Common infant virus may trigger type 1 diabetes
Dec 18, 2008 |
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Human parechovirus is a harmless virus which is encountered by most infants and displays few symptoms. Suspected of triggering type 1 diabetes in susceptible people, research methods need to take this "silent" virus into ...
A walk in the park a day keeps mental fatigue away
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 18, 2008 |
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If you spend the majority of your time among stores, restaurants and skyscrapers, it may be time to trade in your stilettos for some hiking boots. A new study in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Ps ...
Low Temperature Laser Processing Solves a Problem in Smart Materials Manufacturing
Dec 18, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- If researchers could integrate some of the active materials, such as perovskites, that have been developed in recent years for microsensor, actuator, and transducer applications directly onto ...
Sulfurous ping-pong in the urinary tract
Dec 18, 2008 |
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Transfer of information is a basic property of biological systems. Common examples include transfer of genetic information or nerve impulses. Transmission of signals occurs at an even more fundamental level between and within ...
Men, women give to charity differently, says new research
Dec 18, 2008 |
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To whom would you rather give money: a needy person in your neighborhood or a needy person in a foreign country? According to new research by Texas A&M University marketing professor Karen Winterich and colleagues, if you're ...
Scientists Make Image, Movie of a Jupiter Moon Setting
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 18, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Jupiter's largest moon, Ganymede, is seen just before it slips behind its giant planet in a new color image and a movie made by a University of Arizona scientist from images taken by NASA's ...
Stem cells drug testing predicted to boom under Obama
Dec 18, 2008 |
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Embryonic stem cells could provide a new way of testing drugs for dangerous side effects, according to a leading British researcher.
First trimester smoking linked to oral clefts
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Smoking during the first trimester of pregnancy is clearly linked with an increased risk of cleft lip in newborns. Genes that play a role in detoxification of cigarette smoke do not appear to be involved. This is shown in ...
Experts detail the 3 rules for technological fixes
Dec 18, 2008 |
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Technology can do great things, but it also can be over sold as panacea for a host of social ills. A better use of technology can be gained if those who guide technology policy, and thus investment, are clear about how to ...
Scientists discover new way in which ubiquitin modifies transcriptional machinery
Dec 18, 2008 |
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During gene transcription – the process inside the nucleus of cells by which DNA, the genetic material, is copied into RNA molecules – a large, ever-changing multiprotein complex is enlisted to assist the DNA-copying enzyme ...
Scientists study how asbestos fibers trigger cancer in human cells
Dec 18, 2008 |
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Ohio State University scientists believe they are the first in the world to study the molecular underpinnings of cancer by probing individual bonds between an asbestos fiber and human cells.
Blocking the spread of antibiotic resistance in bacteria
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Dec 18, 2008 |
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It's as simple as A, T, G, C. Northwestern University scientists have exploited the Watson-Crick base pairing of DNA to provide a defensive tool that could be used to fight the spread of antibiotic resistance in bacteria ...
Scientist: Microbe Community Deep Beneath Arctic Permafrost Needs Study
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 18, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A community of microbes, living in a frigid layer of gas hydrates deep beneath the Arctic permafrost, has piqued the interest of scientists who say a better understanding of that environment is important ...
Toshiba develops cost-effective 32nm CMOS platform technology by advanced single exposure lithography
Dec 18, 2008 |
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Toshiba Corporation today announced a cost-effective 32nm CMOS platform technology that offers higher density and improved performance while halving the cost per function from 45nm technology.
Biomarkers improve ischemic stroke prediction
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Testing patient's blood for two proteins or biomarkers that occur when inflammation is present could help doctors identify which patients are more likely to have a stroke, said researchers at Baylor College of Medicine in ...
