Researchers block transmission of malaria in animal tests
Jun 09, 2008 |
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By disrupting the potassium channel of the malaria parasite, a team of researchers has been able to prevent new malaria parasites from forming in mosquitoes and has thereby broken the cycle of infection during recent animal ...
Scientists show why cells starved of iron burn more glucose
Jun 09, 2008 |
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Duke University Medical Center scientists have found a mechanism that allows cells starved of iron to shut down energy-making processes that depend on iron and use a less efficient pathway involving glucose. This metabolic ...
Successful first test of high speed 'penetrator'
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 09, 2008 |
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High speed ‘penetrators’ that could one day be used to breach the surface of planets have successfully passed their first test in the UK, accelerating to 700 miles per hour before striking their target. A team led by University ...
Researchers band together in global battle on bacterial biofilms
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The discovery that bacteria are not loners, but social creatures that congregate and chemically communicate in communities — termed biofilms — has sparked a global scientific effort to control spread of these slimy coatings ...
Phoenix Vibrates Soil on Oven Door
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 09, 2008 |
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This animation shows a sample of Martian soil resting on a screen over the opening to one of the eight ovens of the Thermal and Evolved-Gas Analyzer instrument on Phoenix. After vibration, the soil slumped ...
Diet prior to pregnancy determines sheep's gender
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Jun 09, 2008 |
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Maternal diet influences the chances of having male or female offspring. Research published today in BioMed Central's open access journal Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology has demonstrated that ewes fed a diet enrich ...
Excessive drinking and relapse rapidly cut in new approach
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Boosting the level of a specific brain protein quickly cut excessive drinking of alcohol in a new animal study, and also prevented relapse -- the common tendency found in sober alcoholics to easily return to heavy drinking ...
Cancer incidence and mortality in young people decreases with increasing deprivation
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Results of research into the associations between cancer and socio-economic deprivation and affluence have shown that, in contrast to cancers in older people, the numbers of new cases and deaths from the disease in teenagers ...
Researchers discover traits of aggressive form of prostate cancer
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Researchers led by a team at the Michigan Center for Translational Pathology at the University of Michigan Health System have identified traits of an aggressive type of prostate cancer that occurs in about 10 percent of men ...
For Hurricanes, Storms, Raindrop Size Makes All the Difference
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 09, 2008 |
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When Tropical Storm Gaston hit Richmond, Va., in August 2004, its notable abundance of small and mid-sized raindrops created torrential rains that led to unexpected flash flooding throughout the city and its ...
Open Patent Alliance Formed to Advance WiMAX 4G Technology
Jun 09, 2008 |
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To accelerate the widespread adoption and deployment of WiMAX technology and products, Alcatel-Lucent, Cisco, Clearwire, Intel Corporation, Samsung Electronics and Sprint today announced the formation of the Open Patent Alliance ...
Brightest X-ray Vision at the Nano-scale
Jun 09, 2008 |
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Technology-development studies at Cornell University and Jefferson Laboratory are showing how to use the brightest X-ray light ever generated for the scientific examination of everything from human proteins ...
New pathogen from pigs' stomach ulcers
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Scientists have isolated a new bacterium in pigs' stomachs thanks to a pioneering technique, offering hope of new treatments to people who suffer with stomach ulcers, according to research published in the June issue of the ...
Sleep variables affecting school performance are different with each educational level
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While disordered sleep has a negative effect on a student academically, the sleep variables affecting school performance are different by educational level, according to a research abstract that will be presented on Monday ...
OSU Scientist Uses Fiber Optics to Measure Water and Air
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 09, 2008 |
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Scientists at Oregon State University are using fiber optics to study the temperature of water, the flow of air, and the dynamics of snow melt.
