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Potential new heart attack biomarker uncovered

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Though they remain a leading killer, heart attacks can be effectively treated provided they can be rapidly diagnosed following initial onset of symptoms. In a study appearing in this month's Molecular and Cellular Proteomics, resear ...





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Bacterial protein mimics its host to disable a key enzyme (w/ Video)

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

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(PhysOrg.com) -- Bacteria use all sorts of cunning to trick hosts into doing their bidding. One con in their bag of tricks: the molecular mimic. In this ruse, bacteria or their agents look for all purposes like some native ...


UN talks: Rich nations must make big emission cuts (AP)

UN talks: Rich nations must make big emission cuts

Space & Earth / Environment

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(AP) -- Wealthy nations would commit to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the next decade, and the world should strive to nearly eliminate them - or at least cut them in half - by 2050 under ...


Rice physicists find reappearing quantum trios

Rice physicists find reappearing quantum trios

Physics / Quantum Physics

created 10 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (18) | comments 3

Using atoms at temperatures colder than deep space, Rice University physicists have delivered overwhelming proof for a once-scoffed-at theory that's become a hotbed for research some 40 years after it first ...


Study reveals H1N1 unexpected weakness

Study reveals H1N1 unexpected weakness

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (17) | comments 7

The H1N1 influenza virus has been keeping a secret that may be the key to defeating it and other flu viruses as well.


Synthetic protein mimics structure, function of metalloprotein in nature

Synthetic protein mimics structure, function of metalloprotein in nature

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists have designed a synthetic protein that is both a structural model and a functional model of a native protein, nitric-oxide reductase.


Researchers uncover chemical basis for extra 'quality control' in protein production

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

December 9, 2009 -Even small errors made by cells during protein production can have profound disease effects, and nature has developed ways to uncover these mistakes and correct them. Though in the case of one essential ...


3 Questions: Henry Jacoby on Copenhagen

3 Questions: Henry Jacoby on Copenhagen

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 2.4 / 5 (8) | comments 5

The co-director of MIT’s Global Change program discusses what to expect from the U.N. Climate Change Conference, and the effects of 'Climategate.'


Brain activity exposes those who break promises

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 7

Scientists from the University of Zurich have discovered the physiological mechanisms in the brain that underlie broken promises. Patterns of brain activity even enable predicting whether someone will break a promise. The ...


EPA head: US must make up for lost time on climate (AP)

EPA head: US must make up for lost time on climate

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created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (8) | comments 4

(AP) -- The top U.S. environmental official told a divided U.N. climate conference Wednesday that the Obama administration's moves to "make up for lost time" and cut greenhouse gases would complement congressional ...


Hops compound may prevent prostate cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

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



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