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Staggering atoms sober up in physics detox cell
May 04, 2006 |
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Using an entirely new technology, a research team from Umeå University in Sweden has succeeded in controlling and converting energy from the random movement of atoms. “You could say that we have found a detox cell where drunken ...
China's paradoxical policies on HIV and drug use threaten health
Dec 09, 2008 |
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Injection drug users sentenced to compulsory detention under China's paradoxical policies on HIV/AIDS and narcotics suffer human rights abuses that may imperil their health, says a new study published in the open access journal ...
Brain chemical linked to alcohol desire
Dec 25, 2006 |
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Australian scientists have identified a brain system that could not only blunt an alcoholic's craving for booze, but also the addiction.
Researchers stumped by drug addiction paradox
Apr 16, 2008 |
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From chocolate and caffeine to nicotine and cocaine, many of our most addictive foods and drugs come from plant toxins. Considering that plants originally developed these toxins to deter herbivorous predators, ...
Alcoholism's effect on sleep persists during long periods of sobriety
Oct 01, 2009 |
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A study in the Oct.1 issue of the journal Sleep shows that long-term alcoholism affects sleep even after long periods of abstinence, and the pattern of this effect is similar in both men and women.
Green tea boosts production of detox enzymes, rendering cancerous chemicals harmless
Aug 10, 2007 |
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Concentrated chemicals derived from green tea dramatically boosted production of a group of key detoxification enzymes in people with low levels of these beneficial proteins, according to researchers at Arizona Cancer Center.
Poison: It's what's for dinner
Apr 06, 2009 |
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As the U.S. Southwest grew warmer from 18,700 to 10,000 years ago, juniper trees vanished from what is now the Mojave Desert, robbing packrats of their favorite food. Now, University of Utah biologists have ...
Mass extinctions - a threat from outer space or our own planet's detox?
Mar 09, 2006 |
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University of Leicester scientists suggest extraterrestrial theories are flawed and that more down to earth factors could have accounted for past mass extinctions Earth history has been punctuated by several mass extinctions ...
MetaChip provides quick, efficient toxicity screening of potential drugs
Jan 21, 2005 |
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Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have created a biotech chip that mimics the metabolic reactions in the human liver, allowing rapid screening of potential ...
