Nanoparticle 'smart bomb' targets drug delivery to cancer cells
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Feb 12, 2009 |
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Researchers at North Carolina State University have successfully modified a common plant virus to deliver drugs only to specific cells inside the human body, without affecting surrounding tissue. These tiny "smart bombs" ...
Exploring hidden life’s abundance
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Feb 12, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Two miles below the surface of the Sargasso Sea lies a depression in the Earth’s crust filled with sediment and, scientists believe, teeming with life — exotic, microscopic, and very likely ...
Behavioral studies show baboons and pigeons are capable of higher-level cognition
Biology /
Feb 12, 2009 |
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It's safe to say that humans are smarter than animals, but a University of Iowa researcher is investigating the extent of that disparity in intelligence.
Next gen sequencing technology pinpoint 'on-off switches' in genomes
Biology /
Feb 12, 2009 |
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Scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and the University of California, San Diego have developed a set of molecular tools ...
Strong winds over the keel
Feb 12, 2009 |
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The large and beautiful image displays the full variety of this impressive skyscape, spattered with clusters of young stars, large nebulae of dust and gas, dust pillars, globules, and adorned by one of the ...
Children's early gesture have important link to school preparedness (Video)
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 12, 2009 |
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Children who convey more meanings with gestures at age 14 months have much larger vocabularies at 54 months than children who convey fewer meanings and are accordingly better prepared for school, according ...
New silver-based ink has applications in printed electronics
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Feb 12, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new ink developed by researchers at the University of Illinois allows them to write their own silver linings.
Next generation digital maps are laser sharp
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Feb 12, 2009 |
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Restoring habitat for spawning species of fish, such as Atlantic salmon, starts with a geological inventory of suitable rivers and streams, and the watershed systems that support them. But the high-tech mapping ...
Evolutionary link to modern-day obesity, other problems
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Feb 12, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- That irresistible craving for a cheeseburger has its roots in the dramatic growth of the human brain and body that resulted from environmental changes some 2 million years ago.
High-tech tests allow anthropologists to track ancient hominids across the landscape
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Feb 12, 2009 |
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Dazzling new scientific techniques are allowing archaeologists to track the movements and menus of extinct hominids through the seasons and years as they ate their way across the African landscape, helping ...
Scientists track warming trend in northwestern North America
Feb 12, 2009 |
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A new Montana State University study says that weather, especially in late winter and early spring, is getting warmer in northwestern North America.
Improved sensor technology could someday keep tabs on terrorists by remote control
Feb 12, 2009 |
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Scientists at Rochester Institute of Technology are designing a new kind of optical sensor to fly in unmanned air vehicles, or surveillance drones, tracking suspects on foot or traveling in vehicles identified as a threat.
People who exercise lower their risk of colon cancer
Feb 12, 2009 |
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An ambitious new study has added considerable weight to the claim that exercise can lower the risk for colon cancer. Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and Harvard University combined and ...
Running Hamsters Can Power Nano Devices (Video)
Feb 12, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Among the vast number of untapped energy sources are finger taps, heartbeats, and even hamsters running on exercise wheels. In a recent study, researchers from Georgia Tech have shown that ...
Roles of DNA packaging protein revealed
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Feb 12, 2009 |
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Scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have found that a class of chromatin proteins is crucial for maintaining the structure and function of chromosomes and the normal development ...
