News tagged with brown
Another bailout? Government pension insurer could be next, expert says
Oct 15, 2008 |
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Another multi-billion-dollar taxpayer bailout could lie ahead, this time to rescue a cash-strapped government program that insures pensions of 44 million American workers and retirees, a University of Illinois finance professor ...
Researchers reveal brown dwarfs as third class of celestial bodies after stars and planets
Aug 22, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The systematics of celestial bodies apparently needs to be revised. Researchers at the Argelander Institute of Astronomy of the University of Bonn have discovered that brown dwarfs need to be treated as a ...
Molecular switch found in mice could lead to future obesity treatments
Aug 20, 2008 |
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A surprise discovery -- that calorie-burning brown fat can be produced experimentally from muscle precursor cells in mice -- raises the prospect of new ways to fight obesity and overweight, say scientists from Dana-Farber ...
Joslin study identifies protein that produces 'good' fat
Aug 20, 2008 |
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A study by researchers at the Joslin Diabetes Center has shown that a protein known for its role in inducing bone growth can also help promote the development of brown fat, a "good" fat that helps in the expenditure of energy ...
Scientists to assess Beijing Olympics air pollution control efforts
Aug 08, 2008 |
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As the Summer Olympics in Beijing kicks off this week, the event is giving scientists a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to observe how the atmosphere responds when a heavily populated region substantially curbs ...
Brown tree snake could mean Guam will lose more than its birds
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Aug 08, 2008 |
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In the last 60 years, brown tree snakes have become the embodiment of the bad things that can happen when invasive species are introduced in places where they have few predators. Unchecked for many years, ...
Forward step in forecasting global warming
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 07, 2008 |
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Arizona State University researchers have made a breakthrough in understanding the effect on climate change of a key component of urban pollution. The discovery could lead to more accurate forecasting of possible global-warming ...
Compound that Helps Rice Grow Reduces Nerve, Vascular Damage from Diabetes
Jul 28, 2008 |
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You may want to soak your brown rice. Researchers have found that a compound that helps rice seed grow, springs back into action when brown rice is placed in water overnight before cooking, significantly reducing ...
All Sweeteners May Not Be the Same When Managing Type 2 Diabetes and Complications
Jul 14, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Recent research by Kalidas Shetty of the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Lena Galvez Ranilla of the University of San Paolo, Brazil, shows that when it comes to managing Type 2 diabetes, all sweeteners ...
