Archive: 08/15/2008
Sweets make young horses harder to train in Montana State study
Young horses may be easier to train if they temporarily lay off the sweets, says a Montana State University study where two-year-olds wore pedometers, wrist watches and Ace bandages.
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Potatoes may hold key to Alzheimer's treatment
A virus that commonly infects potatoes bears a striking resemblance to one of the key proteins implicated in Alzheimer's disease (AD), and researchers have used that to develop antibodies that may slow or prevent the onset ...
Aug 15, 2008 |
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A therapy for baby boomers to sleep on
If you're over 55 and have spent more than a few sleepless nights, you're not alone -- insomnia affects about half of all people over 55 -- but you may also be at increased risk for physical and mental ailments.
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Back to School Reminder: Kids Should Go for Safety, Not Style
(PhysOrg.com) -- School children across the world may speak different languages but there is one experience an estimated 90 percent of all students share: wearing a backpack. Researchers from the University ...
Aug 15, 2008 |
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By amplifying cell death signals, scientists make precancerous cells self-destruct
When a cell begins to multiply in a dangerously abnormal way, a series of death signals trigger it to self-destruct before it turns cancerous. Now, in research to appear in the August 15 issue of Genes & Development, Rockef ...
Aug 15, 2008 |
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Study Details How Platinum Nanocages 'Cook' Cancer Cells
Platinum-based anticancer agents have a long history as proven therapeutic agents, but their toxicity and short lifetime in the body and the ability of tumors to develop resistance to these drugs limit the ultimate utility ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Aug 15, 2008 |
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Dual-Mode Nanoparticles Image Tumors Using MRI and PET
Medical imaging represents one of the most used and useful procedures in the oncologist’s diagnostic toolkit, even though each of the most useful techniques—magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computerized tomography x-ray ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Aug 15, 2008 |
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Cassini Pinpoints Source of Jets on Saturn's Moon Enceladus
(PhysOrg.com) -- In a feat of interplanetary sharpshooting, NASA's Cassini spacecraft has pinpointed precisely where the icy jets erupt from the surface of Saturn's geologically active moon Enceladus.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 15, 2008 |
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The Realm of Earthworms: NASA Gets Down to the Nitty-Gritty
When you hear the word "NASA," do visions of rocket ships dance in your head? Well think again. From now on, it's "earthworms."
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 15, 2008 |
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Extent of inbreeding in pedigree dogs revealed in new study
The extent of inbreeding in purebred dogs and how this reduces their genetic variation is revealed in a new study by Imperial College London researchers. Inbreeding puts dogs at risk of birth defects and genetically ...
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Ariane 5 - Fifth launch of 2008
Yesterday evening, an Ariane 5 ECA launcher lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport at Kourou, in French Guiana, on its mission to place two telecommunications satellites into geostationary transfer orbits.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 15, 2008 |
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New insights into centre of the Earth
A new observation of the very deepest part of the Earth, the solid inner core, has been reported this week in Nature. The team from the University of Bristol also observed intriguing evidence of a ‘texture’ in the ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 15, 2008 |
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New book tutors future presidents and public on science behind the headlines
In the event of a standoff between the United States and Iran over uranium enrichment, would Barack Obama, if elected president, know enough about the physics of nuclear weapons to assess the threat? In leading the nation ...
Aug 15, 2008 |
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Light receptors in eye play key role in setting biological clock
Biologists at the University of Virginia have discovered a switching mechanism in the eye that plays a key role in regulating the sleep/wake cycles in mammals.
Biology /
Aug 15, 2008 |
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Study shows that surgical weight loss does not eliminate obstructive sleep apnea
A study in the August 15 issue of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine shows that surgical weight loss results in an improvement of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), but most patients continue to have moderate to severe OSA on ...
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