Archive: 05/23/2007
Scientists build an 'ice top' at the bottom of the world
The University of Delaware is helping to build a huge "IceCube" at the South Pole, and it has nothing to do with cooling beverages.
May 23, 2007 |
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Boys' use of video game magazines studied
U.S. researchers have found a surprising cultural influence on some boys' drive for muscularity: video gaming magazines.
May 23, 2007 |
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'Supersize me' mice research offers grim warning for America's fast food consumers
It's research that may have you thinking twice before upgrading to the large size at your favorite fast food joint. Saint Louis University research presented this week in Washington, D.C., shows the dangers of high-fat food ...
May 23, 2007 |
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Quasicrystals: Somewhere between order and disorder
Professionally speaking, things in David Damanik's world don't line up – and he can prove it. In new research that's available online and slated for publication in July's issue of the Journal of the American Mathematical So ...
May 23, 2007 |
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Jefferson scientists use gene therapy to reverse heart failure in animals
Heart researchers at the Center for Translational Medicine at Jefferson Medical College have used gene therapy to reverse heart failure in animals. In addition, they found that this gene therapy strategy had "unique and additive ...
May 23, 2007 |
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Adult brain cells rediscover their inner child
You may not be able to relive your youth, but part of your brain can. Johns Hopkins researchers have found that newly made nerves in an adult brain's learning center experience a one-month period when they are just as active ...
May 23, 2007 |
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Tiny genes may increase cancer susceptibility
New evidence indicates that small pieces of noncoding genetic material known as microRNAs (miRNAs) might influence cancer susceptibility. Differences in certain miRNAs may predispose some individuals to develop cancer, say ...
May 23, 2007 |
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Moderate drinking lowers women's risk of heart attack
Women who regularly enjoy an alcoholic drink or two have a significantly lower risk of having a non-fatal heart attack than women who are life-time abstainers, epidemiologists at the University at Buffalo have shown.
May 23, 2007 |
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How young adults cope with employment uncertainty
Young adults don’t necessarily have ‘identity crises’ when it comes to flexible labour markets and job insecurity, concludes a new study published by Bristol University. The study, Constructing coherence: young adults’ pur ...
May 23, 2007 |
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Stem cells may look malignant, not act it
Call it the cellular equivalent of big glasses, a funny nose and a fake mustache. Bone marrow stem cells attracted to the site of a cancerous growth frequently take on the outward appearance of the malignant cells around ...
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May 23, 2007 |
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Flat, Flexible, Wireless Power Source Can Go Anywhere
A team of Japanese researchers has created a novel wireless power-transmission device that is thin, flat, and flexible. Based on a sheet of plastic, the device can be put on desks, floors, walls, and almost ...
May 23, 2007 |
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FDA wants MRI contrast agent warning
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration wants a warning printed on the labels of all gadolinium-based magnetic resonance imaging contrast agents.
May 23, 2007 |
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Japanese scientists explore pluripotency
Japanese scientists have discovered how pluripotency -- the ability of stem cells to differentiate into other cell types -- is regulated.
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May 23, 2007 |
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U.S. electric vehicle research funded
The U.S. Department of Energy has selected five next-generation vehicle research projects to share in $19 million in government funding.
May 23, 2007 |
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China and Russia aiming for Mars
China and Russia aim to send an unmanned spacecraft to Mars in 28 months, it was reported Tuesday.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 23, 2007 |
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