Envisat Captures Splitting iIceberg
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 14, 2008 |
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Envisat captures the break up of the massive A53A iceberg located just east of the South Georgia Island (visible at image bottom) in the southern Atlantic Ocean.
Potential Alzheimer's disease drug target identified
Mar 14, 2008 |
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In findings with the potential to provide a therapy for Alzheimer’s disease patients where none now exist, a researcher at the University of California, San Diego and colleagues have demonstrated in mice a way to reduce the ...
Jules Verne demonstrates flawless Collision Avoidance Maneuver
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Mar 14, 2008 |
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Mission controllers received confirmation shortly after 10:45 CET (09:45 UT) this morning that Jules Verne ATV had successfully demonstrated the critical Collision Avoidance Manoeuvre. The crucial test began ...
New drug protects nerve cells from damage in mice
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Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic inflammatory disease of the brain and spinal cord. Individuals with MS develop progressive neurological disability, and this is thought to be caused by degradation of the nerve cells. ...
Depression: the symptoms in children are not like in adults
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 14, 2008 |
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Depression is not always manifested in children as dejection and anhedonia. Depending on the age of the child, the dominant features may be weeping, irritability or defiance, as explained by Prof. Claudia Mehler-Wex and Dr. ...
Researchers use light to detect Alzheimer's
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A team of researchers in Bedford, Mass. has developed a way of examining brain tissue with near-infrared light to detect signs of Alzheimer's disease.
Juvenile Squirrels Need Some Stress Hormone to Learn
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Mar 14, 2008 |
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Tests on the influence that a stress-related hormone has on learning in ground squirrels could have an impact on understanding how it influences human learning, according to a University of Chicago researcher.
The Lancet publishes first clinical trial data of a fully bioabsorbable drug-eluting stent
Mar 14, 2008 |
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Data published today in The Lancet from ABSORB, the world’s first clinical trial of a fully bioabsorbable drug eluting stent for the treatment of coronary artery disease, demonstrated no stent thrombosis, no clinically driven ...
Human Proteinpedia: Portal to share human protein data among scientific community
Mar 14, 2008 |
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Today, scientists have access to a large amount of biological information through the Internet. Nevertheless, these databases do not always have the endorsement of experimental evidence, and are usually distributed in several ...
NASA prepares for Moonbuggy Race
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 14, 2008 |
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The U.S. space agency is transforming part of the U.S. Space & Rocket Center into a lunar landscape for the 15th annual Great Moonbuggy Race.
New chemical can kill latent tuberculosis bacteria
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Success in the laboratory suggests that a new compound can point the way to preventing active tuberculosis in people infected with the latent form of the bacterium, says a team led by researchers at Weill Cornell Medical ...
Researchers say ECG standards should be revised for elderly
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Researchers at Mayo Clinic suggest that the established “normal” ranges for evaluating electrocardiograms for persons over 80 years old should be “revisited.” The recommendation comes in a study published today in the American Jo ...
Artemis provides communications for Jules Verne ATV
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 14, 2008 |
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ESA's Artemis data relay satellite, controlled from Fucino (Italy) and with its mission control centre and Earth terminal located at Redu (Belgium), is providing communications between the Jules Verne ATV ...
Researchers identify first sex chromosome gene involved in meiosis and male infertility
Mar 14, 2008 |
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A team of scientists led by University of Pennsylvania veterinary researchers have identified a gene, TEX11, located on the X chromosome, which when disrupted in mice renders the males sterile and reduces female fecundity. ...
Researcher working on corn varieties that need less nitrogen
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Mar 14, 2008 |
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Jonathan Lynch has made a name for himself doing ground-breaking (pun intended) research on the roots of bean and soybean plants in an effort to improve crop yields in places such as Africa, Asia and Latin America.
