Robots, the bizarre and the beautiful (Robot Special part 4)
Sep 29, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The future is a foreign country, and nowhere is it more foreign that the designs thrown up by a surge in robotics research. The feverish imagination and creativity of European robot scientists ...
MS patients have higher spinal fluid levels of suspicious immune molecule
Sep 29, 2008 |
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A protein that helps keep immune cells quiet is more abundant in the spinal fluid of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), further boosting suspicion that the protein, TREM-2, may be an important contributor to the disease.
Smoot reflects on his measurement feat as 50th anniversary nears
Sep 29, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- As his fraternity brothers laid his 5-foot, 7-inch frame end-to-end to measure the Massachusetts Avenue bridge one night in October 1958, there was one distinct thought running through Oliver ...
TB Bacterium Uses Its Sugar Coat To Sweeten Its Chances Of Living In Lungs
Sep 29, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Common strains of tuberculosis-causing bacteria have hijacked the human body’s immune response to play tricks on cells in the lungs, scientists say.
Drinking alcohol before 15 years of age is risky for later alcohol problems
Sep 29, 2008 |
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It may seem like a minor point, but it matters when someone takes their first drink of alcohol relative to later development of alcohol problems. A new study of the relationship between age at first drink (AFD) and the risk ...
Microscopic version of the CT scan reveals secrets of bone formation
Sep 29, 2008 |
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A new version of the computerized tomography (CT) scan, which revolutionized medical imaging during the last 25 years, is giving scientists precious new information about how Mother Nature forms shells, bones, ...
Blood-Thinning Drug Linked to Increased Bleeding in Brain
Medicine & Health / Medications
Sep 29, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Patients who take the commonly used blood-thinning drug warfarin face larger amounts of bleeding in the brain and increased risk of mortality if they suffer a hemorrhagic stroke, new research from the University ...
Financial risk-taking behavior is associated with higher testosterone levels
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Sep 29, 2008 |
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Higher levels of testosterone are correlated with financial risk-taking behavior, according to a new study in which men's testosterone levels were assessed before participation in an investment game. The findings help to ...
Campus green spaces enhance quality of life
Sep 29, 2008 |
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The next time you see students playing an energized game of touch football or studying in the sunshine on a college quadrangle, consider this: campus green spaces can help students feel better about life and improve learning.
Current government regulations miss key pollutants in Los Angeles region
Sep 29, 2008 |
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Existing regulations may not effectively target a large source of fine, organic particle pollutants that contribute to hazy skies and poor air quality over Los Angeles, according to a study scheduled for the ...
Spate of Living Dead Flicks May Prove Dracula’s Lost his Bite
Sep 29, 2008 |
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Are zombies the new vampires? Not exactly, but they could be the country’s monster crush du jour, says Texas Tech University pop-culture guru Rob Weiner.
Researchers find potentially toxic substance present in Chicago air
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Although the industrial compounds known as polychlorinated biphenols or PCBs have been found in previous air samples collected in the city of Chicago, a University of Iowa researcher says that a new study of Chicago air sampled ...
Myth busted: Some drugs do cost more in Canada
Medicine & Health / Medications
Sep 29, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Canada may be recognized as a bargain hunters' paradise for prescription drugs, but a new U of T study suggests that many generic medications may be more expensive in Canada than in the U.S. The uninsured ...
Researchers develop new self-training gene prediction program for fungi
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Sep 29, 2008 |
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Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a computer program that trains itself to predict genes in the DNA sequences of fungi.
MU expert looks back to debate 1 and forward to the vice presidential debate
Sep 29, 2008 |
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The 2008 presidential campaign has been running for a very long time, but we have now entered another phase with the commencement of the debates. Friday night saw the first presidential debate of 2008, between John McCain ...
