 Nanoscopic screening process to speed drug discovery 7 hours ago | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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Researchers at Wake Forest University are using nanotechnology to search for new cancer-fighting drugs through a process that could be up to 10,000 times faster than current methods. | |
 Fuzziness on the road to physics' grand unification theory 7 hours ago | User rating: 2.9 / 5 after 21 vote(s)
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Leave it to hypothesized gravity to weigh down what physicists have thought for 30 years. If theoretical physicists, led by the University of Oregon's Stephen Hsu, are right, the idea that nature's forces ... | |
 Potentially toxic flame retardants highest in California households 10 hours ago | User rating: 4 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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In what may be an unintended consequence of efforts to make furniture safer and less flammable, residents of California have blood levels of potentially toxic flame retardants called PBDEs at levels nearly ... | |
 In quantum channels, zero plus zero can equal non-zero 11 hours ago | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 29 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 ... | |
Study tackles labeling errors 11 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
With a long-held commitment to continuously improving the quality and safety of patient care, Mayo Clinic researchers are recommending a new technologically-advanced labeling system aimed at reducing specimen labeling errors ... | |
Researchers document world's mammals in crisis 11 hours ago | User rating: 3.4 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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From majestic African elephants to tiny and often unappreciated rodents, mammals on Earth are in a state of crisis. One in four mammal species on Earth is being pushed to extinction, according to the Global Mammal Assessment, ... | |
Metabolic syndrome ups colorectal cancer risk 11 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
In a large U.S. population-based study presented at the 73rd Annual Scientific Meeting of the American College of Gastroenterology, metabolic syndrome patients had a 75 percent higher risk of colorectal cancer compared to ... | |
 Playing Pinball with Atoms 15 hours ago | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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With nanotechnology yielding a burgeoning menagerie of microscopic pumps, motors, and other machines for potential use in medicine and industry, here is one good question: How will humans turn those devices ... | |
 New material could speed development of hydrogen powered vehicles 16 hours ago | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 26 vote(s)
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Researchers in Greece report design of a new material that almost meets the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) 2010 goals for hydrogen storage and could help eliminate a key roadblock to practical hydrogen-powered ... | |
A little exercise goes a long way for severely obese 16 hours ago | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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A little exercise goes a long way toward helping severely obese individuals improve their quality of life and complete important daily tasks, according to researchers at the Duke Diet and Fitness Center. | |
Mental barriers hamper obese women's efforts to get exercise 16 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
For arachnophobes, it's difficult to kill a spider as it scurries across the floor. Those who are scared to fly might not ever set foot on a plane. While nothing physically stops people with these aversions, a mental barrier ... | |
Major study of opiate use in children's hospitals provides simple steps to alleviate harm 16 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Hospitalized kids with painful ailments from broken bones to cancer are often dosed with strong, painkilling drugs known as opiates. The medications block pain, but they can have nasty side effects. Constipation, for instance, ... | |
School vending machines dole out excess calories, fat 16 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
Despite efforts to include more healthy choices at schools, standard offerings from vending machines – including fruit juices – are giving students more calories than they need. | |
Children's asthma affected by parental expectations 16 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Asthmatic children whose parents have high expectations for their ability to function normally are less likely to have symptoms than other children dealing with the condition, according to a new study. Children also are more ... | |
H. Pylori bacteria may help prevent some esophageal cancers 16 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Some bacteria may help protect against the development of a type of esophageal cancer, known as adenocarcinoma, according to a new review of the medical literature. These bacteria, which are called Helicobacter pylori, ... | |
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