Water Vapor Detected in Protoplanetary Disks
Mar 19, 2008 |
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Water is an essential ingredient for forming planets, yet has remained hidden from scientists searching for it in protoplanetary systems, the spinning disks of particles surrounding newly formed stars where planets are born. ...
Researchers Sharpen Search for New Marine Medicines with Novel Techniques
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Mar 19, 2008 |
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With the number of terrestrial sources that yield novel treatments for human disease decreasing year by year, the oceans have been tapped as a promising resource for discovering new natural biomedicines. Two ...
Carbon dioxide allowances head for auction
Mar 19, 2008 |
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A consortium of Eastern U.S. states will auction carbon missions allowances this fall in an effort to reduce carbon missions from power plants.
Asthma medicines often not prescribed as national guidelines recommend
Medicine & Health / Medications
Mar 19, 2008 |
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More than a decade after national guidelines were issued for asthma treatment, some patients still don’t receive prescriptions for the inhalers that experts say offer the safest and most effective long-term control of the ...
Chemical 'Keypad Lock' for Biomolecular Computers
Mar 19, 2008 |
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Chemists are reporting development of a "keypad lock" for accessing data from biomolecular computers, which promise to be powerful tools in many fields, including medicine and personal security.
The song doesn't remain the same in fragmented bird populations
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The song of passerine birds is a conspicuous and exaggerated display shaped by sexual selection in the context of male-male competition or mate attraction. At the level of the individual, song is considered an indicator of ...
Researcher studies drug-resistant bacteria in environment
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Water is essential to life, but the water we drink to stay alive could also be making us sick. Lesley Warren, associate professor in the School of Geography & Earth Sciences, is studying the interaction between ...
Research on consequences: Hyperactive girls face problems as adults
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Young girls who are hyperactive are more likely to get hooked on smoking, under-perform in school or jobs and gravitate towards mentally abusive relationships as adults, according to a joint study by researchers from the ...
Food insecurity linked with HIV/AIDS in Africa
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Mar 19, 2008 |
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Determining how the HIV/AIDS epidemic increases food insecurity in African cities – and what can be done to reduce the chances of this happening –is the focus of a new, international Queen’s-led project.
Coming soon: Cell therapies for diabetes, cancer?
Mar 19, 2008 |
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Therapies using stem cell transplants are advancing promising treatments for such conditions as Alzheimer’s Disease, neurological diseases and spinal cord injury, and heart disease. Now, scientists think that stem cell transplants ...
Clean-vehicle research initiative making progress
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A public-private effort to develop technologies for more fuel-efficient automobiles and to investigate the feasibility of hydrogen-based vehicles has made significant progress in most research areas, says a new report from ...
Community-acquired staph pneumonia appears more common, including MRSA
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Preliminary research from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) suggests that community acquired pneumonia (CAP) caused by the Staphylococcus aureus bacterium may be more common than originally suspected, including ...
Neuronal regulators offer potential targets for cancer
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Being too brainy can be a bad thing in a junior high cafeteria, where the social hierarchy favors other traits. "Braininess" also causes problems for cells. When a breast cell begins making the proteins normally produced ...
Study verifies that cholesterol-associated gene variants can predict cardiovascular events
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A study appearing in this week’s New England Journal of Medicine confirms that a combination of gene variants previously associated with cholesterol levels does reflect patients’ cholesterol levels and can signify increased ...
The difference in eating habits between men and women
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When it comes to what we eat, men and women really are different according to scientific research presented today (March 19) at the 2008 International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases in Atlanta, Georgia. In general, ...
