Archive: 01/09/2008
Novel chromosome abnormality appears to increase risk of autism
A multi-institutional study involving Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers has identified a chromosomal abnormality that appears to increase susceptibility to autism. In a New England Journal of Medicine report ...
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Transplant drug sirolimus shrinks tumors, improves lung function
The drug sirolimus, normally used to help transplant patients fight organ rejection, may eventually be used as a less invasive treatment for a tumor called angiomyolipomata in patients with who would otherwise face surgery. ...
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Report: 'Healthy' food not so healthy
Heat-and-eat meals in British supermarkets with labels promising healthy food often contain large quantities of fat, nutritionists say.
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Researchers alarmed by levels of mercury and arsenic in Chinese freshwater ecosystem
A team of researchers, led by biologists at Dartmouth, has found potentially dangerous levels of mercury and arsenic in Lake Baiyangdian, the largest lake in the North China Plain and a source of both food and drinking water ...
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Disrupting common parasites' ability to 'talk' to each other reduces infection
One of the most common human parasites, Toxoplasma gondii, uses a hormone lifted from the plant world to decide when to increase its numbers and when to remain dormant, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine ...
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Ames Laboratory beefing up magnets for electric-drive cars
Ask Iver Anderson at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory about consumer interest in and desire for “ultragreen” electric-drive vehicles, and he’ll reply without a moment’s hesitation that the trend ...
Jan 09, 2008 |
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Surprise -- cholesterol may actually pose benefits, study shows
If you’re worried about high cholesterol levels and keeping heart-healthy as you get older, don’t push aside bacon and eggs just yet. A new study says they might actually provide a benefit.
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Hidden Population of Powerful Black Holes Revealed in Large Sky Survey
A team of Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS-II) scientists, led by Princeton University's Reinabelle Reyes and including astronomers at Penn State, has identified a large number of "hidden quasars" -- supermassive black holes ...
Jan 09, 2008 |
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Evolution of the Sexes: What a Fungus Can Tell Us
Fungi don't exactly come in boy and girl varieties, but they do have sex differences. In fact, a new finding from Duke University Medical Center shows that some of the earliest evolved forms of fungus contain clues to how ...
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ASUS Unveils World's First Terabyte Notebook at CES 2008
ASUS today unveiled the world's first one-terabyte notebook in collaboration with Hitachi Global Storage Technologies.
Jan 09, 2008 |
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Researchers find key to stopping cancer in its tracks
University of Manchester researchers have discovered a key process that may be involved in the spread of cancer by studying the growth of human embryonic stem (ES) cells.
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Radioactive 'Understudy' May Aid Medical Imaging, Drug Development
Broadway stars have understudies. Now, an increasingly popular radioactive isotope has its own stand-in. Developed in part by researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the substance might ultimately ...
Jan 09, 2008 |
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Two unusual older stars giving birth to second wave of planets
Hundreds of millions — or even billions — of years after planets would have initially formed around two unusual stars, a second wave of planetesimal and planet formation appears to be taking place, UCLA astronomers ...
Jan 09, 2008 |
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Crash warning for connected cars?
European researchers have demonstrated in the lab a collision warning system for cars that could alert the driver several seconds in advance of an imminent impact. The device could save thousands of lives ...
Jan 09, 2008 |
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The leading 'edge': plastic fibre slashes network costs
Plans in the 1990s to bring ultra-high speed telecom lines into every home foundered because the optical fibre infrastructure was just too expensive. But a new European project using plastic fibre and off-the-shelf ...
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