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NASA Gives 'Go' for Space Shuttle Launch on March 11

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Mar 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA managers completed a review Friday of space shuttle Discovery's readiness for flight and selected the official launch date for the STS-119 mission. Commander Lee Archambault and his six ...





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Gating the tides in yeast

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

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

Water is a crucial ingredient for life, but its level inside cells must be carefully regulated to maintain proper cell shape and size. In this week's issue of the open access journal PLoS Biology, scientists from the Univer ...


Trans fats hinder multiple steps in blood flow regulation pathways

Medicine & Health / Health

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

Partially hydrogenated vegetable oils in processed foods contain trans fatty acids that interfere with the regulation of blood flow. A new report reveals a new way in which these "trans fats" gum up the cellular machinery ...


Atherosclerosis solution is likely many years away

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Feb 21, 2008 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

While advances have been made in understanding how genetics, metabolism of HDL and LDL cholesterol, the inflammatory process, blood clots, and blood pressure regulation all play a part in the atherosclerosis disease process, ...


Study helps explain connection between sleep apnea, stroke and death

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jan 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Obstructive sleep apnea decreases blood flow to the brain, elevates blood pressure within the brain and eventually harms the brain's ability to modulate these changes and prevent damage to itself, according to a new study ...


Study Shines Light on How Red Blood Cells Control Blood Pressure

Medicine & Health / Research

created Oct 21, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (7) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new technique sheds light on how red blood cells regulate blood pressure in small blood vessels.


Pregnancy situations have impact on brain development in pre-term infants

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created Aug 27, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Brain development in infants who are born very prematurely is still incomplete. Factors that cause premature birth may have an impact on the development of the premature infant's brain both during pregnancy and later on after ...


HP Sues Acer, Again

Technology / Business

created Apr 24, 2007 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Hewlett-Packard filed a second lawsuit against Taiwan-based PC manufacturer Acer in an East District court in Texas last week, this time over patents related to heat management, power savings, data flow regulation, and picture ...


Regulation and oversight of gun sales reduces trafficking to criminals

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 07, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Comprehensive regulation of gun sellers appears to reduce the trafficking of guns to criminals, according to a study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.


Organizational psychologists use Rock Band to study how people achieve flow while at work

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

By playing the video game Rock Band for an hour, Kansas State University students were able to help a pair of psychology professors with their research to understand how people can achieve flow while at work or while performing ...


Slowing the racing heart

Medicine & Health / Research

created May 11, 2007 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Scientists have discovered how we put the brakes on a racing heartbeat.



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