Archive: 01/10/2008
A new way to boost red blood cell numbers
A common treatment for anemia — a deficiency in red blood cells (rbcs) caused by their insufficient production, excessive destruction, or excessive loss — is administration of recombinant erythropoietin (Epo), a hormone that ...
Jan 10, 2008 |
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New Hydrogen Clouds in the M81 Group of Galaxies
A composite radio-optical image shows five new clouds of hydrogen gas discovered using the National Science Foundation's Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope (GBT). The spiral galaxy M81 and its satellite, ...
Jan 10, 2008 |
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Even Thin Galaxies Can Grow Fat Black Holes
NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has detected plump black holes where least expected -- skinny galaxies.
Jan 10, 2008 |
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Eat less or exercise more? Either way leads to more youthful hearts
Overweight people who lose a moderate amount of weight get an immediate benefit in the form of better heart health, according to a study conducted at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. And the heart improvements ...
Jan 10, 2008 |
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'Ready': UH prof. chronicles phenomenon of 'new later motherhood'
For many women, the ticking of the proverbial “biological clock” is not as loud as the sound of the open road or the ceremonial song of “Pomp and Circumstance.” At least, not right away.
Jan 10, 2008 |
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Popular opinion not always so popular
Whether you're a voter choosing the next president, a manager making policy decisions or a consumer selecting a brand, it's likely your decision is influenced by the opinions of others.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 10, 2008 |
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High Blood Pressure In Older Adults Traced To Gene's Effects In Blood Vessels
Scientists have identified the gene that sets off a sequence of events in the blood vessels of otherwise healthy adults that can lead to high blood pressure. The disease process eventually makes conditions in vessels ripe ...
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Feeling the Heat: Berkeley Researchers Make Thermoelectric Breakthrough in Silicon Nanowires
Energy now lost as heat during the production of electricity could be harnessed through the use of silicon nanowires synthesized via a technique developed by researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy’s ...
Jan 10, 2008 |
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Chandra data reveal rapidly whirling black holes
A new study using results from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory provides one of the best pieces of evidence yet that many supermassive black holes are spinning extremely rapidly. The whirling of these giant ...
Jan 10, 2008 |
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NASA Scientists Predict Black Hole Light Echo Show
It’s well known that black holes can slow time to a crawl and tidally stretch large objects into spaghetti-like strands. But according to new theoretical research from two NASA astrophysicists, the wrenching ...
Jan 10, 2008 |
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MIT reports new twist in microRNA biology
MIT scientists have found a new way that DNA can carry out its work that is about as surprising as discovering that a mold used to cast a metal tool can also serve as a tool itself, with two complementary shapes each showing ...
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Jan 10, 2008 |
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Forces out of nothing
When a machine jams, it’s the fault of the engineer - or of physics. The latter is true at least for the first simple nanomachines which are slowed down by the Casimir effect. This force only works on the ...
Jan 10, 2008 |
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Circumstellar Dust Takes Flight in 'The Moth'
What superficially resembles a giant moth floating in space is giving astronomers new insight into the formation and evolution of planetary systems.
Jan 10, 2008 |
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Genomic screen nets hundreds of human proteins exploited by HIV
In some ways, HIV resembles a minimalist painter, using a few basic components to achieve dramatic effects. The virus contains just nine genes encoding 15 proteins, which wreak havoc on the human immune system. But this bare ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Jan 10, 2008 |
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Researchers shed light on genetic factors behind UK's biggest killer
Researchers investigating the biochemical characteristics behind several everyday diseases have discovered a new chromosomal region to be strongly associated with the bad cholesterol, low density lipoprotein, (LDL). High ...
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