Archive: 10/24/2007
Daylight savings time disrupts humans' natural circadian rhythm
When people living in many parts of the world move their clocks forward one hour in the spring in observance of daylight saving time (DST), their bodies’ internal, daily rhythms don’t adjust with them, reports a new study ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 24, 2007 |
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Gauging parent knowledge about teens' substance use
New research results from the University at Buffalo’s Research Institute on Addictions (RIA) suggest that most parents are aware of and accurately evaluate the extent of their teenager’s cigarette smoking, marijuana use, ...
Oct 24, 2007 |
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Epilepsy drugs may cause sexual disorders
The use of antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) can lead to decreased fertility and increased incidence of reproductive endocrine disorders in both men and women. A new study published in Epilepsia investigates the effects of withdrawal ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Oct 24, 2007 |
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Role of a key enzyme in reducing heart disease identified
Virginia Commonwealth University researchers have identified the role of a key enzyme called CEH in reducing heart disease, paving the way for new target therapies to reduce plaques in the arteries and perhaps ...
Oct 24, 2007 |
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Study shows what works in treating HIV-infected African children
Providing HIV combination antiretroviral drug therapy is key to saving the lives of African children infected with the disease.
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Oct 24, 2007 |
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Severely restricted diet linked to physical fitness into old age
Severely restricting calories leads to a longer life, scientists have proved. New research now has shown for the first time that such a diet also can maintain physical fitness into advanced age, slowing the seemingly inevitable ...
Oct 24, 2007 |
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Study of Lions and Wildebeest Finds Being Social Stabilizes Ecosystems
Breaking with 80 years of ecological theory, scientists at the University of Minnesota and the Universities of Guelph and British Columbia have found that the best way to spot a sustainable relationship between ...
Biology /
Oct 24, 2007 |
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California Wildfires Continue to Grow: NASA Satellite Images Show
NASA satellites have obtained new images of the California wildfires, illustrating the immense scale of the blazes. The National Interagency Fire Center reports that 12 large, uncontained fires have burned ...
Oct 24, 2007 |
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Can You Feel The Heat? Your Cilia Can
Johns Hopkins researchers and colleagues have found a previously unrecognized role for tiny hair-like cell structures known as cilia: They help form our sense of touch.
Oct 24, 2007 |
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Dwarf galaxies need dark matter too
Stars in dwarf spheroidal galaxies behave in a way that suggests the galaxies are utterly dominated by dark matter, University of Michigan astronomers have found.
Oct 24, 2007 |
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Watching funny shows helps children tolerate pain longer, study finds
Watching comedy shows helps children tolerate pain for longer periods of time, according to a study by UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center and the nonprofit organization Rx Laughter.
Oct 24, 2007 |
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Stanford/Packard researchers find disease genes hidden in discarded data
Previously hidden obesity-related genes have been uncovered from old experiments by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital. The finding suggests that useful information ...
Oct 24, 2007 |
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Humans and monkeys share Machiavellian intelligence
When it comes to their social behavior, people sometimes act like monkeys, or more specifically, like rhesus macaques, a type of monkey that shares with humans strong tendencies for nepotism and political maneuvering, according ...
Biology /
Oct 24, 2007 |
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LG Showcases World’s Highest 30,000:1 Contrast Ratio Plasma Panels
LG Electronics, a major player in the global flat panel display market, will unveil its new "G Platform" plasma TV panels with upgraded picture quality at FPD International 2007, the flat panel display exhibition ...
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Oct 24, 2007 |
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Discovery Crew Completes Heat Shield Inspection
The STS-120 crew members completed the day's scheduled inspections of Space Shuttle Discovery’s heat shield before noon EDT. They used Discovery’s robotic arm and an attached boom extension to check the spacecraft’s ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 24, 2007 |
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