Messaging without barriers
May 28, 2008 |
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Millions of people exchange electronic messages every day, but users of different systems often can’t reach each other. New European research promises to put them all in touch.
Stretching exercises may reduce risk of pre-eclampsia during pregnancy
May 28, 2008 |
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Stretching exercises may be more effective at reducing the risk of preeclampsia than walking is for pregnant women who have already experienced the condition and who do not follow a workout routine, according to researchers ...
SF State scientists expose new threat to spotted owl
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May 28, 2008 |
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A new study provides a baseline distribution of blood parasites and strains in Spotted Owls, suggesting a more fragile immune health than previously understood for the already threatened Northern and California Spotted Owls.
Overweight men at risk of osteoarthritis of both hip and knee
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Men who are overweight or obese are much more likely need a hip replacement for osteoarthritis than men who are of normal weight, finds research published online ahead of print in Annals of Rheumatic Diseases.
Kew Gardens provides climate for agricultural change
May 28, 2008 |
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A device to help some of the most impoverished farmers in Africa maximise their crop yields is being tested at London’s Kew Gardens.
Tourists to the Caribbean should pay 1 dollar each to help fight tropical diseases of poverty
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Away from the beaches, resorts, and cruise ships of the Caribbean, there lies a hidden underbelly of poverty and with this poverty comes endemic neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). In an editorial in this month's PLoS Ne ...
High throughput microscopy quantifies regulation of estrogen receptor
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High throughput microscopy that uses robots and special microscopes and techniques to generate thousands of images of a cell in a short time enabled researchers at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston to describe how the ...
C-sections a critical factor in preterm birth increase
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Cesarean sections account for nearly all of the increase in U.S. singleton preterm births, according to an analysis of nine years of national birth data.
Protein plays key role in transmitting deadly malaria parasite
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The protein MAEBL is critical for completing the life cycle of malaria parasites in mosquitoes, allowing the insects to transmit the potentially deadly infection to humans, a University of South Florida study has shown. The ...
