Atlantic trees will be affected the most by climate change on the Iberian Peninsula
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The extreme heat wave that destroyed the territories of Western Europe in the summer of 2003 was an evident scientific sign of the change that climate is undergoing. Now, researchers from the University of the Basque Country ...
Researchers discover paradox about general anesthesia: It can increase post-surgical pain
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The general anesthesia that puts patients into unconscious sleep so they do not feel surgical pain can increase the discomfort they feel once they wake up, say researchers from Georgetown University Medical Center. They say ...
Cellular annoyance
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Annoying mobile communications abroad The results of a multi-national survey to be published in the International Journal of Mobile Communications reveals some surprises about cell phone use that have imp ...
Alzheimer's disease as a case of brake failure?
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[B]A loss of protein function in neurons may lead to dementia[/B] Rutgers researcher Karl Herrup and colleagues at Case Western Reserve University have discovered that a protein that suppresses cell division in brain cel ...
Phoenix Lander Prepares for Microscopy, Wet Chemistry on Mars
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 24, 2008 |
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NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has delivered a scoop of Martian soil from the "Snow White" trenches to the optical microscope for analysis tomorrow, June 24, the 29th Martian day of the mission, or Sol 29.
Major progress in technology needed for 25 percent renewable energy use to be affordable
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Dramatic progress in renewable energy technology is needed if the United States desires to produce 25 percent of its electricity and motor vehicle fuel from renewable sources by 2025 without significantly increasing consumer ...
Extension has tomato-handling tips for consumers
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The discovery of Salmonella in certain tomato varieties has caused a series of food-poisoning outbreaks throughout the United States and put the media and the public's eye on food safety. Renee Boyer, consumer ...
Binge drinking due to ‘copying’ behaviour
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
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The rise in binge drinking in the young is a “fashion phenomenon” where drinkers are copying their associates’ behaviour, new research has shown.
Newly identified role for 'power plants' in human cells could lead to targeted therapies
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Scientists have determined that human cells are able to shift important gene products into their own mitochondria, considered the power plants of cells. The finding could eventually lead to therapies for dozens of diseases.
Genomics of large marine animals showcased in the biological bulletin
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Though the slow moving purple sea urchin may look oblivious, lacking a head, eyes and ears, this prickly creature has an impressive suite of sensory receptors to detect outside signals. And don't overlook ...
High intensity training helps heart patients
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Cardiac patients from the community are benefiting from new exercise rehabilitation research at the University’s Exercise and Sport Science Division.
Pigs prefer 3 square meals a day
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Pigs raised in conventional indoor pens have different feeding patterns from those raised under more natural conditions. Research published today in BioMed Central's open access journal Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica shows ...
The truth about drug innovation
Medicine & Health / Medications
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A new report co-authored by Manhattan Institute senior fellow Benjamin Zycher, and Joseph DiMasi, and Christopher-Paul Milne, researchers from the Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development, examines case histories for ...
Laser surgery probe targets individual cancer cells
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Mechanical engineering Assistant Professor Adela Ben-Yakar at The University of Texas at Austin has developed a laser "microscalpel" that destroys a single cell while leaving nearby cells intact, which could improve the precision ...
Breakthrough for schools now possible
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A long running study has found that the English education system has the potential to turn around problems endured by schools in areas of high deprivation.
