Virtual world offers new locale for problem solving
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 29, 2008 |
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Second Life, a virtual world created in 2003, currently boasts more than 12 million users worldwide who go there for everything from college recruiting to shopping. Now, Penn State researchers are investigating how virtual ...
Climate Change Alters Base of Tahoe Food Web
Sep 29, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- UC Davis researchers at Lake Tahoe this week published the first evidence that climate change alters the makeup of tiny plant communities called algae, which are the very foundation of the ...
Beginning to see the light
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have detailed the active form of a protein which they hope will enhance our understanding of the molecular mechanisms of vision, and advance drug design.
Study shows immune system can hurt as well as help fight cancer
Sep 29, 2008 |
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Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have found that some proteins of the immune system can promote tumor growth. Investigators found that instead of fighting tumors, the protein ...
Occupational therapy gets people with osteoarthritis moving
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Physical activity is the cornerstone of any healthy lifestyle – and especially for people with osteoarthritis as exercise helps maintain good joint health, manage their symptoms, and prevent functional decline. Osteoarthritis, ...
Cranking up the volume
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 29, 2008 |
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It is common knowledge that the world's oceans and atmosphere are warming as humans release more and more carbon dioxide into the Earth's atmosphere. However, fewer people realize that the chemistry of the oceans is also ...
Engineers pave way to 'artificial nose'
Sep 29, 2008 |
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MIT biological engineers have found a way to mass-produce smell receptors in the laboratory, an advance that paves the way for "artificial noses" to be created and used in a variety of settings.
Natural Viagra? 'Horny goat weed' shows promise in lab studies
Sep 29, 2008 |
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Move over, Viagra! Researchers in Italy report that an ancient Chinese herbal remedy known as "horny goat weed" shows potential in lab studies as source for new future drugs to treat erectile dysfunction (ED). The study, ...
Supplements no better than placebo in slowing cartilage loss in knees of osteoarthritis patients
Sep 29, 2008 |
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In a two-year multicenter study led by University of Utah doctors, the dietary supplements glucosamine and chondroitin sulfate performed no better than placebo in slowing the rate of cartilage loss in the knees of osteoarthritis ...
Deadly rugby virus spreads in sumo wrestlers
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Sep 29, 2008 |
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Rugby players may get more than just the ball out of a scrum – herpes virus can cause a skin disease called "scrumpox" and it spreads through physical contact. Researchers have studied the spread of the disease among sumo ...
Netgear Launches A New Family Of Wireless-N Routers
Sep 29, 2008 |
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Netgear today has announced a new family of Wireless-N networking solutions that will make it easy for anyone to upgrade their wireless home network to Wireless-N technology. This new technology supports the ...
Mustard seed meal suppresses weeds in container-grown ornamentals
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Mustard is one of the most widely used condiments on the planet. Prized for its oils, mustard plants grow wild in North Africa, the Middle East, and the Mediterranean, and is grown commercially in the United Kingdom, Canada, ...
Ethnic conflict stoked by government economic intervention, not globalization
Sep 29, 2008 |
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Economic globalization and liberalization have been blamed for numerous social ills over the last two decades, including a sharp rise in interethnic violence in countries all over the world. Not so, say the results of a study ...
Successful re-entry marks bright future for ATV
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 29, 2008 |
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Europe’s first Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) Jules Verne successfully completed its six-month ISS logistics mission today with its controlled destructive re-entry over a completely uninhabited area of the ...
Study Shows 'We Are What We Eat'
Sep 29, 2008 |
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What Canadians choose to put on the dinner table helps define who they are, according to a bi-coastal study by University of British Columbia and Dalhousie University researchers.
