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Childhood kidney disorder has lasting effects

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Sep 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A kidney condition that can arise in children and was until recently believed to disappear after puberty may persist into adulthood and cause significant long-term complications, according to a study appearing in an upcoming ...


A one-stop shop for minimal information standards

Biology /

created Aug 08, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

More than 20 grass-roots standardisation groups, led by scientists at the European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) and the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (CEH), have combined forces to form the "Minimum Information about ...


Patients with cirrhosis and impaired cognitive abilities have more motor vehicle accidents

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Sep 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A recent study by Jasmohan Bajaj, M.D., and colleagues from Virginia Commonwealth University and McGuire VA Medical Center found that patients with cirrhosis of the liver who developed minimal hepatic encephalopathy (MHE) ...


Minimal training saves lives with airway mask

Medicine & Health / Other

created Sep 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Virtually anyone has the skills to safely insert a laryngeal mask airway (LMA) to keep a patient's airway open during resuscitation, and medical expertise isn't required - perhaps just a familiarity with ER, House or Grey's ...


First-ever blueprint of a minimal cell is more complex than expected

First-ever blueprint of a minimal cell is more complex than expected

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 26, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (19) | comments 4

What are the bare essentials of life, the indispensable ingredients required to produce a cell that can survive on its own? Can we describe the molecular anatomy of a cell, and understand how an entire organism ...


First-time Internet users find boost in brain function after just 1 week

First-time Internet users find boost in brain function after just one week

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- You can teach an old dog new tricks, say UCLA scientists who found that middle-aged and older adults with little Internet experience were able to trigger key centers in the brain that control ...


Banking on outlier detection: Simple computer model could act as early warning system for failing banks

Other Sciences / Economics

created Oct 07, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Recent bank failures point to the continuing need for vigilance by regulators and investors. Now, a report in the International Journal of Operational Research, discusses the possibility of an early-warning system that s ...


Samsung Improves Workspace With Seamless Dual Display For Laptops -- LD220G and LD190N

Samsung Improves Workspace With Seamless Dual Display For Laptops -- LD220G and LD190N

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Oct 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Samsung Electronics today announced the release of its Lapfit monitors, LD220G & LD190N, for use as a secondary display for notebook PCs. Now available through Samsung resellers and retailers at an estimated ...


Gene abnormality found to predict childhood leukemia relapse

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jan 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists have identified mutations in a gene that predict a high likelihood of relapse in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). Although the researchers caution that further research is needed to determine how ...


Shedding light on cancer cells

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Sep 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists label cells with coloured or glowing chemicals to observe how basic cellular activities differ between healthy and cancerous cells. Existing techniques for labelling cells are either too slow or too toxic to perform ...


Green IT not helping climate change

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 24, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (3) | comments 5

Richard Hawkins, Canada Research Chair in Science, Technology and Innovation Policy, says there is no evidence that information technologies necessarily reduce our environmental footprint. His research will provide input ...


Online educational empowerment

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 22, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Online learning communities flourish best if individual learners have self-governance. That is the conclusion of a US study published in the International Journal of Web Based Communities.


Laser technique has implications for detecting microbial life forms in Martian ice

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Oct 01, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

An innovative technique called L.I.F.E. imaging used successfully to detect bacteria in frozen Antarctic lakes could have exciting implications for demonstrating signs of life in the polar regions of Mars, according to an ...


Study finds adverse effects in treatment for primary sclerosing cholangitis

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Aug 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is an uncommon chronic liver disease characterized by progressive inflammation and destruction of the bile ducts. The disease progresses slowly, usually leading to biliary cirrhosis, ...


China reports 8 cases of mutated swine flu virus

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- China has detected eight people infected with mutated forms of the swine flu virus, a health official said Wednesday, but flu drugs and vaccines still work against it.