Cartilage regeneration '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea'Jun 04, 2008
Bioengineers at Rice University have discovered that intense pressure -- similar to what someone would experience more than a half-mile beneath the ocean's surface -- stimulates cartilage cells to grow new tissue with nearly ... |
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Researchers seek to focus attention upon the distributors of human growth hormoneJun 17, 2008
A great deal of attention has been paid to the use of growth hormone (hGH) by elite athletes and a few vocal entertainers. But underlying this tip of the iceberg is a $2 billion dollar a year business, likely involving hundreds ... |
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University researchers promote new animal recognition technologyJun 18, 2008
Two entrepreneurial researchers from The University of Queensland and the University of Southern Queensland, have taken their collaborative research further along the commercialisation pathway with their appearance tonight ... |
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Space radar to improve miners' safetyJun 19, 2008
Advanced ground penetration radar, originally developed to investigate the soil structure on the Moon and other planets on ESA planetary missions, is now being used in Canadian mines to spot hidden cracks and weaknesses in ... |
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Tufts to develop morphing 'chemical robots'Jun 30, 2008
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" ... |
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Mayo Clinic spearheads research to discover unsuspected gene for atrial fibrillationJul 10, 2008
Mayo Clinic researchers have found a gene mutation linked to one family's hereditary form of atrial fibrillation. Researchers hope this discovery will lead to better understanding of the disease and, eventually, better ways ... |
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All Sweeteners May Not Be the Same When Managing Type 2 Diabetes and ComplicationsJul 14, 2008
(PhysOrg.com) -- Recent research by Kalidas Shetty of the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Lena Galvez Ranilla of the University of San Paolo, Brazil, shows that when it comes to managing Type 2 diabetes, all sweeteners ... |
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 Meet Robo habilisJul 23, 2008
(PhysOrg.com) -- A European research project has brought the dream of human-like robots closer to reality by creating a human-like arm and hand controlled by an electronic ‘brain’ modelled on the human cerebellum. |
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