Protein power: Researchers trigger insulin production in diabetic mice
Jan 08, 2008 |
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If the human body were a stage, then proteins would rank among the lead actors in the play we call “Life.”
Teens find the benefits of not having sex decline with age
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The percentage of teens who report solely positive benefits from not having sex declines precipitously with age, according to a new study by scientists at the University of California, San Francisco.
Sub-Saharan Africa: the population emergency
Jan 08, 2008 |
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Sub-Saharan Africa has been experiencing phenomenal population growth since the beginning of the XXth Century, following several centuries of population stagnation attributable to the slave trade and colonization. The region’s ...
NASA announces details of Hubble servicing mission
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Jan 08, 2008 |
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NASA scientists and a space shuttle astronaut today outlined details of a challenging mission that will repair and upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope in 2008.
VLBA Movies Reveal New Details of Cosmic Jets
Jan 08, 2008 |
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Astronomers have known for decades that supermassive black holes at the cores of galaxies can shoot out jets of subatomic particles at tremendous speeds. However, details about the physics of such jets, including how they ...
Trying to stay on a strict diet? Focus on the details
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Repetition usually makes people enjoy things less. Such satiation causes our favorites to lose their sheen, makes it hard to follow a diet, and pushes us to escalate our spending on novelty. Life has even been called a “hedonic ...
New treatment mechanisms for schizophrenia
Jan 08, 2008 |
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The field of schizophrenia research has come alive with many exciting new potential approaches to treatment. From the introduction of chlorpromazine to the current day, all treatments approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ...
Carrot cake study on sugar in type 2 diabetes
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Patients with type 2 diabetes are often advised to cut out sucrose (table sugar) all together. However, in recent years this traditional advice has been questioned by some researchers who suggest that moderate amounts of ...
Research sheds light on the mechanics of gene transcription
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Jan 08, 2008 |
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The molecular machinery behind gene transcription -- the intricate transfer of information from a segment of DNA to a corresponding strand of messenger RNA -- isn't stationed in special "transcription factories" ...
Recurrent genetic deletion linked to autism
Jan 08, 2008 |
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Loss of a small portion of chromosome 16, known as 16p11.2, is significantly associated with autism report researchers from the University of Chicago Medical Center, the University of Illinois at Chicago, and the Roswell ...
Some 20,000 soldiers a year may be trained with Sandia-enhanced simulation video game
Jan 08, 2008 |
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Some 20,000 soldiers a year may soon be trained in interpersonal skill building and cross-cultural awareness using a videogame recently developed by researchers from Sandia and BBN Technologies.
SanDisk Announces the 12-Gigabyte microSDHC Card
Jan 08, 2008 |
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SanDisk Corporation today announced it has begun to sample 12-gigabyte (GB) microSDHC flash memory cards to major phone manufacturers for testing and evaluation.
Internet changing consumer electronics world: Intel chief
Jan 08, 2008 |
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Intel Corporation President and CEO Paul Otellini today said the Internet will continue disrupting the consumer electronics and entertainment industries in new ways and described how the Internet's evolution will create business ...
Insights into cell movement likely to aid immune study, cancer research
Jan 08, 2008 |
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Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have used yeast cells to better understand a collection of proteins associated with the formation of actin networks, which are essential to cell movement.
When shorter waits increase stress
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People hate to wait, says common customer service insight. Marketers will hype their earnest attempts to shorten waiting times or at least promise to provide customers with information or distractions to make the waiting ...
