Archive: 12/20/2006
New game teaches energy conservation
U.S. engineers have designed a board game that teaches middle school children how their energy choices directly impact energy conservation.
Dec 20, 2006 |
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Study looks at what makes an Einstein
U.S. researchers say they've determined the complex mix of factors that help create the world's Albert Einsteins and Stephen Hawkings.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 20, 2006 |
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S. Korean scientists to try monkey cloning
A team led by a South Korean scientist said it would soon attempt to perform the world's first cloning of a monkey.
Biology /
Dec 20, 2006 |
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Singing for survival
It is well known that animals use song as a way of attracting mates, but researchers have found that gibbons have developed an unusual way of scaring off predators – by singing to them.
Biology /
Dec 20, 2006 |
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Education -- the best pill of all for preventing Alzheimer's?
A study published in PLoS ONE today addresses the impact of neuroprotection on Alzheimer's disease.
Dec 20, 2006 |
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Researchers use stem cells to regenerate parts of teeth
A multi-national research team headed by USC School of Dentistry researcher Songtao Shi, DDS, PhD, has successfully regenerated tooth ro ot and supporting periodontal ligaments to restore tooth function in a swine (an animal) ...
Dec 20, 2006 |
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Running on Microbes
What’s cleaner than coal, as renewable as solar energy and as ingenious as any of the cutting-edge alternative energy sources now being proposed for cars? The answer is microbe power, and if a USC team’s efforts ...
Biology /
Dec 20, 2006 |
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Ho! Ho! Huh? Researchers measure holiday spirit
The holidays just wouldn't be the same without the decorations. From a single wreath or child's picture of Santa taped to a window, to displays so elaborate that they can almost be seen from outer space, the festive season ...
Dec 20, 2006 |
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Students Design System to Return Astronauts to Earth
NASA's planned mission to the moon won't lift off for more than seven years, but student engineers at Texas A&M University are already designing the systems that could get it safely back to the ground.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 20, 2006 |
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New Years Good Time for Taking Personal Inventory
The end of another year is fast approaching, a time when many of us will make resolutions to lose weight or quit smoking. But instead of making resolutions which are often times quickly forgotten, New Years is a good time ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 20, 2006 |
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Crew Inspecting Heat Shield, Preparing for Landing
The STS-116 crew is conducting a final inspection of Space Shuttle Discovery’s heat shield today and preparing for landing.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 20, 2006 |
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'Speechless' and 'Mute' help break the silence of the leaves
Researchers have discovered two genes that guide land plants to develop microscopic pores that they can open and close as if each pore was a tiny mouth. Plants wouldn't have been able to move from water to ...
Biology /
Dec 20, 2006 |
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Stem cells used to create critical brain barrier in lab
Using neural stem cells derived from the fetal brains of rats, a team of Wisconsin scientists has devised a rudimentary blood-brain barrier in the lab.
Dec 20, 2006 |
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How blood flow dictates gene expression
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have pinpointed a key regulatory protein that translates blood flow into gene expression. The investigators showed that in a model of mouse embryonic ...
Dec 20, 2006 |
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Common gut microbes may contribute to obesity
A link between obesity and the microbial communities living in our guts is suggested by new research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. The findings indicate that our gut microbes are biomarkers, mediators ...
Dec 20, 2006 |
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