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Muscling in on type 2 diabetes

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Feb 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Research by kinesiology investigator Dustin Hittel, PhD, has proven that muscle in extremely obese individuals produces large amounts of a protein called myostatin, which normally inhibits muscle growth--suggesting that for ...





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New approach to emissions makes climate and air quality models more accurate, major study finds

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

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It's no secret that the emissions leaving a car tailpipe or factory smokestack affect climate and air quality. Even trees release chemicals that influence the atmosphere. But until now, scientists have struggled to know where ...


Obesity linked with poorer breast cancer outcomes

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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Breast cancer patients with a high body mass index (BMI) have a poorer cancer prognosis later in life. Specifically, their treatment effect does not last as long and their risk of death increases.


Understanding ocean climate

Understanding ocean climate

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High-resolution computer simulations performed by scientists at the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton (NOCS) are helping to understand the inflow of North Atlantic water to the Arctic Ocean and how ...


Germany unveiled a supercomputer which should be in a position to model even tornados

Germany unveils world's largest weather supercomputer

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Germany Thursday unveiled the world's most powerful weather supercomputer that scientists hope will provide critical data on global warming for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).


Delaying the aging process protects against Alzheimer's disease

Delaying the aging process protects against Alzheimer's disease

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

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Aging is the single greatest risk factor for Alzheimer's disease. In their latest study, researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies found that simply slowing the aging process in mice prone to ...


Alcohol consumption increases risk of breast cancer recurrence

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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Moderate to heavy consumption of alcoholic beverages (at least three to four drinks per week) is associated with a 1.3-fold increased risk of breast cancer recurrence. Women who are post-menopausal or overweight may be most ...


Jefferson neurosurgeon helps draft new treatment guidelines for brain metastases

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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New treatment guidelines for patients with brain metastases are now available from the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) and the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS). David Andrews, M.D., F.A.C.S., ...


Physical education teaching staff play key role in making you like sport

Physical education teaching staff play key role in making you like sport

Medicine & Health / Health

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What factors have an influence in making us like sport in the physical education classes we receive in school? According to a new investigation, physical education teaching staff must develop the responsibility, ...


Abundance of a look-alike species clouds population status of a million dollar fish

Biology / Ecology

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The prized white marlin, sought by anglers in million dollar prize tournaments and captured incidentally in commercial fisheries, is among the most overfished marine species under international management and the subject ...


Students Hone Engineering Skills in Robotics

Students Hone Engineering Skills in Robotics

Other Sciences / Other

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Robots have fascinated future engineers for generations. Recently, a group of young students had an opportunity to design and build their own robots using LEGOs, the popular plastic pieces ...



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