Scientists Explore Function of 'Junk DNA'
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Nov 13, 2006 |
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University of Iowa scientists have made a discovery that broadens understanding of a rapidly developing area of biology known as functional genomics and sheds more light on the mysterious, so-called "junk DNA" that makes ...
Researchers discover way to see how a drug attaches to a cell
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Nov 13, 2006 |
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Sandia National Laboratories researchers John Shelnutt and Yujiang Song have discovered a better way to see where a drug attaches to a cell through a new process that produces novel hollow platinum nanostructures.
Single-Dose Drug-Loaded Dendrimer Cures Mice of Colon Cancer
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Nov 13, 2006 |
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In a dramatic demonstration of the power of nanotechnology, a team of investigators has designed a nanoscale, polymeric drug delivery vehicle that when loaded with a widely used anticancer agent cures colon cancer in mice ...
Cheaper Color Printing by Harnessing Ben Franklin's Electrostatic Forces
Nov 13, 2006 |
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Recent advances in the basic science of electrostatics could soon lead to color laser printers that are cheaper and up to 70 percent smaller than current models, a physicist reports at this week's AVS International Symposium ...
DESY's FLASH illuminates the nano-world
Nov 13, 2006 |
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Using the unique soft X-ray free-electron laser FLASH at DESY in Hamburg, Germany, an international team of scientists achieved a world first by taking a high-resolution diffraction image of a non-crystalline ...
Scientists capture nanoscale images with short and intense X-ray laser
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LLNL scientists for the first time have validated the idea of using extremely short and intense X-ray pulses to capture images of objects such as proteins before the X-rays destroy the sample.
Ancient Parasites Show that Cleanliness May Have Been Next to Sickliness
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Nov 13, 2006 |
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Recent bioarchaeological findings at the ancient Dead Sea settlement of Qumran confirm the existence of a strange communal latrine --located at a remote distance, conforming with extreme hygiene practices described in ancient ...
Three-dimensional polymer with unusual magnetism
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Up to now it has not been possible to fabricate magnets from organic materials, like for example plastics. Recently, however, experiments at the Forschungszentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (Germany) in collaboration with an international ...
Scientists design simple dipstick test for cocaine, other drugs
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Nov 13, 2006 |
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Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have developed a simple "dipstick" test for detecting cocaine and other drugs in saliva, urine or blood serum. The test is based upon DNA-gold nanoparticle technology, ...
Snail toxins reveal novel way to fight severe nerve pain
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A brand new approach to treating severe nerve pain – by aiming drugs at a previously unrecognized molecular target – has been discovered by University of Utah scientists who study the venoms of deadly, sea-dwelling ...
Geneticists Aim to Unravel Where Chimp and Human Brains Diverge
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Six million years ago, chimpanzees and humans diverged from a common ancestor and evolved into unique species. Now UCLA scientists have identified a new way to pinpoint the genes that separate us from our closest living relative ...
Sperm proteome gives 'tantalising glimpse' towards the origin of sex
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The first ever catalogue of the different types of proteins found in sperm could help reveal the origins of sex and explain some of the mysteries of infertility, say scientists.
Opposites do not attract
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A study conducted at the University of California, Irvine, found that a female budgerigar prefers to mate with a male that sounds like her. Biologists Marin Moravec, Professor Nancy Burley and Professor Georg ...
Phosphorus Found to Be Another Culprit in Gulf of Mexico's 'Dead Zone'
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Nitrogen is flowing down the Mississippi River and into the Gulf of Mexico faster than it can be consumed by floating microscopic plants called phytoplankton, increasing the size of the "dead zone" off the ...
Fatigue in women is reduced in stress-related cortisol study
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 13, 2006 |
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A study of healthy women has harvested results involving fatigue and vigor that eventually may help researchers fine tune efforts to treat a multitude of illnesses and syndromes linked to low levels of the stress hormone ...
