Spirituality increases as alcoholics recover
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For decades, recovering alcoholics and those who treat them have incorporated spirituality into the recovery process — whether or not it's religious in nature. But few research studies have documented if and how spirituality ...
Wireless in the Sky: Hearst Builds Tower of the Future
Mar 19, 2007 |
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Media icon Hearst has built a 46-story, 856,000-square-foot structure designed to utilize the latest wireless technology. Hearst's new tower, with its diamond-shaped windows and distinctive triangular frame, cuts a unique ...
Researchers hot on the trail of brain cell degeneration
Mar 19, 2007 |
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A research team headed by Academy Research Fellow Michael Courtney has identified a new molecular pathway in neurons. The pathway is a factor in the degeneration of brain cells, which in turn plays an important role in neurological ...
Finders, Keepers? Not in New York
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If you lose your wallet in New York City, do you expect to ever see it again? Given the stereotypes that surround the city—all New Yorkers are rude, their city is a den of thieves, they would just as soon step over you than ...
Supercomputer Simulations may Pinpoint Causes of Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s Diseases
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Using the massive computer-simulation power of the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at UC San Diego, researchers are zeroing in on the causes of Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease, rheumatoid arthritis ...
Scientists unlock mystery of embryonic stem cell signaling pathway
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A newly discovered small molecule called IQ-1 plays a key role in preventing embryonic stem cells from differentiating into one or more specific cell types, allowing them to instead continue growing and dividing indefinitely, ...
Sea lion decline linked to climate change
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The recent decrease in the Alaskan sea lion population is linked to the changing ocean climate, a report says.
UBC discovery may lead to 'smart' therapies for breast, ovarian cancer
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New non-toxic and targeted therapies for metastatic breast and ovarian cancers may now be possible, thanks to a discovery by a team of researchers at the University of British Columbia.
Why are male antlers and horns so large?
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Why are male ungulate antlers and horns so large? Darwin, when proposing his theory of evolution and sexual selection, suggested that the size of male ungulate antlers and horns may reflect male individual ...
New mathematical model to add rigor to studies of disease genetics and evolution
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USC College computational biologist Peter Calabrese has developed a new model to simulate the evolution of so-called recombination hotspots in the genome.
Researcher to determine why oil still remains from Exxon Valdez
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 19, 2007 |
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Some 18 years after the Exxon Valdez ran aground and spilled nearly 11 million gallons of crude oil into Alaska's Prince William Sound, the oil continues to cause environmental problems along some of Alaska's shoreline. To ...
Software pinpoints traffic accident 'hotspots'
Technology / Computer Sciences
Mar 19, 2007 |
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Ohio State University scientists have created software that can identify traffic accident hotspots on state roadways.
Notorious cancer gene may work by destroying messenger
Mar 19, 2007 |
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A new study suggests how a notorious cancer gene may contribute to tumor growth.The insight emerged from a long-running study of a protein called PMR1, the key player in an unusual mechanism that cells use to quickly stop ...
New light-sensitive polymers may permit 'etching' images into vegetation
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Scientists in Ohio are reporting development of the first “biophotoresists,” new compounds that may be a counterpart to the light sensitive materials used in key industrial processes — such as photolithography and photoengraving ...
Scientists study infant perception
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
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U.S. medical scientists have determined infants are able to detect at least some three-dimensional images.
