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Is nicotinamide overload a trigger for type 2 diabetes?

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created 10 hours ago | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Facing the increasing prevalence of type 2 diabetes worldwide in the past few decades, one may ask what is wrong with humans. Geneticists tell us that the human genome has not changed markedly in such a short time. Therefore, ...


Modern tests demonstrate soundness of old iron bridge

Modern tests demonstrate soundness of old iron bridge

Technology / Engineering

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (8) | comments 2

An unusual bowstring truss iron bridge that carried traffic across Roaring Run in Bedford County, Va. for almost 100 years is now a picturesque footbridge at the I-81 Ironto, Va. rest stop. Built in 1878, ...


Heme channel found

Heme channel found

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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.


New research may help to clean drainage from abandoned mines

New research may help to clean drainage from abandoned mines

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- In a quiet green glen near Ashville, Pa., lies a rust-colored pond. A deep, rectangular hole in the ground, it somewhat resembles an Olympic-sized pool. Few people, however, would make the ...


Chemistry makes the natural 'wonder fabric' -- wool -- more wonderful

Chemistry makes the natural 'wonder fabric' -- wool -- more wonderful

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

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Scientists in China are reporting an advance that may improve the natural wonders of wool — already regarded as the "wonder fabric" for its lightness, softness, warmth even when wet, and other qualities. They ...


Visit Pompeii with the Victorians in Second Life

Visit Pompeii with the Victorians in Second Life

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A 3D recreation of a Roman house in Pompeii has been built in the virtual world Second Life by Dr Shelley Hales and Dr Nic Earle from the University of Bristol.


New Study of Meteorite Provides More Evidence for Ancient Life on Mars

New Study of Meteorite Provides More Evidence for Ancient Life on Mars

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (39) | comments 16

(PhysOrg.com) -- In 1996, when scientists examined a meteorite from Mars previously uncovered in Antarctica, they were intrigued by what looked like microscopic fossils of ancient Martian life forms. Now, ...


Psychotherapy offers obesity prevention for 'at risk' teenage girls

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A team of scientists at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the National Institutes of Health have piloted psychotherapy treatment to prevent excessive weight gain in teenager girls deemed 'at risk' ...


Argonne advanced battery research driving to displace gasoline

Argonne advanced battery research driving to displace gasoline (w/ Video)

Technology / Energy

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (6) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- In excess of seven million barrels of gasoline are consumed by vehicles in the United States every day. As scientists race to find environmentally sound solutions to fuel the world’s ever-growing ...


Laurence still causing warnings and watches in northern west Australia

Laurence still causing warnings and watches in northern west Australia

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Although the center of Tropical Cyclone Laurence has been over land for two days, it's still holding together and bringing heavy rains and gusty winds to the northern coastal areas of West Australia and will ...



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