Archive: 12/23/2008
Cracking a Tough Nut for the Semiconductor Industry
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have developed a method to measure the toughness -- the resistance to fracture -- of the thin insulating films that play a ...
Dec 23, 2008 |
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Electromagnetic Phantom Exorcises Specters of Metal Detector Tests
In the comics, the Phantom is a masked crimefighter who protected the innocent from pirates, hijackers and other evildoers. While not as dashing or exciting as its costumed namesake, this electromagnetic phantom ...
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New technique is quantum leap forward in understanding proteins
In this ongoing quest, a group of Scripps Research Institute scientists, along with colleagues from the University of California, San Diego, (UCSD) have borrowed from physics to deliver one of those research rarities -- an ...
Dec 23, 2008 |
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Treating gum disease linked to lower medical costs for patients with diabetes
A new report suggests that treating gum disease in patients who have diabetes with procedures such as cleanings and periodontal scaling is linked to 10 to 12 percent lower medical costs per month.
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Older adults at high risk for drug interactions
At least one in 25 older adults, about 2.2 million people in the United States, take multiple drugs in combinations that can produce a harmful drug-drug interaction, and half of these interactions involve a non-prescription ...
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Skipping sleep may signal problems for coronary arteries
One extra hour of sleep per night appears to decrease the risk of coronary artery calcification, an early step down the path to cardiovascular disease, a research team based at the University of Chicago Medical Center reports ...
Dec 23, 2008 |
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With mental health insurance, price matters
More people who need mental health services will seek follow-up care if the price is right, Brown University researchers have found.
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Early family depression has lasting effects on teens, young adults
The country's economic crisis could have lasting effects on children from families that fall into poverty, according to a new paper by researchers from Iowa State University's Institute for Social and Behavioral Research.
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Researchers find link to severe Staph infections
Researchers at The University of Texas School of Public Health recently described studies that support the link between the severity of community-acquired antibiotic-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA MRSA) infections and th ...
Dec 23, 2008 |
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Clinical pharmacists can reduce drug costs
Clinical pharmacy services can significantly reduce the cost of prescription drugs and save money elsewhere in the health care system, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
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Discovery offers hope for treating kidney cancer
Kidney cancer is typically without symptoms until it has spread to other organs, when it is also the most difficult to treat. Newer chemotherapies show great promise for extending survival during later disease stages, but ...
Dec 23, 2008 |
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Enhancing solar cells with nanoparticles
Deriving plentiful electricity from sunlight at a modest cost is a challenge with immense implications for energy, technology, and climate policy. A paper in a special energy issue of Optics Express, the Optical Society's (OSA) ...
Dec 23, 2008 |
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A gift for planet Earth: Ways to save energy during the holidays
Penn State's Office of Sustainability offers suggestions for saving energy this holiday season.
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Scientists Study Earthquake Swarm Near Maupin
(PhysOrg.com) -- During the last two years more than 350 small earthquakes have been recorded just outside the small eastern Oregon town of Maupin and scientists are unsure what is triggering the activity.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 23, 2008 |
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Measuring Nanoparticle Behavior in the Body Using MRI
(PhysOrg.com) -- One of the key steps in the development of any drug or imaging agent intended for human use is measurement of the adsorption, metabolism, and excretion of the drug. Quantifying this collection of pharmacological ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
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