Archive: 04/09/2007
Eating with our eyes: Why people eat less at unbused tables
People watching the Super Bowl who saw how much they had already eaten -- in this case, leftover chicken-wing bones -- ate 27 percent less than people who had no such environmental cues, finds a new Cornell study.
Apr 09, 2007 |
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2,200-year old amphoras contained wine
Parts of amphoras believed to be 2,200 years old uncovered in a Bosnia-Herzegovina swamp are suspected to have carried wine, experts said Monday.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Apr 09, 2007 |
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Glass baby bottle use rising in California
Stores in California cities such as San Francisco are having a hard time dealing with a sudden resurgence in the use of baby bottles made of glass.
Apr 09, 2007 |
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Study shows humans and plants share common regulatory pathway
In findings that some might find reminiscent of science fiction, scientists at the Scripps Research Institute have shown for the first time that humans and plants share a common pathogen recognition pathway as part of their ...
Apr 09, 2007 |
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Scientists identify protein key to breast cancer spread, potential new drug target
Researchers at the Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson have identified a protein that they say is key to helping a quarter of all breast cancers spread. The finding, reported online the week of April 9, 2007 in the journal ...
Apr 09, 2007 |
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Diabetes may be associated with increased risk of mild cognitive impairment
Individuals with diabetes may have a higher risk of developing mild cognitive impairment, a condition that involves difficulties with thinking and learning and may be an intermediate step toward Alzheimer's disease, according ...
Apr 09, 2007 |
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Nanotextured implant materials: blending in, not fighting back
Biomedical engineers are constantly coming up with ways to repair the human body, replacing defective and worn out parts with plastic, titanium, and ceramic substitutes – but the body does not always accept ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Apr 09, 2007 |
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E-activism: Analysis of black bloggers in the blogosphere
In the first scholarly research examining the role of black bloggers in the blogosphere, Brown University researcher Antoinette Pole assessed how bloggers of color use their medium for purposes related to politics. She found ...
Apr 09, 2007 |
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Discovery Raises Questions About Some Therapies Designed to Treat Half of all Human Cancers
Biologists at the University of California, San Diego have uncovered a new way by which common mutants of a critical human tumor-suppressing gene can promote tumor progression, a finding which may explain why some cancer ...
Apr 09, 2007 |
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Milk beats soy for muscle gain
Got milk? Weightlifters will want to raise a glass after a new study found that milk protein is significantly better than soy at building muscle mass.
Apr 09, 2007 |
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Study of coastal disasters yields surprising findings, arresting images
Two of the world’s worst natural disasters in recent years stemmed from different causes on opposite sides of the globe, but actually had much in common, according to Yin Lu “Julie” Young.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 09, 2007 |
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New study sheds light on long-term effects of logging after wildfire
A new study on the effects of timber harvest following wildfire shows that the potential for a recently burned forest to reburn can be high with or without logging. Recently published in the journal, Forest Ecology and Management, ...
Apr 09, 2007 |
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Smoking and Caffeine May Protect Against Parkinson's Disease
In families affected by Parkinson's disease, the people who smoked cigarettes and drank a lot of coffee were less likely to develop the disease, say researchers at Duke University Medical Center.
Apr 09, 2007 |
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Expedition 15 Crew Docks with Space Station
Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin and cosmonaut Oleg Kotov of the 15th International Space Station crew docked with the orbiting laboratory at 3:10 p.m. EDT Monday to begin a six-month stay aboard.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 09, 2007 |
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Lithium Builds Gray Matter in Bipolar Brains, Study Shows
Neuroscientists at UCLA have shown that lithium, long the standard treatment for bipolar disorder, increases the amount of gray matter in the brains of patients with the illness.
Apr 09, 2007 |
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