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Scientists identify blood component that turns bacteria virulent
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Nov 21, 2008 |
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Scientists from the Scripps Research Institute have discovered the key chemical that signals Bacillus anthracis, the bacterium that causes anthrax, to become lethal. This finding opens up new avenues of exploration for th ...
Shellfish face an uncertain future in a high CO2 world
May 27, 2009 |
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Overfishing and disease have decimated shellfish populations in many of the world's temperate estuarine and coastal ecosystems. Smithsonian scientists, led by Whitman Miller, ecologist at the Smithsonian Environmental Research ...
Baking soda: For cooking, cleaning, and kidney health?
Jul 16, 2009 |
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A daily dose of sodium bicarbonate -- baking soda, already used for baking, cleaning, acid indigestion, sunburn, and more -- slows the decline of kidney function in some patients with advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD), ...
Sodium bicarbonate reduces incidence of contrast-induced nephropathy
May 13, 2009 |
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A meta-analysis of 17 randomised controlled trials has shown that pre-procedural treatment with sodium bicarbonate based hydration is the optimal treatment strategy to prevent contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN). The research, ...
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Blood Enzyme Could Help Realize Clean Coal
Dec 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- An enzyme in our blood that enables our lungs to exhale carbon dioxide could be the key to isolating carbon dioxide emissions from coal plants in order to store them safely underground. A ...
Scientists discover protein receptor for carbonation taste
Oct 15, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In 1767, chemist Joseph Priestley stood in his laboratory one day with an idea to help English mariners stay healthy on long ocean voyages. He infused water with carbon dioxide to create an effervescent ...
Researchers Identify Problems in the Uranium Bioremediation Avenue
Mar 26, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Toxic uranium is often found in soil and groundwater in places where uranium was either mined or enriched to make nuclear fuel and weapons. Uranium contamination, which is a threat to wildlife ...
New MRI signaling method could picture disease metabolism in action
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Mar 26, 2009 |
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Duke University chemists are using modified magnetic resonance imaging to see molecular changes inside people's bodies that could signal health problems such as cancer.
Researcher gives first-ever estimate of worldwide fish biomass and impact on climate change
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 15, 2009 |
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Are there really plenty of fish in the sea? University of British Columbia fisheries researcher Villy Christensen gives the first-ever estimate of total fish biomass in our oceans: Two billion tonnes.
Calcium and vitamin D may not be the only protection against bone loss
Dec 03, 2008 |
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Diets that are high in protein and cereal grains produce an excess of acid in the body which may increase calcium excretion and weaken bones, according to a new study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of ...
At 2.8 km down, a 1-of-a-kind microorganism lives all alone
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Oct 09, 2008 |
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The first ecosystem ever found having only a single biological species has been discovered 2.8 kilometers (1.74 miles) beneath the surface of the earth in the Mponeng gold mine near Johannesburg, South Africa. ...
How corals adapt to day and night
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Sep 12, 2008 |
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Researchers have uncovered a gene in corals that responds to day/night cycles, which provides some tantalizing clues into how symbiotic corals work together with their plankton partners.
Chemistry of Airborne Particulate -- Lung Interactions Revealed
May 14, 2008 |
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Exactly how airborne particulates harm our lungs still puzzles epidemiologists, physicians, environmental scientists, and policy makers. Now California Institute of Technology researchers have found that they act by impairing ...
Gotta have heart! Crocodilians bypass their lungs to improve digestion
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Feb 04, 2008 |
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As perhaps confirmed by their ubiquity on nature cable channels, crocodiles are among nature’s most fearsome predators. When the opportunity arises, crocodilians will gorge, voluntarily consuming meals weighing ...
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