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Can magnets keep crocodiles away from Florida's suburbs?

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Mar 09, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Veteran trapper Todd Hardwick, who has hauled hundreds of alligators and crocodiles out of neighborhoods over the years, tried something strange earlier this year.





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Lone llama rescued after month on Pikes Peak (AP)

Lone llama rescued after month on Pikes Peak

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Oct 03, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 3

(AP) -- A lone llama wandering near the summit of Pikes Peak for a month has been captured and is heading to a new home.


New technology enhances therapeutic potential of cord blood stem cells

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jun 06, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 0

A CD26 Inhibitor increases the efficiency and responsiveness of umbilical cord blood for bone marrow transplants and may improve care for blood cancer patients according to research from Rush University Medical Center being ...


Trusting your instincts leads you to the right answer

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jan 08, 2007 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (12) | comments 0

A UCL (University College London) study has found that you are more likely to perform well if you do not think too hard and instead trust your instincts. The research, published online today in the journal Current Biology, shows ...


Homing nanoparticles pack multiple assault on tumors

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Jan 08, 2007 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (14) | comments 0

A collaborative team led by Erkki Ruoslahti, M.D., Ph.D., of the Burnham Institute for Medical Research at UC Santa Barbara (Burnham) has developed nanoparticles that seek out tumors and bind to their blood vessels, and then ...


Study: Iron minerals in birds' bills may serve as a magnetometer

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created Mar 14, 2007 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (10) | comments 0

It has long been recognized that birds possess the ability to use the Earth’s magnetic field for their navigation, although just how this is done has not yet been clarified. However, the discovery of iron-containing structures ...


People with autism make more rational decisions, study shows

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Oct 15, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (10) | comments 0

People with autism-related disorders are less likely to make irrational decisions, and are less influenced by gut instincts, according to research funded by the Wellcome Trust. The study adds to the growing body of research ...


Researchers create prostate cancer 'homing device' for drug delivery

Researchers create prostate cancer 'homing device' for drug delivery

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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

A new prostate cancer "homing device" could improve detection and allow for the first targeted treatment of the disease.


Rare black vulture in rehabilitation

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created Mar 19, 2007 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A rare black vulture that lost its direction is being rehabilitated in Thailand at Kasetsart University's Kamphaeng Saen campus.


New strategy improves stem cell recruitment, heart function and survival after heart injury

Medicine & Health / Research

created Apr 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new study in mice shows that a dual therapy can lead to generation of new blood vessels and improved cardiac function following a heart attack. The research, published by Cell Press in the April 3rd issue of the journal ...


Genetically engineered MSCs kill metastatic lung cancer cells in mice

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created May 19, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Researchers in London have demonstrated the ability of adult stem cells from bone marrow (mesenchymal stem cells, or MSCs) to deliver a cancer-killing protein to tumors.



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