Z-shaped incision enhances minimally-invasive surgery
Dec 17, 2007 |
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A novel surgical technique allowing doctors to operate on patients by making a Z-shaped incision inside the stomach could potentially replace certain types of conventional surgery in humans, according to Penn State medical ...
Scientists work toward engineered blood vessels
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Dec 17, 2007 |
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MIT scientists have found a way to induce cells to form parallel tube-like structures that could one day serve as tiny engineered blood vessels.
Bicyclists Get Hindsight with Cerevellum Device
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Dec 17, 2007 |
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A start-up company called Cerevellum is developing a cutting-edge bicycle computer that has a first-ever feature: hindsight. The device, also named Cerevellum, provides a digital view of the road to the cyclist's ...
Agent orange chemical, dioxin, attacks the mitochondria to cause cancer
Dec 17, 2007 |
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Researchers with the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine have demonstrated the process by which the cancer-causing chemical dioxin attacks the cellular machinery, disrupts normal cellular function and ...
New strategy to cut heart attack risk is effective in initial test
Dec 17, 2007 |
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The first clinical trial of a new kind of drug to cut the risk of cardiovascular disease has been found safe and effective at dropping levels of “bad” low density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol by as much as 40 percent. High ...
Custom Blankets for the Hubble Space Telescope
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 17, 2007 |
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The Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission 4, scheduled for August 2008, aims to complete multiple upgrades and repairs, many of which are crucial for prolonging the telescope’s operational life. One of ...
Overexcited neurons not good for cell health
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Dec 17, 2007 |
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Neurotransmitters have consequences. They initiate events that are critical to a healthy life, giving us the ability to move, to talk, to breathe, to think. But that’s if the neurotransmitters are getting it right and sending ...
Intel Introduces Ultra-Small Solid-State Drive for Handheld Devices
Dec 17, 2007 |
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Intel Corporation announced its latest entry into the solid-state drive market with the Intel Z-P140 PATA Solid-State Drive (SSD), one of the tiniest in the industry aimed at handheld mobile devices. Smaller than a penny ...
New mechanical insights into wound healing and scar tissue formation
Dec 17, 2007 |
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New research published today in the Journal of Cell Biology illuminates the mechanical factors that play a critical role in the differentiation and function of fibroblasts, connective tissue cells that play a ...
Study shows urban sprawl continues to gobble up land
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Dec 17, 2007 |
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Despite reports to the contrary, urban sprawl has continued to grow significantly for the past several decades, new research suggests.
UCLA-industry partnership to develop, commercialize new nanotechnology
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Dec 17, 2007 |
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The California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) at UCLA and NanoPacific Holdings Inc. have announced a partnership to commercialize a mechanized, nanoparticle-based technology that could lead to prolonged lives of enhanced quality ...
Scientists identify and repress breast cancer stem cells in mouse tissue
Dec 17, 2007 |
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By manipulating highly specific gene-regulating molecules called microRNAs, scientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) report that they have succeeded in singling out and repressing stem-like cells in mouse breast ...
Dogs used to detect rare carnivores
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Dec 17, 2007 |
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U.S. Forest Service scientists at the Pacific Southwest Research Station are using dogs to detect the presence of rare California carnivores.
NASA to begin developing Ares rockets
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 17, 2007 |
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The U.S. space agency said it will begin testing core rocket engine components from the Apollo era this month to help build the Ares rocket.
Follow that prawn
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Dec 17, 2007 |
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A new study from the University of Leicester reveals that prawns can be used by fish species to find the best places to eat.
