Rocketing Through Water
Jun 30, 2008 |
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Swimmers around the world are breaking records this year like never before, including at this week's U.S. Olympic trials. Some attribute it to extensive training as athletes prepare to compete at this summer's ...
Tufts to develop morphing 'chemical robots'
Jun 30, 2008 |
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Tufts University has received federal funding to develop chemical robots that will be able to squeeze into spaces as tiny as 1 centimeter, then morph into something 10 times larger, and ultimately biodegrade. The "chembots" ...
Wake up and smell the coffee: Study finds that caffeine may help prevent MS
Jun 30, 2008 |
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A good cup of coffee might be just the wake-up call scientists need to stop multiple sclerosis.
Carbon hoofprint: Cows supplemented with rbST reduce agriculture's environmental impact
Jun 30, 2008 |
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Milk goes green: Cows that receive recombinant Bovine Somatotropin (rbST) make more milk, all the while easing natural resource pressure and substantially reducing environmental impact, according to a Cornell University study ...
Bee disease a mystery
Biology /
Jun 30, 2008 |
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Scientists are one step closer to understanding the recent demise of billions of honey bees after making an important discovery about the transmission of a common bee virus. Deformed wing virus (DWV) is passed between adult ...
Migraine mutations reveal clues to biological basis of disorder
Jun 30, 2008 |
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Fifteen percent to 20 percent of people worldwide suffer from migraines – excruciating headaches often presaged by dramatic sensations, or "auras." By studying a rare, inherited form of migraine, researchers at Vanderbilt ...
Homosexual behaviour due to genetics and environmental factors
Jun 30, 2008 |
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Homosexual behaviour is largely shaped by genetics and random environmental factors, according to findings from the world’s largest study of twins.
Love thy neighbor? States that lower drinking age hurt others
Jun 30, 2008 |
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States currently considering reducing the drinking age aren't doing their neighbors any favors.
Fortified cassava could provide a day's nutrition in a single meal
Biology /
Jun 30, 2008 |
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Scientists have determined how to fortify the cassava plant, a staple root crop in many developing countries, with enough vitamins, minerals and protein to provide the poor and malnourished with a day's worth of nutrition ...
An impossible coexistence: Transgenic and organic agriculture
Jun 30, 2008 |
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The study was carried out by researcher Rosa Binimelis of the UAB Institute of Environmental Science and Technology. Binimelis is working on the European project ALARM (Assessing Large Scale Risks for Biodiversity with Tested ...
Zinc finger proteins put personalized HIV therapy within reach
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Jun 30, 2008 |
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Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and collaborators are using minute, naturally occurring proteins called zinc fingers to engineer T cells to one day treat AIDS in humans.
Proteins could relate to increased longevity in women
Jun 30, 2008 |
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Scientists in Spain and Italy have identified a group of proteins in laboratory rats that could help explain two enduring medical mysteries — why women live longer than men and why calorie restriction stands as the only proven ...
Cellular self-eating promotes pancreatitis
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Jun 30, 2008 |
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To survive tough times, cells sometimes resort to a form of self-cannibalism called autophagy. But as Hashimoto et al. reveal, autophagy can have a down side, destroying the pancreas by prematurely activating a digestive ...
The perils of overconfidence
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 30, 2008 |
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Overestimating one's abilities can have hazardous consequences. The overconfident investment banker may lose millions on a "can't-miss" start up or a driver who's had one too many may insist on making it home in the car. ...
Low levels of good cholesterol linked to memory loss, dementia risk
Jun 30, 2008 |
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Low levels of high-density lipoproteins (HDL) — the "good" cholesterol — in middle age may increase the risk of memory loss and lead to dementia later in life, researchers reported in Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Bi ...
