Scientists trace molecular origin of proportional development
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When it comes to embryo formation in the lowly fruit fly, a little molecular messiness actually leads to enhanced developmental precision, according to a study in the Oct. 14 Developmental Cell from Cincinnati Children's Hospit ...
Moist Convection Can Drive Jet Streams on All Four Giant Planets
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 13, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Turbulence generated by thunderstorms can drive the multiple east-west jet streams on the giant planets – Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune – and explain a long-standing conundrum concerning ...
Best treatment determined for childhood eye problem
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Mayo Clinic researchers, as part of a nine-site study, helped discover the best of three currently-used treatments for convergence insufficiency in children. Convergence refers to the natural ability of the eyes to focus ...
Researcher Looks For Better Way to Kill Cancer Cells
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Oct 13, 2008 |
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Physics Professor Diandra Leslie-Pelecky brought more with her when she arrived at UT Dallas than expertise in nanotechnology and shiny behemoth lab equipment. She brought an award for $84,000 from the National ...
Study examines association between caffeine consumption and breast cancer risk
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Caffeine consumption does not appear to be associated with overall breast cancer risk, according to a report in the October 13 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine. However, there is a possibility of increased risk for wo ...
Toward an effective treatment for a major hereditary disease
Oct 13, 2008 |
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Scientists are reporting a key advance toward developing the first effective drug treatment for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a genetic disease that involves motor neuron loss and occurs in 1 out of every 6,000 births. SMA ...
Migratory moths may hitch their rides, but they're anything but drifters
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Night-traveling migratory moths may hitch a ride on the wind, but a new study in the October 14th issue of Current Biology, a Cell Press publication, confirms that they are anything but drifters.
New Crew Blasts Off for International Space Station
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 13, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new crew that will live and work aboard the International Space Station rocketed into orbit early Sunday aboard a Soyuz spacecraft. U.S. astronaut E. Michael Fincke, Russian cosmonaut Yury ...
Freeing protein-based drugs from bacteria's natural traps
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In a finding that could speed the development of new protein-based drugs for fighting diabetes, hepatitis, and other diseases, researchers are reporting progress toward preventing or destroying an unusual structure that reduces ...
Vision loss more common in people with diabetes
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Visual impairment appears to be more common in people with diabetes than in those without the disease, according to a report in the October issue of Archives of Ophthalmology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
