Researchers find new path to antibiotics in dirt
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Nov 07, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A teaspoon of dirt contains an estimated 10,000 species of bacteria, but it’s only one percent of these microbial bugs — the ones that can be grown easily in a lab — that have brought us antibiotics, anticancer ...
Paleontologists Doubt 'Dinosaur Dance Floor'
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Nov 07, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A group of paleontologists visited the northern Arizona wilderness site nicknamed a "dinosaur dance floor" and concluded there were no dinosaur tracks there, only a dense collection of unusual p ...
Researchers seek to understand and improve virus that infects lung cancer cells
Nov 07, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Using data collected at Advanced Photon Source at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory, researchers at The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, Calif., have for the first time solved ...
Computer model can predict human behavior and learning
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 07, 2008 |
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A computer model that can predict how people will complete a controlled task and how the knowledge needed to complete that task develops over time is the product of a group of researchers, led by a professor from Penn State's ...
Unraveling the natural history of the lion using host and virus population genomics
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Nov 07, 2008 |
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The lion (Panthera leo) is one of the world's most charismatic carnivores. In an article published November 7 in the open-access journal PLoS Genetics, an international team of researchers provides insights into the gene ...
In India, traditional farming method helps sustain bird diversity
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Nov 07, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- An agricultural method dating back millennia could be the key to species conservation. For the past 2,000 years, farming practices of the areca nut palm in southwestern India have not changed much. Surprisingly, ...
Music Technology Researchers Create New Robotic Percussionist
Nov 07, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Georgia Tech has created an improved version of the robotic percussionist. The second edition, named Shimon, is designed to play a melodic instrument – the marimba. It, therefore, utilizes ...
Researchers find gene that regulates mold's resistance to drugs
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Nov 07, 2008 |
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Montana State University scientists concerned about lethal mold infections have found a gene that regulates the mold's resistance to drugs.
Forgotten, but not gone: Leprosy still present in the US
Nov 07, 2008 |
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Long believed to be a disease of biblical times, leprosy, also known as Hansen's disease, continues to be seen in the United States. "Approximately 150 cases are diagnosed each year with 3,000 people in the U.S. currently ...
New study demonstrates how bone marrow transplant can cure sickle cell disease
Nov 07, 2008 |
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A unique approach to bone marrow transplantation pioneered in part by a Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC physician has proven to be the only safe and effective cure for sickle cell disease, according to a new study.
Computerized carer lessens dementia load
Nov 07, 2008 |
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An artificial intelligence coaching system has been developed that will help carers of older adults with moderate dementia. The COACH system (Cognitive Orthosis for Assisting aCtivities in the Home), described in the open ...
Dalmatian bladder stones caused by gene that regulates uric acid in humans
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Nov 07, 2008 |
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A gene mutation that causes high levels of uric acid in all Dalmatian dogs and bladder stones in some Dalmatians, has been identified by a team of researchers in the School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of California, ...
Harnessing nature's diagnostic tools for disease prevention
Nov 07, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The earlier cancer is diagnosed, the better the chance of effecting a cure. A revolutionary new hybrid technology offers the possibility of detecting this and other diseases right at inception.
Scientists confirm molecular clipping mechanism behind stem cell development
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Nov 07, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Stem cells don’t just become a part of the liver or the brain in a flash; it takes a complex molecular choreography and requires that specific genes be switched on and off at specific times. Some of these ...
Overfishing threatens European bluefin tuna
Nov 07, 2008 |
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Bluefin tuna disappeared from Danish waters in the 1960s. Now the species could become depleted throughout the northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean, according to analyses by the Technical University of Denmark (DTU Aqua) ...
