Researchers identify how herpes virus infects host cells
Mar 26, 2008 |
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Virginia Commonwealth University researchers have uncovered new information about how the herpes simplex virus takes control of the host cell, setting the stage for the development of antiviral drugs that serve to fight herpes ...
Dental chair a possible source of neurotoxic mercury waste
Mar 26, 2008 |
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Mercury is a large component of dental fillings, but it is not believed to pose immediate health risks in that form. When exposed to sulfate-reducing bacteria, however, mercury undergoes a chemical change and becomes methylated, ...
Key factor in brain development revealed, offers insight into disorder
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In the earliest days of brain development, the brain’s first cells – neuroepithelial stem cells -- divide continuously, producing a population of cells that eventually evolves into the various cells of the fully formed brain. ...
UD astronomers coordinating international observatories in white-dwarf watch
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Judi Provencal is star-struck, but not so much by the glitz and glam of Hollywood. You have to look heavenward through a telescope to see the object of her fascination--to pale stars called white dwarfs, their ...
Long-term use of mechanical ventilation contributes to the deterioration of human diaphragm muscle
Mar 26, 2008 |
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A new study by University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine shows, for the first time in humans, that ventilators combined with diaphragm disuse contributes to muscle atrophy in the diaphragm in as little as eighteen hours. ...
Apple pectin, apple juice extracts shown to have anticarcinogenic effects on colon
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The apples and apple juice you consume may have positive effects in one of the most unlikely places in the body – in the colon. New research has demonstrated that both apple pectin and polyphenol-rich apple juice components ...
New approach to measuring carbon in forests
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 26, 2008 |
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CSIRO is collaborating in a NASA-funded project, using a CSIRO-designed instrument, to help develop new methods of measuring forest carbon stores on a large scale.
Smart aircraft wings and new lightweight construction materials
Mar 26, 2008 |
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At the JEC Composites Show 2008 to be held in Paris from April 1 to 3, Fraunhofer researchers will be exhibiting an aircraft wing that immediately detects any material damage. Another showcased development is a novel fiber-composite ...
Isotope analysis reveals foraging area dichotomy for Atlantic leatherback turtles
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Mar 26, 2008 |
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The beaches of French Guiana constitute a major reproduction site for leatherback turtles. This sea turtle, although a protected species, is threatened by human activity: it ingests plastics, get accidentally caught in fishing ...
Researchers urge ethics guidelines for human-genome research
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A global team of legal, scientific and ethics experts have put forward eight key recommendations to establish much needed guidelines for conducting human-genome sequencing research.
Fighting back against business fraud
Mar 26, 2008 |
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Smaller businesses are increasingly taking action to protect themselves against business fraud, according to an internet survey run by The University of Nottingham Institute for Enterprise and Innovation (UNIEI).
Compulsive gamblers always down on their luck
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 26, 2008 |
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Gambling addicts don't learn from their mistakes, according to a study published today in the open access journal Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health. The problem could be explained by a kind of mental rigidity ...
Who's bad? Chimps figure it out by observation
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Chimpanzees make judgments about the actions and dispositions of strangers by observing others’ behavior and interactions in different situations. Specifically, chimpanzees show an ability to recognize certain behavioral ...
Conservation of freshwater fish biodiversity: a challenge for the countries of the South
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Humans have regularly been introducing exotic species into natural environments in order to provide for their nutritional necessities or meet less indispensable purposes such as horticulture, fishing or hunting. However, ...
NASA science mission director resigns
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
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Alan Stern, associate administrator of NASA's science mission directorate, said Wednesday he is leaving the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
