Purple pigments and obesity
Feb 11, 2008 |
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Scientists in Arkansas are reporting new evidence that natural pigments responsible for the beautiful blue/purple/reddish color of certain fruits and vegetables may help prevent obesity. Their animal study, ...
Columbus installed in new home on ISS
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 11, 2008 |
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The European Columbus laboratory has completed its voyage to the International Space Station. Columbus was officially attached to the right side of the Harmony module at 22:44 CET this evening.
Ignition locks reduce DWIs
Feb 11, 2008 |
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Interlocks, breath-testing devices that prevent a vehicle’s ignition from starting if the driver is above a preset blood alcohol limit, can dramatically reduce driving-while-impaired (DWIs) offenses among first-time offenders, ...
Researchers identify novel anticancer drug from the sea
Feb 11, 2008 |
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A collaborative team of researchers spearheaded by Dennis Carson M.D., professor of medicine and director of the Rebecca and John Moores UCSD Cancer Center at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) ...
Gene therapy protocol activates immune system in patients with leukemia
Feb 11, 2008 |
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A research team at the Moores Cancer Center at University of California, San Diego (UCSD) reports that patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) who were treated with a gene therapy protocol began making antibodies ...
Researchers show leaky muscle cells lead to fatigue
Feb 11, 2008 |
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What do marathoners and heart failure patients have in common? More than you think according to new findings by physiologists at Columbia University Medical Center.
Why youth hostel showers are like the stock market
Feb 11, 2008 |
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Diversity keeps you warm. At least that is true while you're having a shower in youth hostels. If you like, this sums up the research project just published by scientists from the Universities of Fribourg and Bonn. Their ...
Team develops thin-film 'micro pharmacy'
Feb 11, 2008 |
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A new thin-film coating developed at MIT can deliver controlled drug doses to specific targets in the body following implantation, essentially serving as a “micro pharmacy.”
Study finds simple recipe for ad success: Just add art
Feb 11, 2008 |
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Advertisers looking to add appeal to their products need to look no farther than their nearest art museum, according to a new University of Georgia study that finds that even a fleeting exposure to art makes consumers evaluate ...
UNH-NOAA ocean mapping expedition yields new insights into arctic depths
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Feb 11, 2008 |
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New Arctic sea floor data released today by the University of New Hampshire and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration suggests that the foot of the continental slope off Alaska is more than 100 ...
Researchers discover a mechanism leading to cleft palate
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Feb 11, 2008 |
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By creating a genetic mutation in zebrafish, University of Oregon scientists say they've discovered a previously unknown mechanism for cleft palate, a common birth defect in humans that has challenged medical ...
Prenatal exposure to maternal antibodies linked to autistic behaviors in offspring
Feb 11, 2008 |
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New research from the UC Davis M.I.N.D. Institute shows that an interaction between fetal brain cells and maternal antibodies could be linked with the repetitive behavior – also called stereotypies – that is characteristic ...
Greener extraction of one of nature's whitest minerals
Feb 11, 2008 |
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From medicine to make-up, plastics to paper - hardly a day goes by when we don't use titanium dioxide. Now researchers at the University of Leeds have developed a simpler, cheaper and greener method of extracting higher yields ...
Nanotechnology's future depends on who the public trusts
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Feb 11, 2008 |
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When the public considers competing arguments about a new technology’s potential risks and benefits, people will tend to agree with the expert whose values are closest to their own, no matter what position the expert takes. ...
Most with high blood pressure do not follow recommended diet
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A relatively small proportion of individuals with hypertension (high blood pressure) eat diets that align with government guidelines for controlling the disease, according to a report in the February 11 issue of Archives ...
