Archive: 02/07/2008
Accelerometer backpacks aid study of gliding behavior in the 'flying' lemur
The "flying" lemur of Malaysia is the champion of all gliding mammals, able to drop from the forest canopy, glide more than the length of two football fields, execute 90-degree turns and then alight gently ...
Biology /
Feb 07, 2008 |
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Study suggests new therapy for lung disease patients
A new study by researchers at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine may change current thinking about how best to treat patients in respiratory distress in hospital intensive care units.
Feb 07, 2008 |
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U.S. OKs uranium search near Grand Canyon
The U.S. Forest Service has approved a permit allowing a mining company to look for uranium near Grand Canyon National Park.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Feb 07, 2008 |
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FDA OKs heart valve made from human tissue
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the first replacement heart valve made from donated human tissue in which the cells have been removed.
Feb 07, 2008 |
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HIV drugs, Abacavir and Didanosine increase the risk of heart attack
A study to assess the adverse effects of anti-retroviral drugs shows that two widely-used HIV drugs are associated with an increased risk of heart attack/the formation of blood clots in the heart. With the use of Didanosine, ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Feb 07, 2008 |
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Discrimination against blacks linked to dehumanization, study finds
Crude historical depictions of African Americans as ape-like may have disappeared from mainstream U.S. culture, but research presented in a new paper by psychologists at Stanford, Pennsylvania State University and the University ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 07, 2008 |
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Impaired fat-burning gene worsens diabetes
Researchers at the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet have in collaboration with researchers from Finland, China, Japan and the US discovered new cellular mechanisms that lead to in insulin resistance in people ...
Feb 07, 2008 |
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Lower-income neighborhoods associated with higher obesity rates
Obesity prevalence has increased significantly among adults and children in the U.S. over the last two decades. A new study appearing in the journal Nutrition Reviews reveals that characteristics of neighborhoods, including ...
Feb 07, 2008 |
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Scientists produce carbon nanotubes using commercially available polymeric resins
Scientists at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) have successfully produced carbon nanotubes (CNTs) in high yields in bulk solid compositions using commercially available aromatic containing resins. The concentration ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Feb 07, 2008 |
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How water shrews find prey in the dark
Shrews are tiny mammals that have been widely characterized as simple and primitive. This traditional view is challenged by a new study of the hunting methods of an aquatic member of the species, the water ...
Biology /
Feb 07, 2008 |
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Probing Question: What is a red tide?
Although its name sounds like a low-budget horror movie, you won't find "Red Tide" at a theater near you. To take in this natural phenomenon, you'll have to venture to the ocean, because red tide — or more ...
Biology /
Feb 07, 2008 |
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Root or shoot? EAR calls the shots
Controlled by a tightly regulated choreography that determines what should go up and what should go down, plants develop along a polar axis with a root on one end and a shoot on the other.
Biology /
Feb 07, 2008 |
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Asian women at risk for arterial defect
A seemingly random arterial abnormality that can cause heart attack and sudden death in adults with no previous symptoms may not be so random after all. A group of researchers in the Netherlands discovered that many people ...
Feb 07, 2008 |
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A fruit a day may keep Alzheimer's away
Eating more apples, bananas and oranges just may help stave off such neurodegenerative diseases as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, suggests a new Cornell study published online in the Journal of Food Science.
Feb 07, 2008 |
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Super Tuesday results indicate race card may be a joker in primaries
The Bradley effect may be alive and multiplying after Super Tuesday. Sifting through overnight results, University of Washington researchers have found that race still plays a role in American politics and it showed up Tuesday ...
Feb 07, 2008 |
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