Archive: 10/31/2008
How did glycine significantly decrease liver injury?
The nonessential amino acid glycine has been shown to be anti-inflammatory in several animal injury models. Recent studies demonstrated that dietary glycine protected both the lung and liver against lethal doses of endotoxin ...
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Can rectal vitamin E induce remission in patients with mild to moderate ulcerative colitis?
It is believed that the generation of an exaggerated intestinal immune response to otherwise innocuous stimuli along with generation of oxygen free radicals plays a key role in the pathophysiology of UC. However, no disease-specific ...
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Nations that launch: Where new technologies and products take-off
A new study published in the September/October issue of the journal Marketing Science reveals the world's most innovative countries, with Japan and the Nordic countries earning top spots and the United States finishing in six ...
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Trustee makes donation to start new solar energy research center at Rensselaer
Thomas R. Baruch, a member of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Board of Trustees and alumnus of the Class of 1960, has donated a gift that will help to establish a new center at the Institute devoted to bio-energy research. ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
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It's relative: Contrasting hurricane theories heat up
In a paper published in the journal Science today, scientists Gabriel A. Vecchi of NOAA's Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, Kyle L. Swanson of the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Atmospheric Scienc ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 31, 2008 |
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Eighth-grade ISAT standards not aligned with high school demands, college readiness
(PhysOrg.com) -- Students who just meet Illinois testing standards in eighth grade have virtually no chance of scoring a 20 or above on the ACT, according to a study released Friday by the Consortium on Chicago ...
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'Ghost of Mirach' Materializes in Space Telescope Image
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer has lifted the veil off a ghost known to haunt the local universe, providing new insight into the formation and evolution of galaxies.
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Protein Signature May Predict Who Responds to Hepatitis C Treatment
(PhysOrg.com) -- A tell-tale set of newly-identified proteins may be able to predict who will most likely respond to standard therapy for hepatitis C infection, say researchers in the Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI). ...
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Taking the sting out of insect disease
(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Queensland researchers have made a discovery that could open up a new front in the fight against insect-transmitted diseases.
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Student drives shoppers up wall with hot gadget
(PhysOrg.com) -- An enterprising student from The University of Manchester is set to drive Christmas shoppers up the wall with a new must-have gadget.
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Mini-laboratory gets megaproductive
(PhysOrg.com) -- Dawid Zalewski of the University of Twente, Netherlands, has developed a mini-laboratory on a chip that can purify biological mixtures continuously. This is very different from the usual method ...
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Religious belief and devotion linked to sense of personal control
(PhysOrg.com) -- An individual's level of commitment to religious rituals like praying and attending service is directly linked to their sense of personal control in life, according to new University of Toronto research.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 31, 2008 |
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Magnetic Portals Connect Sun and Earth
During the time it takes you to read this article, something will happen high overhead that until recently many scientists didn't believe in. A magnetic portal will open, linking Earth to the sun 93 million ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 31, 2008 |
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Philips introduces light therapy device to offer quick relief from winter blues
Royal Philips Electronics today introduced the goLITE BLU, a natural, convenient way to offer quick relief from seasonal mood-related problems. With the end of Daylight Saving time many Americans are affected ...
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
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Tools give earlier date for 'modern-thinking' humans
(PhysOrg.com) -- An international team, including Oxford University archaeologists, has dated two explosions of sophisticated stone tool making in southern Africa much more precisely than has previously been ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
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