News tagged with cavities
Transparent iron? For the first time, an experiment shows that atomic nuclei can become transparent
At the high-brilliance synchrotron light source PETRA III, a team of DESY scientists headed by Dr. Ralf Röhlsberger has succeeded in making atomic nuclei transparent with the help of X-ray light. At the ...
Feb 08, 2012 |
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Gene mutation discovery sparks hope for effective endometriosis screening
Researchers at Yale School of Medicine have, for the first time, described the genetic basis of endometriosis, a condition affecting millions of women that is marked by chronic pelvic pain and infertility. ...
Feb 06, 2012 |
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Snapshot of dialysis: Who's getting treated at home?
Home-based dialysis treatments are on the rise in both the developing and developed worlds, but developed countries appear to be turning to them less often, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of ...
Feb 02, 2012 |
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Powering pacemakers with heartbeat vibrations
Sick hearts may help to keep themselves beating longer with a device that could harvest energy from heartbeat-induced chest cavity vibrations.
Feb 01, 2012 |
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UH Case Medical Center offers new therapy for gynecologic cancer patients
Patients with gynecologic cancer have new hope in a novel technology now offered at the Seidman Cancer Center at University Hospitals (UH) Case Medical Center. A team of cancer specialists, led by Robert DeBernardo, MD, is ...
Jan 20, 2012 |
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Lab-made tissue picks up the slack of Petri dishes in cancer research
New research demonstrates that previous models used to examine cancer may not be complex enough to accurately mimic the true cancer environment. Using oral cancer cells in a three-dimensional model of lab-made tissue that ...
Jan 11, 2012 |
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In the brain, 'ORMOSIL' nanoparticles hold promise as a potential vehicle for drug delivery
(PhysOrg.com) -- In the images of fruit flies, clusters of neurons are all lit up, forming a brightly glowing network of highways within the brain.
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Jan 09, 2012 |
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'Painless' plasma brush is becoming reality in dentistry, engineers say
University of Missouri engineers and their research collaborators at Nanova, Inc. are one step closer to a painless way to replace fillings. After favorable results in the lab, human clinical trials are underway ...
Dec 20, 2011 |
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Chilean twins in delicate condition post-surgery
(AP) -- Conjoined twin girls who were separated in a 20-hour operation were in critical condition on Friday and one was in danger of dying, according to the director of the Chilean hospital where they are ...
Dec 16, 2011 |
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Finnish team devise nanomechanical microwave amplifier with near least possible noise generation
(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of Finnish physicists has developed a novel way to amplify a microwave signal that unlike other amplifiers, produces noise that is just barely above that which is necessary due to the ...
Dec 15, 2011 |
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Microbial contamination found in orange juice squeezed in bars and restaurants
Scientists from the University of Valencia in Spain have analysed fresh orange juice squeezed by machines in catering establishments. They have confirmed that 43% of samples exceeded the acceptable enterobacteriaceae ...
Dec 14, 2011 |
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A whole new meaning for thinking on your feet
Smithsonian researchers report that the brains of tiny spiders are so large that they fill their body cavities and overflow into their legs. As part of ongoing research to understand how miniaturization affects ...
Dec 12, 2011 |
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Court: Some bone marrow donors can be paid
(AP) -- A federal appeals court ruled Thursday that most bone marrow donors can be paid, overturning a decades-old law that made such compensation a crime.
Dec 01, 2011 |
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Image: Young stellar grouping in Cygnus X
(PhysOrg.com) -- Cygnus X hosts many young stellar groupings.
Nov 30, 2011 |
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Nanoparticles harvest invisible cancer biomarkers
(PhysOrg.com) -- Cancer biologists have long presumed that tumor cells shed telltale markers into the blood and that finding these blood-borne biomarkers could provide an early indicator that cancer is developing somewhere ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Nov 22, 2011 |
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