Archive: 08/14/2008
Lessons from yeast: A possible cure for Parkinson's disease?
Parkinson disease (PD) is a debilitating and lethal neurodegenerative disease, for which there is currently no cure. It is caused by the progressive loss of nerve cells that produce the chemical dopamine and is characterized ...
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Rheb's role in cancer
Two independent papers in the August 15th issue of G&D identify the Rheb GTPase as a novel oncogene and a promising new chemotherapeutic target.
Aug 14, 2008 |
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Women and war: The toll of deployment on physical health
More than 80 percent of a sample of Air Force women deployed in Iraq and other areas around the world report suffering from persistent fatigue, fever, hair loss and difficulty concentrating, according to a University of Michigan ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 14, 2008 |
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Probing Question: Is peak oil a myth?
Unprecedented summer gasoline prices are squeezing Americans' wallets and also expanding their vocabularies, as terms like "peak oil" gain common usage.
Aug 14, 2008 |
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Phoenix Microscope Takes First Image of Martian Dust Particle
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has taken the first-ever image of a single particle of Mars' ubiquitous dust, using its atomic force microscope.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 14, 2008 |
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Safer Triggers and Training Decrease Nail Gun Injuries
Nail gun injuries decline with the use of safer triggers and training, but safety regulations are needed for residential carpenters, according to researchers at Duke University Medical Center.
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Slipping through cell walls, nanotubes deliver high-potency punch to cancer tumors in mice
(PhysOrg.com) -- The problem with using a shotgun to kill a housefly is that even if you get the pest, you'll likely do a lot of damage to your home in the process. Hence the value of the more surgical flyswatter.
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Aug 14, 2008 |
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A snooze button for the circadian clock
We may use the snooze button to fine-tune our sleep cycles, but our cells have a far more meticulous and refined system. Humans, and most other organisms, have 24-hour rhythms that are regulated by a precise molecular clock ...
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Study Improves Ability to Predict Aerosols' Effect on Cloud Cover
(PhysOrg.com) -- Using a novel theoretical approach, researchers from NASA and other institutions have identified the common thread that determines how aerosols from human activity, like the particles from ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 14, 2008 |
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Virtual applications reach out to real world
(PhysOrg.com) -- European researchers have developed a series of very clever tools to break through the bottlenecks stalling the widespread adoption of virtual reality. But the compelling applications designed for the system ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Aug 14, 2008 |
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Stress, anxiety can make allergy attacks even more miserable and last longer
A new study here shows that even slight stress and anxiety can substantially worsen a person's allergic reaction to some routine allergens. Moreover, the added impact of stress and anxiety seem to linger, causing the second ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 14, 2008 |
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Self-assembling polymer arrays improve data storage potential
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new manufacturing approach holds the potential to overcome the technological limitations currently facing the microelectronics and data-storage industries, paving the way to smaller electronic ...
Aug 14, 2008 |
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Leishmaniasis parasites evade death by exploiting the immune response to sand fly bites
Cutaneous leishmaniasis, a disease characterized by painful skin ulcers, occurs when the parasite Leishmania major, or a related species, is transmitted to a mammalian host by the bite of an infected sand fly. In a new st ...
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Northwestern chemists take gold, mass-produce Beijing Olympic logo
Northwestern University nanoscientist Chad A. Mirkin has mass-produced the 2008 Summer Olympics logo -- 15,000 times. All the logos take up only one square centimeter of space.
Aug 14, 2008 |
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Computer users are digitizing books quickly and accurately with Carnegie Mellon method
Millions of computer users collectively transcribe the equivalent of 160 books each day with better than 99 percent accuracy, despite the fact that few spend more than a few seconds on the task and that most do not realize ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Aug 14, 2008 |
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