Archive: 11/21/2006
Proteins anchor memories in our brain
A University of Utah study suggests that memories are held in our brains because certain proteins serve as anchors, holding other proteins in place to strengthen synapses, which are connections between nerve cells.
Nov 21, 2006 |
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Study: Hospital staffs have poor hygiene
A new study suggests most hospital-acquired infections are the result of poor hospital procedures and are not caused by patient maladies.
Nov 21, 2006 |
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Poll: Climate change worries Europeans
A poll conducted across the United Kingdom, Italy, Germany and Spain has found Europeans ready to accept lifestyle restrictions to fight global warming.
Nov 21, 2006 |
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NASA finishes Orion system review
NASA has completed the first systems review of the Orion spacecraft, moving a step closer to the launch of the United States' next human space vehicle.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 21, 2006 |
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Researchers find insect protein effective for treating heart enlargement, arrythmias
Compounds known to play an important role in how insects develop from larvae to adults have been shown in a mouse model for congestive heart failure to be effective in preventing and reducing cardiac cell overgrowth and irregular ...
Nov 21, 2006 |
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Newly Adult-born Neurons Are Functionally Similar to Mature Neurons
In mammals, the production of new brain cells occurs primarily at the time the nervous system is developing, although certain brain areas generate neurons throughout adulthood. One such area is the hippocampus, ...
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Nov 21, 2006 |
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Teeth: a future renewable natural resource?
Most vertebrates have continuous tooth generation, meaning that lost teeth are replaced with new teeth. Mammals, however, including humans, have teeth that are generally only replaced once, when milk teeth are replaced with ...
Nov 21, 2006 |
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A Bunch of Electron Chicanery
As the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) takes shape over the next few years, one of the key issues occupying the minds of physicists is controlling the size and shape of the electron pulses used to generate ...
Nov 21, 2006 |
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Genesis Findings Solve Apollo Lunar Soil Mystery
Ever since astronauts returned from another world, scientists have been mystified by some of the moon rocks they brought back. Now one of the mysteries has been solved. "We learned a great deal about the sun ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 21, 2006 |
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Samsung Develops World’s Slimmest Mobile LCD Screen
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., the world’s largest provider of thin-film transistor, liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) panels announced today that it has developed the thinnest reported LCD panel, one no thicker ...
Nov 21, 2006 |
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Deep brain stimulation offers new hope for dystonia treatment
Dystonia, a group of diseases that cause a patient's muscles to involuntary contract with movement, has had a relatively limited and ineffective number of treatments in the past. New research shows that a recently developed ...
Nov 21, 2006 |
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Ultra-intense laser blast creates true 'black metal'
"Black gold" is not just an expression anymore. Scientists at the University of Rochester have created a way to change the properties of almost any metal to render it, literally, black. The process, using an incredibly intense ...
Nov 21, 2006 |
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Rice as a source of electricity
Rice yields an abundance of biowaste: Husks make up around one quarter of the weight. Only a small fraction of this is utilized, for instance, to fire distillery furnaces. Researchers at Hanoi University of Technology now ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Nov 21, 2006 |
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Thanksgiving Skies
Thanksgiving is the biggest travel holiday of the year in the United States. Millions of people board airplanes and fly long hours to visit friends and family. Dreading the trip? Think of it as a sky watching ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 21, 2006 |
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor May Be at Mission's End
NASA's Mars Global Surveyor has likely finished its operating career. The orbiter has not communicated with Earth since Nov. 2. Preliminary indications are that a solar panel became difficult to pivot, raising ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 21, 2006 |
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