Iconic rings and flares of galaxies created by violent, intergalactic collisions
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The bright pinwheels and broad star sweeps iconic of disk galaxies such as the Milky Way might all be the shrapnel from massive, violent collisions with other galaxies and galaxy-size chunks of dark matter, according to a ...
Scientists Present 'Moving' Theory Behind Bacterial Decision-Making
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Biochemists at North Carolina State University have answered a fundamental question of how important bacterial proteins make life-and-death decisions that allow them to function, a finding ...
Pollution at home lurks unrecognized, instead attributed to large-scale environmental disasters
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Although Americans are becoming increasingly aware of toxic chemical exposure from everyday household products like bisphenol A in some baby bottles and lead in some toys, women do not readily connect typical household products ...
Researcher discovers corals resist disease
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In recent years, tropical coral reefs have become drastically altered by disease epidemics. In a new study published by PLoS ONE, lead author Steven V. Vollmer, assistant professor of biology ...
Scientists uncover new dolphin species in Australian waters
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Marine mammal experts have uncovered a new species of dolphin in Australian waters, challenging existing knowledge about bottlenose dolphin classifications and highlighting the country's marine biodiversity.
Fall babies: Born to wheeze?
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It is said that timing is everything, and that certainly appears to be true for autumn infants. Children who are born four months before the height of cold and flu season have a greater risk of developing childhood asthma ...
Screening for colorectal cancer detects unrecognized disease
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Screening for colorectal cancer detects four out of ten cancers and should be carefully designed to be more effective, according to a study published today on bmj.com.
Memory mission explores new territory in neuroscience
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Astrophysicists peer into the far corners of deep space for dark matter, but for neuroscientists at the Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) exploring the unknown is much closer to home.
Teens' Online Safety Improved by Education, Research Shows
Nov 21, 2008 |
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Think protecting young teenagers on the Internet is important? Then be sure they think it's important, too, according to a forthcoming article in IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication.
Mechanisms of cardiovascular disease and cancer give clues to new therapies
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Cardiovascular conditions leading to heart attacks and strokes are treated quite separately from common cancers of the prostate, breast or lung, but now turn out to involve some of the same critical mechanisms at the molecular ...
Rice: From genes to farmers' fields
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"Waterproof" versions of popular varieties of rice, which can withstand 2 weeks of complete submergence, have passed tests in farmers' fields with flying colors. Several of these varieties are now close to official release ...
Dawn Glides Into New Year
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 21, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Dawn spacecraft shut down its ion propulsion system today as scheduled. The spacecraft is now gliding toward a Mars flyby in February of next year.
Old-fashioned friendliness trumps incentives among supply chain partners
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Cordiality and mutually beneficial arrangements can be more important than hard-negotiated deals when it comes to cementing strong working relationships among supply chain partners, according to the Management Insights feature ...
Pregnant women who do aquarobics have easier deliveries
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A course of water aerobics classes has been shown to reduce the amount of pain-killing medication women request during labor. Research published in BioMed Central's open access journal Reproductive Health has shown that, ...
Long-term antibiotics reduce COPD exacerbations, raise questions
Medicine & Health / Medications
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Long-term use of a macrolide antibiotic may reduce the frequency of exacerbations in patients with moderate to severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) by as much as 35 percent, according to a London-based study.
