravation with one another, a new study says.
Drinkers not only zone out -- but also are unaware that they do
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 05, 2009 |
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A new study out of the University of Pittsburgh suggests that a moderate dose of alcohol increases a person's mind wandering, while at the same time reducing the likelihood of noticing that one's mind has wandered.
US anti-trust inquiry into Google, Apple
May 05, 2009 |
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US officials have begun investigating whether close ties between the boards of technology giants Google and Apple violate antitrust laws, the New York Times said Tuesday.
Novel antibody prevents infection by hepatitis C virus
May 05, 2009 |
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Taking aim at a leading cause of liver failure in the United States, a team of scientists at the Massachusetts Biologic Laboratories (MBL) of the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS) has developed a human monoclonal ...
Napoleon died of kidney illness, says new book by Danish doctor
May 05, 2009 |
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A retired Danish doctor claimed Tuesday to have uncovered the true cause of Napoleon's death, saying the French emperor died of a lengthy kidney illness instead of the being poisoned by his enemies.
NASA mission sends germs into space
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 05, 2009 |
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Millions of microbe astronauts will travel into space Tuesday aboard a NASA satellite. These germs are part of a mission led by the NASA Ames Research Center at California's Moffett Field to study how floating in space alters ...
Extreme makeover: Scientists explore new way to change cell's identity
May 05, 2009 |
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Even cells aren't immune to peer pressure. Scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine have now shown that skin cells can be coaxed to behave like muscle cells -- and muscle cells like skin cells -- solely by ...
Specific small RNA pathways protect germ line from transposons
May 05, 2009 |
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Cells of higher organisms are in a constant struggle against some of their own DNA - repeated bits of DNA sequence called transposons that have infiltrated host genomes over the eons. Transposons damage the rest of the genome ...
Herschel and Planck Share Ride to Space
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 05, 2009 |
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Two missions to study the cosmos, Herschel and Planck, are scheduled to blast into space May 14 aboard the same Ariane 5 rocket from the Guiana Space Center in French Guiana. The European Space Agency, or ...
Strong Odor Flips a Neural Switch Between Attraction and Aversion
May 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Even the most alluring scent can turn repellant when the smell is too strong, but how that switch between attraction and aversion gets flipped in the brain was unknown.
Genetic make-up influences biased economic decision-making, study shows
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
May 05, 2009 |
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How would you respond if you were told that you had an 80% chance of surviving an operation - would you give consent? How about if you were told you had a 20% chance of dying? The answer may partly depend on your genetic ...
US confirms first swine flu death (Update + Latest snapshot of swine flu crisis)
May 05, 2009 |
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US health officials confirmed the first death of a US citizen from swine flu Tuesday and announced a spike in the number of confirmed cases, but assured there was no cause for alarm.
Gender roles cemented in popular therapy
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
May 05, 2009 |
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In recent years a slew of books and TV programs have been produced on the theme of couples. Popular therapists give advice about the art of succeeding as a couple. The sociologist Sara Eldén at Lund University in Sweden ...
Carbon nanotubes and the environment
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
May 05, 2009 |
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Carbon nanotubes have made a meteoric career in the past 15 years, even if their applications are still limited. Recent research results show that - apart from their favorable mechanical and electrical properties ...
Deep Brain Stimulation Found to be Effective in Children with Treatment-Resistant Generalized Primary Dystonia
May 05, 2009 |
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Dystonia is a very complex, highly variable neurological movement disorder characterized by involuntary muscle contractions. As many as 250,000 people in the United States have dystonia, making it the third most common movement ...
