Can feces save the species?
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It’s a tough job, but somebody, or at least some dogs, have to do it. In the Cerrado region of Brazil, four dogs trained to detect animal feces by scent are helping researchers monitor rare and threatened wildlife such as ...
Beaver-like robots face off in annual MIT contest
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Robots designed to toss pool-noodle trees into a river of ping-pong balls ruled over competitors focused on rescuing fuzzy toy beavers in this year's 2.007 contest, "Da (yes) MIT, or Save the Baby Beavers," ...
Researchers find natural section favors parasite fitness over host health
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Why do parasites harm their hosts? Classic evolutionary theory predicts that parasites become more virulent because they must transmit themselves between hosts, yet scientists have found little data to support this idea, ...
Key step in the 'puncture' mechanism of cell death revealed
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A team of medical researchers led by Dr Ruth Kluck at Melbourne’s Walter and Eliza Hall Institute (WEHI) has discovered a key step in the mechanism by which cells destroy themselves. In this process, called “apoptosis”, certain ...
MS can affect children's IQ, thinking skills
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Multiple sclerosis (MS) typically starts in young adulthood, but about five percent of cases start in childhood or the teen years. Children with MS are at risk to exhibit low IQ scores and problems with memory, attention ...
Human aging gene found in flies
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Scientists funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) have found a fast and effective way to investigate important aspects of human ageing. Working at the University of Oxford and The Open ...
Memory lane: Older persons with more schooling spend fewer years with cognitive loss
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Those with at least a high school education spend more of their older years without cognitive loss – including the effects of Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and dementia -- but die sooner after the loss becomes apparent, reveals ...
High blood pressure, high cholesterol may be associated with retinal vascular disease
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High blood pressure and high cholesterol levels appear to be risk factors for retinal vein occlusion, a condition that causes vision loss, according to a report in the May issue of Archives of Ophthalmology.
Quad-Core AMD Opteron Processor Family Expands with New Low-Power Options
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AMD today introduced the industry’s first energy-efficient x86 server processors with four processing cores and an integrated memory controller all in a low 55-watt ACP thermal envelope. Blade and rack systems based on five ...
Study: Kids think eyeglasses make other kids look smart
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Young children tend to think that other kids with glasses look smarter than kids who don’t wear glasses, according to a new study. Children between the ages of 6 and 10 who were surveyed for the study also thought that kids ...
End-stage dementia patients deserve the same access to palliative care as people with cancer
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There is an urgent need to improve end-of-life care for older people in the final stages of dementia, according to an international review published in the May issue of Journal of Clinical Nursing.
New approach to protect the hearts of patients with muscular dystrophy
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A team of researchers has recently shown that the administration of sildenafil protects the heart in mice with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. This study was led by Dr. Christine Des Rosiers from the Université de Montréal and ...
Carnegie Mellon engineering researchers automate analysis of protein patterns
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Carnegie Mellon University’s Justin Y. Newberg and Robert F. Murphy have developed a software toolbox that is intended to help bioscience researchers characterize protein patterns in human tissues.
British colonial past no protection from corruption
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Former British colonies are just as likely to suffer from bribery and sleaze as any other country according to an international study.
Think before you drink, says research
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People are being urged to think before they drink as part of a research project aimed at changing people’s binge drinking habits.
