Archive: 11/12/2007
Marrow program tapping into Web for donors
Organizers of a Web-based bone marrow donation campaign said they're looking to expand their efforts to recruit more South Asians for the U.S. registry.
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Russia, India sign space research pact
Russian and Indian space agencies announced their ministers have signed a joint lunar research and exploration pact.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 12, 2007 |
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Foot-and-mouth lab looks for new home
Five U.S. states are vying for a $500 million federal research center that would house highly infectious animal diseases such as foot-and-mouth.
Nov 12, 2007 |
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Engineering students use smart materials to design a smart wing
A prototype aircraft wing, designed last year by four Temple mechanical engineering seniors to use “memory alloys” and electrical current to control and position the wing’s flaps, was a finalist in the recent ...
Nov 12, 2007 |
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Long-term beta carotene supplementation may help prevent cognitive decline
Men who take beta carotene supplements for 15 years or longer may have less cognitive decline, according to a report in the November 12 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
Nov 12, 2007 |
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Zinc transporters regulate pancreatic cancer
Zinc, an important trace element for healthy growth and development, can be related to pancreatic cancer. Too much ZIP4, a molecule that enables the transport of zinc into cells, promotes the growth and spread of pancreatic ...
Nov 12, 2007 |
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Chocolate drinks - probably fermented ones - popular long before previously thought, says anthropologist
Mesoamerican menus featured cacao beverages - probably fermented ones - at least as early as 1100 B.C., some 500 years earlier than previously documented anywhere, according to new research published in the ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Nov 12, 2007 |
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Genetic technology reveals how poisonous mushrooms cook up toxins
Heather Hallen spent eight years looking for poison in all the wrong places. Alpha-amanitin is the poison of the death cap mushroom, Amanita phalloides. The Michigan State University plant biology research associate was looking ...
Biology /
Nov 12, 2007 |
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Chimps dig up clues to human past?
One of the keys enabling the earliest human ancestors to trade a forest home for more open country may have been the ability to gather underground foods. Now a team of scientists reports for the first time ...
Biology /
Nov 12, 2007 |
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Researchers take first steps towards spinal cord reconstruction following injury
A new study has identified what may be a pivotal first step towards the regeneration of nerve cells following spinal cord injury, using the body’s own stem cells.
Nov 12, 2007 |
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Brain matures a few years late in ADHD, but follows normal pattern
In youth with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), the brain matures in a normal pattern but is delayed three years in some regions, on average, compared to youth without the disorder, an imaging ...
Nov 12, 2007 |
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Proteins pack tighter in crowded native state
The syrupy soup of proteins, ribosomes and membranes inside a living cell is so tightly packed it may increase the structural content of proteins by as much as 25 percent, according to new research from Rice University and ...
Biology /
Nov 12, 2007 |
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Eating your greens could prove life-saving if a heart attack strikes
A diet rich in leafy vegetables may minimize the tissue damage caused by heart attacks, according to researchers at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University. Their findings, published in the November ...
Nov 12, 2007 |
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Clean, carbon-neutral hydrogen on the horizon
Hydrogen as an everyday, environmentally friendly fuel source may be closer than we think, according to Penn State researchers.
Nov 12, 2007 |
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Eating fish, omega-3 oils, fruits and veggies lowers risk of memory problems
A diet rich in fish, omega-3 oils, fruits and vegetables may lower your risk of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease, whereas consuming omega-6 rich oils could increase chances of developing memory problems, according to a study ...
Nov 12, 2007 |
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