Archive: 11/22/2007
People with rare type of memory loss still sensitive to others, study shows
People with a devastating brain injury that has wiped out many of their personal memories may still be able to understand other people’s feelings and intentions, according to a joint study by the Rotman Research Institute ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 22, 2007 |
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Money motivates -- especially when your colleague gets less
The feelings an individual has on receiving his paycheque depend critically on how much his colleague earns. Hard evidence for this comes from an experiment conducted by economists and brain scientists at the University of ...
Nov 22, 2007 |
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Stem cell transplant can grow new immune system in certain mice
Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have taken a small but significant step, in mouse studies, toward the goal of transplanting adult stem cells to create a new immune system for people with autoimmune ...
Nov 22, 2007 |
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2002 Alaskan quake left 7 areas of California stirred but not shaken
Earth tremors not linked to volcanic activity first turned up in seismic observations several years ago, but those tremors were almost exclusively in subduction zones such as the Cascadia region off the coast of the Pacific ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 22, 2007 |
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'Cooper pairs' can be found in insulators as well superconductors
Nearly a century ago, Dutch physicist Kamerlingh Onnes discovered that some metals transform into perfect electrical conductors when cooled to temperatures near absolute zero. Once started, their currents of electrons can ...
Nov 22, 2007 |
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Rising tides intensify non-volcanic tremor in Earth's crust
For more than a decade geoscientists have detected what amount to ultra-slow-motion earthquakes under Western Washington and British Columbia on a regular basis, about every 14 months. Such episodic tremor-and-slip events ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 22, 2007 |
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Liquid crystal phases of tiny DNA molecules point up new scenario for first life on Earth
A team led by the University of Colorado at Boulder and the University of Milan has discovered some unexpected forms of liquid crystals of ultrashort DNA molecules immersed in water, providing a new scenario ...
Nov 22, 2007 |
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Team finds molecule that could improve cancer vaccines and therapy for other diseases
Investigators at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have discovered a new signaling molecule that prevents immune responses from running amok and damaging the body. The finding could lead to the development of new treatments ...
Nov 22, 2007 |
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Antenatal HIV
South Africa's Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (PMTCT) Programme has severe shortcomings that could be doing more harm than good. HIV patients are missing out on opportunities to receive a key intervention namely ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Nov 22, 2007 |
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Pregnant women pass on the effects of smoking
Smoking during pregnancy has many adverse effects on fetal development. A new study in mice by Andrea Jurisicova and colleagues at the University of Toronto, Canada, now adds the possibility that smoking before pregnancy ...
Nov 22, 2007 |
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Mars Doubles in Brightness
During the past month, Mars has doubled in brightness and it is putting a nice show for backyard stargazers.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 22, 2007 |
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International Space Station Crew Sends Thanksgiving Message
Orbiting more than 200 miles above the Earth, the crew of the International Space Station has sent home a special Thanksgiving message that is now airing on NASA Television and the agency's Web site.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 22, 2007 |
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Hunting males could harm polar bear populations
New research by the University of Alberta in Edmonton suggests that current wildlife management practices in Canada could make it harder for polar bears to find mates.
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Nov 22, 2007 |
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Investigating the causes of Alzheimer's
Scientists at the University of Bristol are investigating what causes the leaks that develop in blood vessels in Alzheimer's disease, thanks to funding from the UK's leading dementia research charity, the Alzheimer's Research ...
Nov 22, 2007 |
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Working mums and overweight kids: is there a link?
New research from the University of Bristol shows that children aged between 5 and 7, whose mothers work full time, are more likely to be overweight at age 16. The impact on their weight is not immediate; rather, children ...
Nov 22, 2007 |
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