Research suggests mechanism for acne drug's link to depression
Medicine & Health / Medications
Nov 12, 2007 |
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New research has found that a drug used to treat severe forms of acne reduces the availability of the chemical serotonin, low levels of which have been linked to aggression and clinical depression.
That friendly car is smiling at me: When products are perceived as people
Nov 12, 2007 |
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A forthcoming study from the Journal of Consumer Research looks at how consumers anthropomorphize products, endowing a car or a pair of shoes with human characteristics and personalities. The researchers, from the Univer ...
Light Corp. Unveils Wireless Lighting Control System
Nov 12, 2007 |
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Light Corp., a company from Grand Haven, Michigan, is launching a lighting control system that allows users to remotely control the lighting in industrial buildings. The system, called Intu, is inexpensive ...
Zinc transporters regulate pancreatic cancer
Nov 12, 2007 |
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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 ...
Toward cancer drugs that penetrate 10 times deeper into the brain
Nov 12, 2007 |
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A new drug-delivery system for cancer of the brain — one of the most difficult cancers to treat — has the potential to carry anticancer drugs 10 times deeper into tumors than conventional medications, researchers in Connecticut ...
Laser can spot illness before symptoms appear
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It may not rank among the top 10 causes of death, but decompression sickness can be fatal. Instead of waiting for symptoms to appear, a University of Houston professor is developing a laser-based system that can diagnose ...
Obesity and overweight linked to higher prostate cancer mortality
Nov 12, 2007 |
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Men who are overweight or obese when diagnosed with prostate cancer are at greater risk of death after treatment, according to a new study in the December 15, 2007 issue of CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American ...
Smokers Urged to Kick Bad Habit in the Butt
Nov 12, 2007 |
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More than 70 percent of all people who light cigarettes actually want to quit, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. However, only 5 percent to 10 percent are successful on any given attempt. As the ...
Russia, India sign space research pact
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 12, 2007 |
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Russian and Indian space agencies announced their ministers have signed a joint lunar research and exploration pact.
Move over, Cal Band! The marching cells are here
Nov 12, 2007 |
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The University of California Marching Band's precision formations have new competition – a group of tiny cells altered by UC Berkeley chemists to spell out "Cal" in the one-millimeter field of a microscope ...
HP Advances Flexibility, Efficiency of Blades Across the Data Center
Nov 12, 2007 |
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HP today announced virtualization and power management technologies that help customers streamline IT operations to realize dramatic cost savings, increased flexibility and improved energy efficiency.
PMA-2 Move Readies Station for Harmony Relocation
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 12, 2007 |
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International Space Station crewmembers move Pressurized Mating Adaptor-2 from the front of the U.S. laboratory Destiny to the Harmony node early Monday, clearing the way for Harmony's relocation to its permanent ...
Research shows few children receive a healthy lunch
Nov 12, 2007 |
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Only one in 10 school lunch boxes contains food that meets nutritional guidelines for children, new research has found. And bad news for parents who do make the effort to provide healthy food is that the study ...
Brown root rot -- a potentially serious forage crop disease -- is found throughout the Northeast
Biology /
Nov 12, 2007 |
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Cornell plant pathologists have detected brown root rot -- a potentially serious forage crop disease -- in the northeastern United States. It is widespread in New York, Vermont and New Hampshire and has been ...
Finger-Friendly 'Tactile Interface' Could Aid
Nov 12, 2007 |
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A Johns Hopkins researcher has joined experts from four other institutions who plan to create a dynamic electronic surface to allow blind or visually impaired people to "feel" mathematical graphs, diagrams and other visuals ...
