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Spun-sugar fibers spawn sweet technique for nerve repair
Feb 26, 2009 |
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Researchers at Purdue University have developed a technique using spun-sugar filaments to create a scaffold of tiny synthetic tubes that might serve as conduits to regenerate nerves severed in accidents or ...
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Catheter-delivered Valve May Help People with Heart Defects Avoid Multiple Surgeries
Nov 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Children born with certain heart defects have impaired blood flow from the right ventricle to the pulmonary artery leading to the lungs, requiring implanted devices (known as right-ventricular ...
Protein in human hair shows promise for regenerating nerves
Jan 10, 2008 |
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A protein found in human hair shows promise for promoting the regeneration of nerve tissue and could lead to a new treatment option when nerves are cut or crushed from trauma.
New tool probes brain circuits
Jan 24, 2008 |
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Researchers at the Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at MIT report in the Jan. 24 online edition of Science that they have created a way to see, for the first time, the effect of blocking and unbloc ...
Why Christmas trees are not extinct
Dec 22, 2005 |
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Conifers such as Christmas trees suffer a severe plumbing problem. The "pipes" that carry water through firs, pines and other conifers are 10 times shorter than those in flowering trees. But a University of ...
The aging brain: Failure to communicate
Dec 05, 2007 |
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A team of Howard Hughes Medical Institute researchers has shown that normal aging disrupts communication between different regions of the brain. The new research, which used advanced medical imaging techniques to look at ...
Microscopic 'hands' for building tomorrow's machines
Jan 19, 2009 |
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In a finding straight out of science fiction, chemical and biomolecular engineers in Maryland are describing development of microscopic, chemically triggered robotic "hands" that can pick up and move small ...
US building tech tools to foil online censors
Aug 15, 2009 |
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The US agency behind Voice of America said Friday it is working on ways to slip news past tough Internet blockades in countries such as China and Iran.
Alaska glacier speed-up tied to internal plumbing issues
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Jan 15, 2008 |
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A University of Colorado at Boulder study indicates meltwater periodically overwhelms the interior drainpipes of Alaska's Kennicott Glacier and causes it to lurch forward, similar to processes that may help ...
Low-tech tools take out phones in Silicon Valley
Apr 11, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Forget, for a moment, computer viruses and sophisticated cybercrimes. A hacksaw and a few other tools were probably all it took for someone to sever eight fiber-optic cables in Silicon Valley this ...
Nutrient Pollution Chokes Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems
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Feb 19, 2009 |
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Protecting drinking water and preventing harmful coastal "dead zones", as well as eutrophication in many lakes, will require reducing both nitrogen and phosphorus pollution. Because streams and rivers are ...
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