Toyota's Crown Hybrid Lets You See in the Dark
May 31, 2008 |
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Considering that nighttime driving is often the most dangerous, the new Toyota Crown Hybrid could help make the roads safer by giving drivers a kind of nocturnal vision.
Research measures movement of nanomaterials in simple model food chain
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
May 31, 2008 |
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New research in Nature Nanotechnology shows that while engineered nanomaterials can be transferred up the lowest levels of the food chain from single celled organisms to higher multicelled ones, the amount ...
Team find gene signature profile for metastasis
May 31, 2008 |
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A common signature of tiny, specific pieces of non-coding genetic material known as microRNAs (miRNAs) may be directly involved in the spread of cancer to other parts of the body. Researchers at the Kimmel Cancer Center at ...
Stretchy spider silks can be springs or rubber
Biology /
May 31, 2008 |
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It’s stronger than steel and nylon, and more extensible than Kevlar. So what is this super-tough material? Spider silk; and learning how to spin it is one of the materials industries’ Holy Grails. John Gosline has been fascinated ...
Study examines cold medication use in young children
Medicine & Health / Medications
May 31, 2008 |
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Cough and cold medication use in young children has been linked to a significant number of adverse effects and several deaths, leading the FDA to recommend against their use for children less than two years old. Despite these ...
New stem cell therapy may aid the repair of damaged brains
May 31, 2008 |
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According to some experts, newly born neuronal stem cells in the adult brain may provide a therapy for brain injury. But if these stem cells are to be utilized in this way, the process by which they are created, neurogenesis, ...
Drug may prolong organ life in noncompliant kidney transplant patients
May 31, 2008 |
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New research from the University of California, San Diego Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, shows that the anti-rejection drug sirolimus (brand name Rapamune) may help prolong the clinical benefit of transplanted ...
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