Purified stem cells restore muscle in mice with muscular dystrophy
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By injecting purified stem cells isolated from adult skeletal muscle, researchers have shown they can restore healthy muscle and improve muscle function in mice with a form of muscular dystrophy. Those muscle-building stem ...
Not the protein, but its location in the cell, determines the onset of leukemia
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Scientists are still searching for the cause of many forms of Leukemia, including T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia. VIB researchers connected to the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven have discovered that the carcinogenic ...
Heat Switch for Fuel Filler Flaps
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Just in time – the car coasts into the gas station on its last drop of fuel. In order to fill the tank, the driver first has to release the fuel filler flap, usually by pushing a button inside the vehicle. ...
Genes could solve pollution mysteries
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, have for the first time identified environmental pollutants by looking at the genes of a small, freshwater crustacean. This new gene-based ...
Bluffing could be common in prediction markets, study shows
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A new mathematical model by researchers at the University of Michigan suggests that bluffing in prediction markets is a profitable strategy more often than previously thought.
Age-old money matters: Positivity in older adults leads to balanced investments
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The economic and psychological term known as "sunk-cost fallacy" is a bias that leads someone to make a decision based solely on a previous financial investment. For example, a baseball fan might attend every game of the ...
Alcohol's impact on heart and stroke risk may differ for men, women
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The volume of alcohol consumption may have a significantly different effect on heart and stroke risk in men and women, according to a study of Japanese people published in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association.
Even fruit flies have an orientation memory: Recall tested in a virtual space
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In order to cope with their environment, animals must be able to remember the location of their destination in situations in which they temporarily lose sight of it. This ability, known as orientation memory, is found in ...
Link shown between thunderstorms and asthma attacks in metro Atlanta area
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In the first in-depth study of its kind ever done in the Southeastern United States, researchers at the University of Georgia and Emory University have discovered a link between thunderstorms and asthma attacks in the metro ...
NIST assists in solar stake-out to improve space weather forecasts
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
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The sun is about to undergo unremitting scrutiny. About six times each minute of every hour for at least five years, a soon-to-be launched NASA satellite will measure the sun's quirky—and sometimes stormy—output ...
Researchers hack final part of the immune system code
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A group of researchers from the University of Copenhagen and the Biocentre at the Technical University of Denmark have managed to decipher the final part of the immune system’s key codes.
James Webb Space Telescope full-scale model coming to COSPAR meeting in Montreal
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The full-scale model of the James Webb Space Telescope resumes its world tour with a stop in Montreal. The model will be on display July 13 - 20 in conjunction with the 37th Committee on Space Research (COSPAR) ...
Long Wait Before Next China Quake?
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 10, 2008 |
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A new analysis of the setting for May's devastating earthquake in China shows that the quake resulted from faults with little seismic activity--and that similar events in that area occur, on average, only ...
Amphibian populations dropping in Edmonton's wetlands
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Man-made wetlands in Edmonton's new neighborhoods may look good, but do they adequately sustain life?
Station Crew Begins Spacewalk to Retrieve Soyuz Pyro Bolt
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
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International Space Station Commander Sergei Volkov and Flight Engineer Oleg Kononenko began a spacewalk at 2:48 p.m. EDT Thursday to inspect and retrieve an explosive bolt from their Soyuz TMA-12. The bolt ...
