As waters clear, scientists seek to end a muddy debate
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 13, 2007 |
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Geologists have long thought muds will only settle when waters are quiet, but new research by Indiana University Bloomington and Massachusetts Institute of Technology geologists shows muds will accumulate ...
Moss is a super model for feeding the hungry
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Dec 13, 2007 |
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One of the simplest plants on the planet could help scientists create crops to survive the ravages of drought.
Brain-computer link systems on the brink of breakthrough, study finds
Dec 13, 2007 |
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Systems that directly connect silicon circuits with brains are under intensive development all over the world, and are nearing commercial application in many areas, according to a study just placed online.
Profound immune system discovery opens door to halting destruction of lupus
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Dec 13, 2007 |
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A researcher funded by the Lupus Research Institute (LRI) has discovered an entirely new and powerful molecular switch that controls the inflammatory response of the immune system. The major finding, reported in the December ...
Molecular 'trip switch' shuts down inflammatory response
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Like a circuit breaker that prevents electrical wiring from overheating and bringing down the house, a tiny family of three molecules stops the immune system from mounting an out-of-control, destructive inflammatory response ...
Green tea may protect brain cells against Parkinson's disease
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Does the consumption of green tea, widely touted to have beneficial effects on health, also protect brain cells? Authors of a new study being published in the December 15th issue of Biological Psychiatry share new data t ...
Researchers shine the light of venus to learn how the herpes virus invades cells
Dec 13, 2007 |
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University of Pennsylvania researchers have uncovered an important step in how herpes simplex virus, HSV-1, uses cooperating proteins found on its outer coat to gain entry into healthy cells and infect them. Further, the ...
Moss genome shows how plants invaded the land and learned to survive heat and drought
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Some 400 million years ago, on a lifeless lakeshore lapped by waves, floating algae learned to survive in the open air and launched an invasion that transformed the Earth into a green paradise.
Wild chimpanzees appear not to regularly experience menopause
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Dec 13, 2007 |
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A pioneering study of wild chimpanzees has found that these close human relatives do not routinely experience menopause, rebutting previous studies of captive individuals which had postulated that female chimpanzees reach ...
Immediate action needed to save corals from climate change
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Dec 13, 2007 |
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The journal Science has published a paper today that is the most comprehensive review to date of the effects rising ocean temperatures are having on the world’s coral reefs. The Carbon Crisis: Coral Reefs under Rapid Climat ...
Scientists overcome obstacles to stem cell heart repair
Dec 13, 2007 |
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Scientists funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) at Imperial College London have overcome two significant obstacles on the road to harnessing stem cells to build patches ...
Researchers zero in on the tiniest members in the war on cancer
Dec 13, 2007 |
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Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania and Johns Hopkins University have uncovered another reason why one of the most commonly activated proteins in cancer is so dangerous. As reported in Nature Genetics this week, ...
Semen ingredient 'drastically' enhances HIV infection
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Dec 13, 2007 |
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A plentiful ingredient found in human semen drastically enhances the ability of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) to cause infection, according to a report in the December 14, 2007, issue of the journal Cell, a publ ...
New technique reveals insights into lung disease
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Doctors at the Universities of Nottingham and Leicester are collaborating in the use of a magnetic resonance technique to image and quantify the air spaces inside the lungs — and the results of their research may lead to ...
Putting risk in perspective: Do people make better decisions when they understand average risk?
Dec 13, 2007 |
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If there were a pill that would cut your risk of breast cancer in half, would you take it? What if you were told your risk of breast cancer was already below average?
