Largest ever study of genetics of common diseases published today
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The Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium, the largest ever study of the genetics behind common diseases such as diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis and coronary heart disease, today publishes its results in the journals Nature and Na ...
Students take Porsche to electric avenue
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For the past six months a team of MIT students has spent hundreds of hours--many late at night--converting a sleek Porsche 914 into an electric vehicle. Their goal? To demonstrate the viability of advanced ...
Nanomedicine opens the way for nerve cell regeneration
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jun 06, 2007 |
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The ability to regenerate nerve cells in the body could reduce the effects of trauma and disease in a dramatic way. In two presentations at the NSTI Nanotech 2007 Conference, researchers describe the use of nanotechnology ...
Study shows big power of small RNAs, not just proteins, in halting cancer
Jun 06, 2007 |
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Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) researchers led by Lin He, Xingyue He, and Professor and Howard Hughes Medical Investigator (HHMI) Greg Hannon have identified a family of micro RNAs (miRNAs) that enable a critical tumor ...
Largest synthetic gene ever built offers insights into anti-malarial drug resistance
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Researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center say they are moving closer to understanding why the most lethal form of human malaria has become resistant to drug treatment in the past three decades. They have been able ...
Organic Food Miles Take Toll on Environment
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Organic fruit and vegetables may be healthier for the dinner table, but not necessarily for the environment, a University of Alberta study shows.
Envisat captures first image of Sargassum from space
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
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Sargassum seaweed, famous in nautical lore for entangling ships in its dense floating vegetation, has been detected from space for the first time thanks to an instrument aboard ESA’s environmental satellite, ...
Revamped, renewed, restarted -- Oak Ridge High Flux Isotope Reactor back on line
Jun 06, 2007 |
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The research reactor at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory is back in action and better than ever.
Better chemistry through living models
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Scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory will receive $1.98 million from the U.S. Department of Energy over the next three years to emulate nature’s use of enzymes to convert chemicals to energy, PNNL announced ...
Sowing seed on salty ground
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Scientists have discovered a gene that allows plants to grow better in low nutrient conditions and even enhance their growth through sodium uptake, according to a report published online this week in The EMBO Journal.
Bigger horns equal better genes
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Size matters. At least, it does to an alpine ibex.
New tuberculosis vaccine is developed
Medicine & Health / Medications
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U.S. scientists have announced development of a vaccine to prevent tuberculosis, one of the world's most deadly diseases.
Caribbean Amphibians Started with a Single, Ancient Voyage on a Raft from South America
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Nearly all of the 162 land-breeding frog species on Caribbean islands, including the coqui frogs of Puerto Rico, originated from a single frog species that rafted on a sea voyage from South America about 30-to-50-million ...
Researchers design protective wall to shield bridges from terrorist attacks
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Government officials have acknowledged the transportation system’s vulnerability to terrorist attacks. Bridges are among the most vulnerable. Because of this reality, researchers at the University of Missouri-Columbia are ...
Why female deer like a stag to be a big noise in the forest
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Impressive antlers may be the most eye-catching attribute of the male red deer, but it's the quality of a stag's mating call that attracts the female of the species, a new study from the University of Sussex, ...
