Firearms industry should bear financial liability for homicides involving handguns
Mar 18, 2008 |
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George Nation, professor of law and business at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pa., argues in the April issue of the Baylor Law Review that manufacturers of guns should be required to bear vicarious financial liability for ...
Vegan diet promotes atheroprotective antibodies in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Mar 18, 2008 |
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A gluten-free vegan diet may improve the health of patients with rheumatoid arthritis, according to new research from the Swedish medical universit Karolinska Institutet. The diet has a beneficial effect on several risk factors ...
Lithium chloride slows onset of skeletal muscle disorder
Mar 18, 2008 |
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A new UC Irvine study finds that lithium chloride, a drug used to treat bipolar disorder, can slow the development of inclusion body myositis, a skeletal muscle disease that affects the elderly.
Loss of egg yolk genes in mammals and the origin of lactation and placentation
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Mar 18, 2008 |
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If you are reading this, you did not start your life by hatching from an egg. This is one of the many traits that you share with our mammalian relatives. A new paper in this week’s PLoS Biology explores the ge ...
Scientists successfully awaken sleeping stem cells
Mar 18, 2008 |
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Scientists at Schepens Eye Research Institute have discovered what chemical in the eye triggers the dormant capacity of certain non-neuronal cells to transform into progenitor cells, a stem-like cell that can generate new ...
Need New Look? Online Makeover is fan-taaz-tic
Technology / Computer Sciences
Mar 18, 2008 |
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Thanks to a Jacobs School startup company whose site, Taaz.com went live today, the cosmetics counter isn't the only place to try out the latest makeup trends. The new way is easier, faster, and much more ...
What effect does melatonin have in colitis?
Mar 18, 2008 |
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In rats with experimental colitis, the marked increase in bacterial translocation in postcolitis rats has been reversed by melatonin administration. This is due to melatonin's anti-inflammatory and anti-apoptotic effects.
Stopping a receptor called 'nogo' boosts the synapses
Mar 18, 2008 |
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New findings about a protein called the nogo receptor are offering fresh ways to think about keeping the brain sharp.
Envisat makes first ever observation of regionally elevated CO2 from manmade emissions
Mar 18, 2008 |
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Using data from the SCIAMACHY instrument aboard ESA's Envisat environmental satellite, scientists have for the first time detected regionally elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide – the most important greenhouse ...
UCSD Scientists Develop Sensor for Homemade Bombs
Mar 18, 2008 |
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A team of chemists and physicists at the University of California, San Diego has developed a tiny, inexpensive sensor chip capable of detecting trace amounts of hydrogen peroxide, a chemical used in the most ...
Zircon remnants trace planetary evolution
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 18, 2008 |
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A Canadian-led international team of scientists has used 3-billion-year-old zircon microcrystals to trace North America's planetary evolution.
Two college students find asteroid
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 18, 2008 |
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Two Texas college students discovered an asteroid while examining images of space on a computer, a report said.
Researchers say Arctic sea ice still at risk despite cold winter
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 18, 2008 |
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Using the latest satellite observations, NASA researchers and others report that the Arctic is still on “thin ice” when it comes to the condition of sea ice cover in the region. A colder-than-average winter ...
New form of aspirin is easier on stomachs
Medicine & Health / Medications
Mar 18, 2008 |
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Italian researchers have altered the atomic makeup of aspirin to make it less harsh on users' stomach linings, experts said.
Blood disease protects against malaria in an unexpected way
Mar 18, 2008 |
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Children with an inherited blood disorder called alpha thalassemia make unusually small red blood cells that mostly cause a mild form of anemia. Now, researchers have discovered that this disorder has a benefit—it can protect ...
