 Earliest Animal Footprints Ever Found -- Discovered in Nevada October 05, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 28 vote(s)
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The fossilized trail of an aquatic creature suggests that animals walked using legs at least 30 million years earlier than had been thought. The tracks -- two parallel rows of small dots, each about 2 millimeters ... | |
 Circadian clock may be critical for remembering what you learn October 08, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 17 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The circadian rhythm that quietly pulses inside us all, guiding our daily cycle from sleep to wakefulness and back to sleep again, may be doing much more than just that simple metronomic task, ... | |
WHO probing deaths from mystery disease in SAfrica October 10, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 17 vote(s)
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(AP) -- The U.N. health agency says it is investigating a mystery disease that killed three people in the South African city of Johannesburg. | |
 Hundreds of new marine species discovered: Australian scientists October 08, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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Hundreds of new marine species and previously uncharted undersea mountains and canyons have been discovered in the depths of the Southern Ocean, Australian scientists said Wednesday. | |
Mouse studies suggest daily dose of ginkgo may prevent brain cell damage after a stroke October 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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Working with genetically engineered mice, researchers at Johns Hopkins have shown that daily doses of a standardized extract from the leaves of the ginkgo tree can prevent or reduce brain damage after an induced stroke. | |
 A new explosive: Melt-castable nitrate ester with high explosive energy October 10, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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Since the discovery of nitroglycerin in 1846, the nitrate ester group of compounds has been known for its explosive properties. A whole series of other nitrate esters have been subsequently put to use as explosives ... | |
Fraud plagues prepaid calling card market October 06, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Rosalba Posada can tick off a list of problems she has encountered trying to use prepaid calling cards to stay in touch with family back in Colombia. | |
 In quantum channels, zero plus zero can equal non-zero October 06, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 56 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Physicists have discovered a strange characteristic of quantum communication channels. If two quantum channels each have a transmission capacity of zero, they may still have a nonzero capacity ... | |
Proteins involved in blood vessel dysfunction in type 2 diabetes are identified October 06, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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According to the American Heart Association, three-fourths of people with diabetes die of some form of heart or blood-vessel disease. Previous studies have shown that cardiac function is compromised and cardiovascular diseases ... | |
New gene that helps plants beat the heat October 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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Michigan State University plant scientists have discovered another piece of the genetic puzzle that controls how plants respond to high temperatures. That may allow plant breeders to create new varieties of crops that flourish ... | |
 Japanese duo, US scientist win Nobel for particle physics October 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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Makoto Kobayashi and Toshihide Maskawa of Japan and Yoichiro Nambu of the United States won the 2008 Nobel Physics Prize Tuesday for groundbreaking theoretical work in fundamental particles. | |
Egg whites solve the 3-D problem October 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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The real world is three-dimensional. That's true even in the laboratory, where scientists have to grow cells to study how they develop and what happens when their growth is abnormal. | |
Scientists adapt economics theory to trace brain's information flow October 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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Scientists have used a technique originally developed for economic study to become the first to overcome a significant challenge in brain research: determining the flow of information from one part of the brain to another. | |
St. John's wort relieves symptoms of major depression October 08, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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New research provides support for the use of St. John's wort extracts in treating major depression. A Cochrane Systematic Review backs up previous research that showed the plant extract is effective in treating mild to moderate ... | |
Oral vitamin D may help prevent some skin infections October 06, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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A study led by researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine suggests that use of oral Vitamin D supplements bolsters production of a protective chemical normally found in the skin, and may help ... | |
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