Archive: 07/31/2008
Researchers fuel the next generation of hybrid cars
Monash University scientists have revolutionised the design of fuel cells used in the latest generation of hybrid cars which could make the vehicles more reliable and cheaper to build.
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Alcohol binges early in pregnancy increase risk of infant oral clefts
A new study by researchers at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), part of the National Institutes of Health, shows that pregnant women who binge drink early in their pregnancy increase the likelihood ...
Jul 31, 2008 |
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Free articles get read but don't generate more citations
When academic articles are "open access" or free online, they get read more often, but they don't -- going against conventional wisdom -- get cited more often in academic literature, finds a new Cornell study.
Jul 31, 2008 |
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How 'hidden mutations' contribute to HIV drug resistance
One of the major reasons that treatment for HIV/AIDS often doesn't work as well as it should is resistance to the drugs involved. Now, scientists at McGill University have revealed how mutations hidden in previously ignored ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Jul 31, 2008 |
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Phoenix Mars Lander Confirms Martian Water
(PhysOrg.com) -- Laboratory tests aboard NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander have identified water in a soil sample. The lander's robotic arm delivered the sample Wednesday to an instrument that identifies vapors produced ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 31, 2008 |
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Inherited form of hearing loss stems from gene mutation
Pat Phalin learned she had hearing loss at 30, when she volunteered to give hearing tests at her local school. The pupils heard sounds she could not hear.
Jul 31, 2008 |
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Olympic Games: Have we reached a plateau in terms of speed?
The world-record pace for the marathon continues to improve for both men and women. For men, the record pace for the marathon is now about as fast as the record pace for the 10,000-meter run just after World War II. Today, ...
Jul 31, 2008 |
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Compounds from soy affect brain and reproductive development
Two hormone-like compounds linked to the consumption of soy-based foods can cause irreversible changes in the structure of the brain, resulting in early-onset puberty and symptoms of advanced menopause in research animals, ...
Jul 31, 2008 |
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In lean times, flies can't survive without their sense of smell
It's not just bomb-sniffing dogs; animals everywhere rely on their sense of smell. Now, Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Rockefeller University researchers show just how important olfaction is, proving that fruit flies ...
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Jul 31, 2008 |
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Neurons created from skin cells of elderly ALS patients
Less than 27 months after announcing that he had institutional permission to attempt the creation of patient and disease-specific stem cell lines, Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) Principal Faculty member ...
Jul 31, 2008 |
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Microbe diet key to carbon dioxide release
As microbes in the soil break down fallen plant matter, a diet "balanced" in nutrients appears to help control soil fertility and the normal release of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
Jul 31, 2008 |
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Liver damage in hepatitis C patients could be treated with warfarin, says study
The drug warfarin may help prevent liver failure in thousands of people with Hepatitis C, according to new research.
Jul 31, 2008 |
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Communication gap exists between seniors and surgeons, study finds
The decision to undergo surgery can be particularly difficult and confusing for older adults. In a study published in the July 2008 issue of the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Richard M. Frankel, Ph.D., of the Indian ...
Jul 31, 2008 |
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Factors that influence whether people define unwelcome sexual joking in the workplace as harassment
A new study in Law & Social Inquiry shows that how people define sexual harassment is directly related to the extent to which they view sexual harassment rules as ambiguous and threatening to workplace norms.
Jul 31, 2008 |
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Common vaginal infection may increase risk of HIV infection
A common vaginal infection may make women more susceptible to contracting HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Public Health researchers have found.
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
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