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Scientists can now differentiate between healthy cells and cancer cells

Biology /

created Jan 05, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (11) | comments 3

One of the current handicaps of cancer treatments is the difficulty of aiming these treatments at destroying malignant cells without killing healthy cells in the process. But a new study by McMaster University researchers ...





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Research helps overcome barrier for organic electronics

Research helps overcome barrier for organic electronics

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

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(PhysOrg.com) -- Electronic devices can't work well unless all of the transistors, or switches, within them allow electrical current to flow easily when they are turned on. A team of engineers has determined ...


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Good food nation: Researchers think America's obesity epidemic can be reversed via 'foodsheds'

Medicine & Health / Health

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(PhysOrg.com) -- In the last three decades, childhood obesity in the United States has become a massive public-health problem. According to the Centers for Disease Control, between 1980 and 2006 the percentage ...


New study measures hookah use among Florida teens

Medicine & Health / Health

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(PhysOrg.com) -- Hookah pipe smoking has gained a foothold with Florida teens, according to a new University of Florida study, which shows 11 percent of high school students and 4 percent of middle school students have tried ...


Swift, XMM-Newton satellites tune into a middleweight black hole

Swift, XMM-Newton satellites tune into a middleweight black hole

Space & Earth / Astronomy

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(PhysOrg.com) -- While astronomers have studied lightweight and heavyweight black holes for decades, the evidence for black holes with intermediate masses has been much harder to come by. Now, astronomers ...


Iowa State University researcher discovers key to vital DNA, protein interaction

Researchers discover key to vital DNA, protein interaction

Biology / Other

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A researcher at Iowa State University has discovered how a group of proteins from plant pathogenic bacteria interact with DNA in the plant cell, opening up the possibility for what the scientist ...


New imagining technique could lead to better antibiotics and cancer drugs

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

A recently devised method of imaging the chemical communication and warfare between microorganisms could lead to new antibiotics, antifungal, antiviral and anti-cancer drugs, said a Texas AgriLife Research scientist.


Engineers image nanostructure of a solid acid catalyst and boost its catalytic activity

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 2

The catalytic processes that facilitate the production of many chemicals and fuels could become much more environmentally friendly thanks to a breakthrough achieved by researchers from Lehigh and Rice Universities.


New discovery allows scientists for the first time to experimentally annotate genomes

New discovery allows scientists for the first time to experimentally annotate genomes

Biology / Biotechnology

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Over the last 20 years, the sequencing of the human genome, along with related organisms, has represented one of the largest scientific endeavors in the history of mankind. The information collected from genome ...


For young boys with cancer, testicular tissue banking may be option to preserve fertility

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

For parents of children with cancer, the hopeful news is that pediatric survival rates have steadily improved for decades. Among the bad news—treatments that enable survival often cause infertility.


New transparent insulating film could enable energy-efficient displays

New transparent insulating film could enable energy-efficient displays

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Johns Hopkins materials scientists have found a new use for a chemical compound that has traditionally been viewed as an electrical conductor, a substance that allows electricity to flow through it. By orienting ...



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