Archive: 09/18/2008
When healing turns to scarring: Research reveals why it happens and how to stop it
For the first time, research from The University of Western Ontario has revealed the mechanisms involved in the origin of scarring or fibrotic diseases, as well as a way to control it. The study, led by Andrew Leask of the ...
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Scientists discover cancer-causing role of gene proteins
Dr. Tak Mak and scientists at The Campbell Family Institute for Breast Cancer Research at Princess Margaret Hospital have discovered the role of two "cousins" in the genetic family tree of cancer development.
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Rodent studies suggest mother's diet can affect genes and offspring's risk of allergic asthma
A pregnant mouse's diet can induce epigenetic changes that increase the risk her offspring will develop allergic asthma, according to researchers at National Jewish Health and Duke University Medical Center. Pregnant mice ...
Sep 18, 2008 |
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BOSS: The Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) uses a 2.5-meter telescope with a wider field of view than any other large telescope, located on a mountaintop in New Mexico called Apache Point and devoted solely to mapping ...
Sep 18, 2008 |
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Why chemo works for some people and not others
MIT researchers have shown that cells from different people don't all react the same way when exposed to the same DNA-damaging agent — a finding that could help clinicians predict how patients will respond to chemotherapy.
Sep 18, 2008 |
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Girders Get the Green Light
(PhysOrg.com) -- The temperature is now stabilized at a mild 68 °F (20 °C), support pedestals are in place and aligned, the paint is dry and physicists are moving in. That's the scene in the Linac Coherent ...
Sep 18, 2008 |
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3D Virtual Reality Environment Developed at UC San Diego Helps Scientists Innovate
Its name sounds like something out of science fiction, but the StarCAVE at the University of California, San Diego is now a science fact. The virtual-reality environment allows groups of scientists to venture ...
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Sep 18, 2008 |
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Phoenix Images Discarded Heat Shield
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new color high-resolution image from the Phoenix Mars Lander shows its crumpled heat shield about 150 meters away from the spacecraft.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 18, 2008 |
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Honda Develops New Multi-View Vehicle Camera System to Provide View of Surrounding Areas
Honda Motor announced that it has developed a multi-view camera system which displays views from multiple wide-angle CCD cameras on the vehicle’s navigation screen to reduce blind spots, support smooth parallel ...
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Sep 18, 2008 |
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Scientists find 'redesigned hammer' that forged evolution of pregnancy in mammals
Yale researchers have shown that the origin and evolution of the placenta and uterus in mammals is associated with evolutionary changes in a single regulatory protein, according to a report in Proceedings of ...
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'Buckyballs' have high potential to accumulate in living tissue
Research at Purdue University suggests synthetic carbon molecules called fullerenes, or buckyballs, have a high potential of being accumulated in animal tissue, but the molecules also appear to break down in sunlight, perhaps ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Sep 18, 2008 |
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New research can help product manufacturers effectively shift to service-centric business strategies
According to research conducted at the University of Washington, manufacturing firms can increase shareholder value by transitioning to services, but there are some important caveats.
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Left, Right; Obama, McCain: It may not be what you think
(PhysOrg.com) -- Why does it seem many people begin with political preferences and then try to find reasons justifying their inclinations? Why is it so difficult to sway people who care deeply about politics no matter how ...
Sep 18, 2008 |
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Women have the numbers but find college is still a struggle
(PhysOrg.com) -- Women may maintain a numerical advantage over men at U.S. colleges and universities, but they also experience greater economic hardship, higher levels of stress and less academic confidence, according to ...
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Polar Crown Prominences
Warning: Material contained in this story may make you wish to become a solar physicist. Japan's Hinode spacecraft, launched in 2006 on a mission to study the sun, is beaming back movies that astonish even ...
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