Archive: 10/23/2006
Stretching bone marrow stem cells pushes them towards becoming blood vessel
When stretched, a type of adult stem cell taken from bone marrow can be nudged towards becoming the type of tissue found in blood vessels, according to a new study by bioengineers at the University of California, ...
Oct 23, 2006 |
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Researchers add to understanding of how brain cells communicate
An hour from now, will you remember reading this? It all depends on proteins in your brain called NMDA receptors, which allow your neurons to communicate with each other.
Oct 23, 2006 |
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Scientists find a key to immune system's ability to remember
The human immune system is a peerless memory bank. Its ability to accurately catalog and recall long past encounters with viruses, bacteria and other pathogens is why we only get the measles or chicken pox once, and is why ...
Oct 23, 2006 |
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Honey bee genome holds clues to social behavior
By studying the humble honey bee, researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have come a step closer to understanding the molecular basis of social behavior in humans.
Oct 23, 2006 |
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Groups and grumps: Study identifies 'sociality' neurons
A University of California, San Diego study has for the first time identified brain cells that influence whether birds of a feather will, or will not, flock together.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 23, 2006 |
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Aussies produce fertility pill for men
Australian researchers have discovered that a combination of anti-oxidants and vitamins can significantly increase a man's fertility.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Oct 23, 2006 |
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Frito-Lay plans healthy chips
Texas's Frito-Lay is jumping aboard the health bandwagon with a line of snack chips made from fruits and vegetables.
Oct 23, 2006 |
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Insurance plan penalizes smokers, obese
The director of a U.S. anti-smoking organization says smokers and obese people should pay substantially more for health insurance than others.
Oct 23, 2006 |
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Scientists study mistrustful relationships
U.S. scientists say people often report mistrusting others who are different from them, but research doesn't support that contention.
Oct 23, 2006 |
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Debate sparked over U.S. drug spending
A doctor at New York's Weill Cornell Medical College has defended U.S. drug spending, which accounts for 42 percent of drug sale money worldwide.
Oct 23, 2006 |
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EPA: Recycling up and trash down
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says Americans are recycling more, while throwing away less.
Oct 23, 2006 |
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North American birds in avian flu study
U.S. scientists say they've found the common wood duck and laughing gull are susceptible to the H5N1 avian influenza virus and could transmit the disease.
Oct 23, 2006 |
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Researchers Discover Evidence Of Gut Parasites In Dinosaur
University of Colorado at Boulder researchers have discovered what appears to be the first evidence of parasites in the gut contents of a dinosaur, indicating even the giants that roamed Earth 75 million years ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Oct 23, 2006 |
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Tiny 'Housekeeper' Crabs Help Prevent Coral Death in South Pacific
Tiny crabs that live in South Pacific coral help to prevent the coral from dying by providing regular cleaning "services" that may be critical to the life of coral reefs around the world, according to scientists ...
Oct 23, 2006 |
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Ground Breaking New Science at SLAC
The Department of Energy's Stanford Linear Accelerator Center officially broke ground today for the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS), the world's first X-ray free-electron laser. Scheduled for completion ...
Oct 23, 2006 |
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