News tagged with fountain of youth
Researchers seek to create 'fountain of youth'
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Jan 16, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The same principles that a Biodesign Institute research team has successfully applied to remove harmful contaminants from the environment may one day allow people to clean up the gunk from ...
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Scientists find a biological 'fountain of youth' in new world bat caves
Jun 30, 2009 |
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Scientists from Texas are batty over a new discovery which could lead to the single most important medical breakthrough in human history -- significantly longer lifespans. The discovery, featured on the cover of the July ...
Portable Precision: A New Type of Atomic Clock
Jun 11, 2009 |
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The most accurate atomic clocks in the world are based on the output of cesium atoms. These ultra-precise fountain clocks measure the frequency and time interval of seconds by using a fountain-like movement of cesium atoms. ...
Hubble celebrates 19th anniversary with fountain of youth
Apr 21, 2009 |
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Over the past 19 years Hubble has taken dozens of exotic pictures of galaxies going "bump in the night" as they collide with each other and have a variety of close encounters of the galactic kind. Just when ...
Researchers produce short-term reversal of skin aging in mice
Nov 29, 2007 |
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Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have reversed the effects of aging on the skin of mice, at least for a short period, by blocking the action of a single critical protein.
Arts good for the psyche
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 04, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Youth who do arts are psychologically better off than those who do not, a new study from Victoria University shows.
Places to play, but 'stranger danger' fears keep inner-city kids home: Study
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Sep 30, 2009 |
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Fear of dangerous strangers in inner-city neighbourhoods is keeping kids and teens from using playgrounds and parks to be physically active.
Coordination needed to support green-fingered youths
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Aug 13, 2009 |
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The project, which was funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), found that many young volunteers travelled long distances from cities to short-term projects in rural areas and felt they were being punished ...
Teens who believe they'll die young are more likely to engage in risky behavior
Jun 29, 2009 |
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University of Minnesota Medical School researcher Iris Borowsky, M.D., Ph.D., and colleagues found that one in seven adolescents believe that it is highly likely that they will die before age 35, and this belief predicted ...
Adoption: Every child deserves a home
Nov 23, 2009 |
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Finding a permanent home for children and youth who are in the care of welfare agencies should be a priority for all Canadians, write Laura Eggertson, Dr. Noni MacDonald, Cindy Baldassi and Dr. Paul Hébert in an editorial ...
Berries beneficial for brains
Aug 25, 2006 |
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If humans are anything like rats, scientists at Tufts University in Boston may be on the road to discovering the fountain of youth for the human brain.
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