Nutrient Pollution Chokes Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems
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Protecting drinking water and preventing harmful coastal "dead zones", as well as eutrophication in many lakes, will require reducing both nitrogen and phosphorus pollution. Because streams and rivers are ...
Fattysaurus or thinnysaurus? How dinosaurs measure up with laser imaging
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
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(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Manchester scientists are using laser imaging to investigate how fat - or fit - T. rex and his fellow dinosaurs were. Karl Bates and his colleagues in the palaeontology and biomechanics resea ...
Scientists Propose New Model for Alzheimer's Disease (Podcast)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A study from the Buck Institute for Age Research offers a revolutionary new model for Alzheimer’s disease (AD), a devastating neurodegenerative disorder which afflicts 24 million people worldwide. In an effort ...
Researchers create atomic-sized one-stop shop for nanoelectronics (Video)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Pittsburgh researchers have created a nanoscale one-stop shop, a single platform for creating electronics at a nearly single-atom scale that could yield advanced forms of such technologically ...
Report shows a decade of reductions in the cost of installed solar photovoltaic systems
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A new study on the installed costs of solar photovoltaic (PV) power systems in the U.S. shows that the average cost of these systems declined significantly from 1998 to 2007, but remained relatively flat during ...
Team learns how cellular protein detects viruses and sparks immune response
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A study led by researchers at the University of Illinois reveals how a cellular protein recognizes an invading virus and alerts the body to the infection.
Defying the disaster: Researcher explores resilient housing
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Researchers at North Carolina State University are determining ways to speed the return of residents to their homes in the wake of natural disasters.
Lake Michigan fish populations threatened by decline of tiny creature
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The quick decline of a tiny shrimp-like species, known scientifically as Diporeia, is related to the aggressive population growth of non-native quagga mussels in the Great Lakes, say NOAA scientists. As invasive mussel numbe ...
Study shows ultrasound and tPA effective for stroke
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An experimental therapy using tiny bubbles activated by transcranial Doppler (TCD) ultrasound combined with the clot busting drug tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) is more effective than tPA alone in treating patients suffering ...
Marketing professor says online shopping will look something like Second Life in the future
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
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For all of the conveniences of online shopping -- no crowds, easy parking, seemingly endless choices -- it can't always compete with the real thing. At least not yet. A Kansas State University marketing professor said consumers ...
Study: Violent media numb viewers to the pain of others
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Violent video games and movies make people numb to the pain and suffering of others, according to a research report published in the March 2009 issue of Psychological Science.
New 'bubble' targets only cancer cells
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Feb 19, 2009 |
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For millions of Americans with cancer, the side effects of chemotherapy and other treatment drugs can be devastating. But new drug-delivery research based on nano- and microtechnology from Tel Aviv University might provide ...
Can breastfeeding reduce multiple sclerosis relapses?
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Women who have multiple sclerosis may reduce their risk of relapses after pregnancy if they breastfeed their babies, according to a study released today that will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology's 61st Annual ...
Researchers call for nitrogen and phosphorus reductions to combat eutrophication in aquatic systems
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An international group of scientists is renewing calls for policymakers to reduce both nitrogen and phosphorus when attempting to alleviate eutrophication - or nutrient pollution problems - in fresh and coastal waters. In ...
CU-Boulder students to be at controls for NASA planet-hunting mission
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
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University of Colorado at Boulder students will be at the controls of one of NASA's most intriguing missions in recent years following the scheduled March 5 launch of the Kepler spacecraft to hunt down Earth-like ...
