New imaging technique allows doctors to 'see' molecular activity
Sep 24, 2007 |
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A new technique that will enable doctors to ‘see’ things happening at the molecular level using standard imaging techniques has been developed by Oxford scientists. The technique has initially been directed ...
Rare albino ratfish has eerie, silvery sheen
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A ghostly, mutant ratfish caught off Whidbey Island in Washington state is the only completely albino fish ever seen by both the curator of the University of Washington's 7.2 million-specimen fish collection ...
NASA Restarts Telescope Mission to Detect Black Holes
Sep 24, 2007 |
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NASA has made a decision to restart an astronomy mission that will have greater capability than any existing instrument for detecting black holes in the local universe.
Study shows vitamin C is essential for plant growth
Sep 24, 2007 |
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Scientists from the University of Exeter and Shimane University in Japan have proved for the first time that vitamin C is essential for plant growth. This discovery could have implications for agriculture and for the production ...
Bacteria join ranks of lazy cheaters
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Baseball had its steroids and Black Sox. Politics lived through Watergate. Wall Street has been riddled with insider trading scandals. And before we cast the first stone, who among us has never tried to get through an intersection ...
Spinning a new role for CDs and CD players
Sep 24, 2007 |
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CD-ROMs and DVDs and the hardware used to play these popular audio and video compact discs (CDs) have “enormous” potential as a new generation of portable, inexpensive instruments for home health monitoring and laboratory-based ...
Using catalysts to stamp nanopatterns without ink
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Using enzymes from E. coli bacteria, Duke University chemists and engineers have introduced a hundred-fold improvement in the precision of features imprinted to create microdevices such as labs-on-a-hip.
Nutrient pollution drives frog deformities by ramping up infections
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High levels of nutrients used in farming and ranching activities fuel parasite infections that have caused highly publicized frog deformities in ponds and lakes across North America, according to a new study ...
Sizing cells up: Researchers pinpoint when a cell is ready to reproduce
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For more than 100 years, scientists have tried to figure out the cell size problem: How does a cell know when it is big enough to divide? In research conducted in budding yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae), scientists at Rockefeller ...
Victimization for sexual orientation increases suicidal behavior in college students
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The film and television series “M*A*S*H*” featured the song “Suicide is Painless,” but new research refutes that idea and indicates that being victimized because of sexual orientation is a chief risk factor for suicidal behavior ...
Discovery of widespread tumor growth gene holds promise for effective anti-cancer treatment
Sep 24, 2007 |
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Italian scientists will announce today (Monday September 24) that they have found a new and promising target for anti-tumour therapy in cancer. Professor Saverio Alberti, from the CESI, University of Chieti Foundation, Chieti, ...
Motorola enables High Definition expansion with innovative MPEG-4 to MPEG-2 Receiver
Sep 24, 2007 |
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Motorola, Inc. today announced a significant advance in video network delivery solutions with the introduction of the Motorola DSR-6000 series receivers, the first of a new generation of receiver-transcoders. The DSR-6000 ...
What gives us sunburn protects crayfish against bacteria
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Sep 24, 2007 |
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The production of melanin gives us sunburns, but it also helps invertebrate animals to encapsulate attacking fungi and parasites. Uppsala University researchers, in collaboration with Korean and Thai colleagues, can now ...
Fishing for a better bit of batter
Sep 24, 2007 |
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Good news for lovers of fish and chips, Japanese scientists have come up with the perfect recipe to make a crispy batter which is also lower in fat, reports Joanna Harries in Chemistry & Industry ...
Area deep within the brain found to play role in sensory perception
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The ventrolateral nucleus (VL) of the thalamus is connected to the cerebellum and motor cortex and therefore thought to be involved in motor function. A new study to be published in Annals of Neurology, the official journa ...
