Role of a key enzyme in reducing heart disease identified
Oct 24, 2007 |
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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 ...
Parasites a key to the decline of red colobus monkeys in forest fragments
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Forest fragmentation threatens biodiversity, often causing declines or local extinctions in a majority of species while enhancing the prospects of a few. A new study from the University of Illinois shows that ...
Electricity grid could become a type of Internet
Oct 24, 2007 |
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In the future everyone who is connected to the electricity grid will be able to upload and download packages of electricity to and from this network. At least, that is one of the transformations the electricity grid could ...
Can You Feel The Heat? Your Cilia Can
Oct 24, 2007 |
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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.
Sony Newly Improved Cyber-Shot 4GB Internal Memory Set for Launch
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Oct 24, 2007 |
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Sony is set to release the latest member of the Cyber-shot family. It has 4GB of internal flash memory and a host of improved features. The release date for Japan is late November and the rest of the world ...
Contamination from depleted uranium found in urine 20 years later
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Inhaled depleted uranium (DU) oxide aerosols are recognised as a distinct human health hazard and DU has been suggested to be responsible in part for illness in both military and civilian populations that may have been exposed.
Location, location, location
Oct 24, 2007 |
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As housing developments sprout across the United States, smart growth proponents have urged communities to cluster developments in concentrated pockets, instead of the more standard and familiar ‘sprawl.’ Cluster developments ...
Living with lions
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There are many historical stories of shepherds and travellers encountering lions, for example the Old Testament contains dozens of tales about attacks on flocks and people by these fierce predators.
Home computers to help researchers better understand universe
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 24, 2007 |
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Want to help unravel the mysteries of the universe" A new distributed computing project designed by a University of Illinois researcher allows people around the world to participate in cutting-edge cosmology research by donating ...
Gulf of Mexico dead zone to be studied by marine scientists
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University of Texas at Austin marine scientists have been awarded $781,000 by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) to better understand how nutrient pollution from the Mississippi River affects the large ...
Researchers discover important tool in understanding differentiation in human embryonic stem cells
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Researchers at the University of Minnesota’s Stem Cell Institute have described how an existing genetic tool can be used to study how human embryonic stem cells differentiate. The research appears in the November 2007 issue ...
Procedure helps to eliminate sleep apnea
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A procedure known as uvulopalatopharyngoplasty (UPPP) may help some patients improve or even eliminate their obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), according to a new study. The research, presented at CHEST 2007, the 73rd annual ...
Hearing 'messages' embedded in noise could be early sign of schizophrenia
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 24, 2007 |
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A tendency to extract messages from meaningless noise could be an early sign of schizophrenia, according to a study by Yale School of Medicine researchers.
'Twinkle' eye test could improve AMD diagnosis
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Scientists at UCL (University College London) have developed a more reliable test for detecting vision loss in people with age-related macular disease (AMD), the leading cause of blindness in the UK and US. The method, which ...
Study proposes new theory of how viruses may contribute to cancer
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A new study suggests that viruses may contribute to cancer by causing excessive death to normal cells while promoting the growth of surviving cells with cancerous traits. Viruses may act as forces of natural selection by ...
