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New source discovered for the generation of nerve cells in the brain

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

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The research group of Professor Magdalena Gotz of Helmholtz Zentrum Munchen and Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munich (Germany) has made a significant advance in understanding regeneration processes in the brain. The researchers ...





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Glial cells can cross from the central to the peripheral nervous system (w/ Video)

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

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Glial cells, which help neurons communicate with each other, can leave the central nervous system and cross into the peripheral nervous system to compensate for missing cells, according to new research in the Dec. 2 issue ...


Is cannabis the answer to Booze Britain's problems?

Medicine & Health / Health

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Substituting cannabis in place of more harmful drugs may be a winning strategy in the fight against substance misuse. Research published in BioMed Central' open access Harm Reduction Journal features a poll of 350 cannab ...


Chicken capsules good for aching joints

Medicine & Health / Diseases

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Chicken collagen can provide relief from rheumatoid arthritis (RA) symptoms. A randomised, controlled trial, published in BioMed Central's open access journal Arthritis Research & Therapy, has found that Chicken type II col ...


Hebrew University, US scientists find clue to mystery of biological clock

Scientists find clue to mystery of biological clock

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

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How does our biological system know that it is supposed to operate on a 24-hour cycle? Scientists at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have discovered that a tiny molecule holds the clue to the mystery.


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ISS astronauts land safely in Kazakhstan

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

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A space capsule carrying a Belgian, a Canadian and a Russian landed safely in the steppes of Kazakhstan on Tuesday after the trio spent half a year on the International Space Station (ISS).


ARS Survey Helps Growers Track Two Key Cotton Pests

ARS Survey Helps Growers Track Two Key Cotton Pests

Biology / Ecology

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(PhysOrg.com) -- Cotton growers will be better able to keep an eye out for two common pests because of a comprehensive survey by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists at College Station, Texas.


GOES-14 (O) moving into on-orbit storage around the Earth

GOES-14 (O) moving into on-orbit storage around the Earth

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

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The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite named GOES-14, is being placed in on-orbit storage this month to await its call to duty.


Study: Believers' inferences about God's beliefs are uniquely egocentric

Study: Believers' inferences about God's beliefs are uniquely egocentric

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

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Religious people tend to use their own beliefs as a guide in thinking about what God believes, but are less constrained when reasoning about other people's beliefs, according to new study published in the ...


NASA captures Typhoon Nida's clouds from 2 angles

NASA captures Typhoon Nida's clouds from 2 angles

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

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NASA satellites capture amazing views of tropical cyclones, and the Aqua and CloudSat satellites captured a top-down look at temperatures in Typhoon Nida's clouds, and an image of what they look like from ...


Is it right for drug companies to carry out their own clinical trials?

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In BMJ today two experts debate whether the conflict of interest is unacceptable when drug companies carry out clinical trials on their own medicines.



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