Heart Attacks Occur More in the Morning, Experts Say
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The movies typically show heart attacks taking place over dinner or in the heat of an argument.
arXiv online scientific repository hits milestone
Oct 09, 2008 |
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Reinforcing its place in the scientific community, the arXiv repository at Cornell University Library reached a new milestone in October 2008: Half a million e-print postings -- research articles published ...
Saving Sumatra: Indonesia reaches historic agreement
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The Indonesian government and World Wildlife Fund (WWF) today announced a bold commitment to protect the remaining forests and critical ecosystems of Sumatra, an Indonesian island that holds some of the world's most diverse ...
Small intestine can sense and react to bitter toxins in food
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Toxins in food often have a bad, bitter taste that makes people want to spit them out. New UC Irvine research finds that bitterness also slows the digestive process, keeping bad food in the stomach longer and increasing the ...
A new hand -- and signs of sensory recovery
Oct 09, 2008 |
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Four months after a successful hand transplant -- 35 years after amputation in an industrial accident at age 19 -- a 54-year-old man's emerging sense of touch is registered in the former "hand area" of the ...
Digital zebrafish embryo provides the first complete developmental blueprint of a vertebrate
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Oct 09, 2008 |
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Researchers at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) have generated a digital zebrafish embryo - the first complete developmental blueprint of a vertebrate. With a newly developed microscope scientists ...
Stabilizing Force for Good Communication Between Neurons and Muscle Cells Found
Oct 09, 2008 |
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You can't raise a finger without your brain directing muscle cells, and scientists have figured out another reason that usually works so well.
Phoenix Lander Digs and Analyzes Soil as Darkness Gathers
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(PhysOrg.com) -- As fall approaches Mars' northern plains, NASA's Phoenix Lander is busy digging into the Red Planet's soil and scooping it into its onboard science laboratories for analysis.
Oil, gas, propane? Penn State site compares home heating options
Oct 09, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- That nip in the air means fall is here, and many homeowners are facing a drastically more expensive home-heating season. An energy specialist in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences says it's not ...
California Scientists Demonstrate How to Use Advanced Fiber-Optic Backbone for Research
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(PhysOrg.com) -- How can super-fast networking among research institutions in California help scientists make new discoveries? Researchers, campus administrators and networking infrastructure officials converged ...
Expert: Flawed corporate watchdog methods helped fuel economic crisis
Oct 09, 2008 |
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Archaic corporate governing systems that failed to ferret out risky business deals helped stoke the nation's deepest financial meltdown since the Great Depression, a University of Illinois business law expert says.
Clue to genetic cause of fatal birth defect
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A novel enzyme may play a major role in anencephaly, offering hope for a genetic test or even therapy for the rare fatal birth defect in which the brain fails to develop, according to a study from researchers at the University ...
New findings may improve treatment of inherited breast cancer
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Scientists have identified some of the elusive downstream molecules that play a critical role in the development and progression of familial breast cancer. The research, published by Cell Press in the October 10th issue of ...
Wildfires cause ozone pollution to violate health standards, new study shows
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Wildfires can boost ozone pollution to levels that violate U.S. health standards, a new study concludes. The research, by scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), focused on California ...
Some countries sidestep Kyoto rules with land 'donations'
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(PhysOrg.com) -- When is a park a meaningful piece of protected land and when is it merely a political gesture?
