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Heme channel found

Heme channel found

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

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In some ways a cell in your body or an organelle in that cell is like an ancient walled town. Life inside either depends critically on the intelligence of the gatekeepers.


Racing, shooting and zapping your way to better visual skills

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

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Do your kids want a Wii, a PlayStation or an Xbox 360 this year? This holiday gift season is packed with popular gaming systems and adrenaline-pumping, sharpshooting games. What's a parent to do? Is there any redeeming value ...


Dyslexia defined: New study 'uncouples' reading and IQ over time

Dyslexia defined: New study 'uncouples' reading and IQ over time

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

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Contrary to popular belief, some very smart, accomplished people cannot read well. This unexpected difficulty in reading in relation to intelligence, education and professional status is called dyslexia, and ...


Wild chimps have near human understanding of fire, says study

Wild chimps have near human understanding of fire, study says

Biology / Plants & Animals

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(PhysOrg.com) -- The use and control of fire are behavioral characteristics that distinguish humans from other animals. Now, a new study by Iowa State University anthropologist Jill Pruetz reports that savanna ...


In a first, key pancreatic cells inserted in wounded airman's liver

Medicine & Health / Research

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In what medical officials say is a first, the bullet-scarred pancreas from a service member who was shot in Afghanistan was flown from Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington to the University of Miami, where insulin-producing ...


STEM gets greener: Promoting critical thinking using renewable energy technology

Technology / Energy

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Can building model cars really help create the next generation of electric vehicle designers and engineers? Researchers at North Carolina State University think so. Through a recent grant, they will develop a curriculum that ...


Study reveals chemo's toxicity to brain, possible treatment

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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Researchers have developed a novel animal model showing that four commonly used chemotherapy drugs disrupt the birth of new brain cells, and that the condition could be partially reversed with the growth factor IGF-1.


Scientists Shed New Light On Right Brain Activity

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

It’s a world first: thanks to new technology developed by the University of Victoria, Canada, researchers can now show how multiple parts of the right brain dynamically process spatial relationships.


Brain surgery evolves to destroy rogue blood vessels

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Over three decades, a world-recognized medical team at UC San Diego Medical Center has spurred the evolution of a complex surgery to destroy dangerous clusters of arteries and veins in the brain. Integrating ...


Critical communication for caregivers

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia represent an exponentially growing social and health care challenge for American families - not only family members who face the progressive brain disease, but also those who ...



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