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Hubble Space Telescope resting in the Space Shuttle Discovery?s cargo bay, in 1999

Hubble: a time machine that revolutionized astronomy

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created May 10, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (16) | comments 2

The Hubble space telescope, the object of NASA's fifth and last servicing mission next week, is a veritable time machine that has revolutionized humankind's vision and comprehension of the universe.





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Bacteria offer insights into human decision making

Bacteria offer insights into human decision making

Physics / General Physics

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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists studying how bacteria under stress collectively weigh and initiate different survival strategies say they have gained new insights into how humans make strategic decisions that ...


Hops compound may prevent prostate cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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The natural compound xanthohumol blocks the effects of the male hormone testosterone, therefore aiding in the prevention of prostate cancer.


RIT astronomer mines Spitzer Space Telescope data for massive starbursts

Space & Earth / Astronomy

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Understanding the evolution of galaxies is one of the biggest questions confronting astronomers today. Looking at distant astronomical objects gives scientists important clues to the origins of the Milky Way Galaxy and other ...


Rodent smoke screen

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

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Rats passively exposed to tobacco smoke become dependent on nicotine, according to a new study by Dr. Adrie Bruijnzeel and colleagues from the University of Florida in the US. Their findings of how rats' brains respond to ...


ASGE issues guidelines on management of antithrombotic agents for endoscopic procedures

Medicine & Health / Other

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According to a new guideline from the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) regarding the management of antithrombotic agents for endoscopy, aspirin and/or NSAIDs may be continued for all elective endoscopic ...


Parasite evades death by promoting host cell survival

Parasite evades death by promoting host cell survival

Chemistry / Biochemistry

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Researchers have discovered how the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, which causes Chagas' disease, prolongs its survival in infected cells. A protein on the parasite activates the enzyme Akt, which blocks cell ...


Absence of evidence for a meteorite impact event 13,000 years ago

Absence of evidence for a meteorite impact event 13,000 years ago

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created 16 hours ago | popularity 4.4 / 5 (8) | comments 10

An international team of scientists led by researchers at the University of Hawaii at Manoa have found no evidence supporting an extraterrestrial impact event at the onset of the Younger Dryas ~13000 years ...


UN: 2000-2009 likely warmest decade on record (AP)

UN: 2000-2009 could be Earth's warmest decade ever

Space & Earth / Environment

created 19 hours ago | popularity 3.6 / 5 (7) | comments 13

(AP) -- A leaked Danish document at the U.N. climate conference provoked angry criticism Tuesday from developing countries who feared it would shift more of the burden to curb greenhouse gases on poorer countries.


Validity of cost-effectiveness models based on randomized clinical trials

Medicine & Health / Research

created 20 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Cost-effectiveness studies are widely used to guide prescribing policy in many countries, as part of health technology assessment programmes. However, a new study published this week in PLoS Medicine by Tjeerd-Pieter van St ...


Omega-3 fatty acids may reduce risk of colon cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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Long-chain omega-3 fatty acids, primarily found in fish and seafood, may have a role in colorectal cancer prevention, according to results presented at the American Association for Cancer Research Frontiers in Cancer Prevention ...



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