Common molecule notifies immune system of prostate cancer
Jan 10, 2008 |
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In experiments with mice, researchers have found that the body’s immune system can use a surprisingly common molecule to recognize prostate tumors. The molecule comes from a protein found in all cells of the body; however, ...
A warming climate can support glacial ice
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 10, 2008 |
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New research challenges the generally accepted belief that substantial ice sheets could not have existed on Earth during past super-warm climate events. The study by researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography ...
Supernova Remnants Dance in the LMC
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The Gemini South Multi-Object Spectograph (GMOS) recently captured a dramatic image of a vast cloud complex named DEM L316 located in the Large Magellanic Cloud. The peanut-shaped nebula appears to be a single ...
New treatment boosts bone healing and regrowth
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jan 10, 2008 |
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A drug originally used to treat iron poisoning can significantly boost the body’s own ability to heal and re-grow injured bones, according to researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB).
New Hydrogen Clouds in the M81 Group of Galaxies
Jan 10, 2008 |
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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, ...
Circumstellar Dust Takes Flight in 'The Moth'
Jan 10, 2008 |
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What superficially resembles a giant moth floating in space is giving astronomers new insight into the formation and evolution of planetary systems.
Eat less or exercise more? Either way leads to more youthful hearts
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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 ...
Fighting pollution the poplar way: Trees to clean up Indiana site
Jan 10, 2008 |
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Purdue University researchers are collaborating with Chrysler LLC in a project to use poplar trees to eliminate pollutants from a contaminated site in north-central Indiana.
MIT reports new twist in microRNA biology
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Jan 10, 2008 |
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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 ...
Popular opinion not always so popular
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 10, 2008 |
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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.
Africa's biggest mammals key to ant-plant teamwork
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Now researchers are reporting that in Africa, this plant-insect teamwork depends on the very antagonist it is intended to ward off: Africa’s big browsing mammals.
Genomic screen nets hundreds of human proteins exploited by HIV
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Jan 10, 2008 |
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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 ...
Study Says Telecommuting May Harm Workers Left Behind in the Office
Jan 10, 2008 |
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As telecommuting and other forms of virtual work become increasingly popular, what happens to the workers who are left behind in the office? A new study by a management professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute suggests ...
Treating venous leg ulcers with honey dressings unlikely to help healing
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When compared with normal care, treating a leg ulcer with dressings impregnated with honey did not significantly improve the rate of healing, but did lead to a significantly increased number of reported adverse events, according ...
The construction of heart modelling leads path to new therapies
Jan 10, 2008 |
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Heart disease is still a major killer, especially in the western world, but new therapies based on stem cells and other techniques could now be imminent. Progress is being held back however by the difficulty testing new therapies ...
