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Risk takers, drug abusers driven by decreased ability to process dopamine
Dec 30, 2008 |
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For risk-takers and impulsive people, New Year's resolutions often include being more careful, spending more frugally and cutting back on dangerous behavior, such as drug use. But new research from Vanderbilt finds that these ...
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Swine flu toll includes a few pets
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(AP) -- A handful of pets have been sickened with swine flu in recent weeks, but here are doctors' orders: Wash your hands and don't panic.
Aussie galaxy survey to lead to 'new physics'
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Australian astronomers have released the first set of data from the first project to look at the effects of "dark energy" halfway back in the Universe's lifetime.
GSM system about to be compromised
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Research scientists in California and elsewhere are deliberately setting out to compromise the mobile phone system used by around three billion people. The system uses Global System for Mobile ...
Self-destructing bacteria improve renewable biofuel production
Dec 08, 2009 |
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An Arizona State University research team has developed a process that removes a key obstacle to producing lower-cost, renewable biofuels. The team has programmed a photosynthetic microbe to self-destruct, making the recovery ...
Fungus-on-Fungus Fight Could Benefit Chickpeas
Dec 08, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The fungus Ascochyta rabiei threatens chickpea crops the world over. But now this blight-causing pathogen could meet its match in Aureobasidium pullulans, a rival fungus that Agricultural ...
New platinum compound shows promise in tumor cells
Dec 07, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- MIT chemists have developed a new platinum compound that is as powerful as the commonly used anticancer drug cisplatin but better able to destroy tumor cells.
Brain scans show distinctive patterns in people with generalized anxiety disorder
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 07, 2009 |
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Scrambled connections between the part of the brain that processes fear and emotion and other brain regions could be the hallmark of a common anxiety disorder, according to a new study from the Stanford University School ...
Nvidia, AMD shares jump after Intel scraps chip
Dec 07, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Shares of Nvidia Corp. and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. jumped Monday after rival Intel Corp. scrapped plans to make a new graphics chip that would have challenged both companies.
Swipe Your Credit Card on a Cell Phone
Dec 07, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- With a small card reader that attaches to a cell phone, a new company is making it easier for small businesses and even individuals to accept credit card payments. The San Francisco start-up, ...
Snowflake chemistry could give clues about ozone depletion
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Dec 07, 2009 |
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There is more to the snowflake than its ability to delight schoolchildren and snarl traffic.
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