Life savers in the gut
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Researchers from the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) have discovered that proteins that regulate the body's iron household play a vital role in making sure enough nutrients and water are absorbed in the intestine. ...
Rough times: NIST's new approach to surface profiling
Jan 09, 2008 |
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Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have developed a novel technique for measuring the roughness of surfaces that is casting doubt on the accuracy of current procedures. Their ...
Report: 'Healthy' food not so healthy
Jan 09, 2008 |
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Heat-and-eat meals in British supermarkets with labels promising healthy food often contain large quantities of fat, nutritionists say.
Silver-rich lumps: Large cluster complexes with almost 500 silver atoms
Jan 09, 2008 |
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Nanoscopic “lumps” of atoms, known as clusters, are the specialty of a research team headed by Dieter Fenske from the University of Karlsruhe and the Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe.
ASUS Unveils World's First Terabyte Notebook at CES 2008
Jan 09, 2008 |
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ASUS today unveiled the world's first one-terabyte notebook in collaboration with Hitachi Global Storage Technologies.
Transplant drug sirolimus shrinks tumors, improves lung function
Jan 09, 2008 |
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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. ...
Divorce may widen distance between teens, fathers
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 09, 2008 |
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The typical distancing from parents by adolescents is exacerbated by divorce for fathers, but not for mothers, according to a recent study published in the Journal of Marriage and Family.
Crash warning for connected cars?
Jan 09, 2008 |
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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 ...
First rigorous analysis defines impact of Medicare Part D
Jan 09, 2008 |
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The most thorough study to date of the impact of the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit (Part D) found that this benefit led to a 13.1 percent decrease in out-of-pocket expenses for patients and a 5.9 percent increase in ...
Novel chromosome abnormality appears to increase risk of autism
Jan 09, 2008 |
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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 ...
Electronic chip appears to help obese
Jan 09, 2008 |
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An international study on the effectiveness of an electronic chip for weight loss had promising results in Norway.
Siberian jays can communicate about behavior of birds of prey
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With the aid of various alarm calls the Siberian jay bird species tells other members of its group what their main predators - hawks - are doing. The alarm calls are sufficient for Siberian jays to evince ...
NIST develops test method for key micromechanical property
Jan 09, 2008 |
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Engineers and researchers designing and building new microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) can benefit from a new test method developed at the National Institute of Standards and Technology to measure a key mechanical property ...
NIST reference materials are 'gold standard' for bio-nanotech research
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jan 09, 2008 |
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The National Institute of Standards and Technology has issued its first reference standards for nanoscale particles targeted for the biomedical research community—literally “gold standards” for labs studying ...
Overweight people may not know when they've had enough
Jan 09, 2008 |
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Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have found new clues to why some people overeat and gain weight while others don't. Examining how the human brain responds to "satiety" messages ...
