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A scientist probes the origins of 'ouch!'

A scientist probes the origins of 'ouch!'

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jul 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3

Skinning a knee, swallowing habanero salsa, and installing snow chains bare-handed might seem pretty different at first. But all have one thing in common -- they're guaranteed to hurt.





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Chemopreventive isothiocyanates selectively depletes mutant p53 in tumor cells

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Apr 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers at Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center at Georgetown University Medical Center have demonstrated that naturally-occurring compounds can selectively deplete mutant p53 and restore "wild type" function to p53 in ...


Mysteries of garlic are revealed

Other Sciences /

created Aug 16, 2005 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

University of California scientists have determined garlic's active ingredients work the same in the same way as the chemicals in chili peppers and wasabi.


Scientists develop nanogels that enable controlled delivery of carbohydrate drugs

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Aug 20, 2007 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Carnegie Mellon University scientists have developed tiny, spherical nanogels that uniformly release encapsulated carbohydrate-based drugs. The scientists created the nanogels using atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP), ...


Rice University rolls out new nanocars (Videos)

Rice University rolls out new nanocars (Videos)

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Feb 02, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

This year's model isn't your father's nanocar. It runs cool.


Detecting cold, feeling pain: Study reveals why menthol feels fresh

Medicine & Health / Other

created May 30, 2007 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Scientists have identified the receptor in cells of the peripheral nervous system that is most responsible for the body's ability to sense cold.


First experimental evidence of quantum monodromy

Physics /

created Jun 21, 2005 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Ohio State University physicists have obtained the first-ever experimental evidence of a particular quantum mechanical effect –- one that was theorized a decade ago. The effect, called quantum monodromy* (Greek for "once aro ...



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