News tagged with long
Careful diagnosis helps fracture patients put best foot forward
Dec 01, 2009 |
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Located in areas of the foot that can be hard to visualize with X-rays and other imaging techniques, injuries to the ankle area of the foot are the most frequently misdiagnosed of all foot fractures. Delayed diagnosis can ...
The cause behind the characteristic shape of a long leaf revealed
Nov 23, 2009 |
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Applied mathematicians dissected the morphology of the plantain lily (Hosta lancifolia), a characteristic long leaf with a saddle-like arc midsection and closely packed ripples along the edges. The simple ...
Record-Breaking Radio Astronomy Project to Measure Sky with Extreme Precision
Nov 16, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Astronomers will tie together the largest collection of the world's radio telescopes ever assembled to work as a single observing tool in a project aimed at improving the precision of the ...
Close-up movie shows hidden details in the birth of super-suns (w/ Video)
Nov 16, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The constellation of Orion is a hotbed of massive star formation, most prominently in the Great Nebula that sits in Orion's sword. The glowing gas of the Nebula is powered by a group of young ...
Research findings key for understanding, interpreting genetic testing for long QT syndrome
Nov 05, 2009 |
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Results of a long QT syndrome (LQTS) study published in the current issue of Circulation play an important role in understanding genetic testing's role in diagnosing disease, according to the senior author, Michael Ackerman, ...
Precise Radio-Telescope Measurements Advance Frontier Gravitational Physics
Sep 01, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists using a continent-wide array of radio telescopes have made an extremely precise measurement of the curvature of space caused by the Sun's gravity, and their technique promises a ...
Large epidemiologic study supports brain power of fish in older people
Jul 17, 2009 |
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Experts estimate that over 24 million people worldwide suffer from dementia, and many of these people live in low- and middle-income countries. Recently, there has been growing interest in whether dietary factors, particularly ...
Sleep helps build long-term memories
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Jun 24, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Experts have long suspected that part of the process of turning fleeting short-term memories into lasting long-term memories occurs during sleep. Now, researchers at the RIKEN-MIT Center for ...
Calcium -- the secret to honeybees' memory
Jun 16, 2009 |
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Long-term memory formation in honeybees is instigated by a calcium ion cascade. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Biology have shown that calcium acts as a switch between short- and long-term storage of lea ...
Long and short sleep durations are associated with increased risk for diabetes
Jun 08, 2009 |
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According to a research abstract that will be presented at SLEEP 2009, the 23rd Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies, both long and short sleepers are at greater risk for diabetes. Individuals sleeping ...
Blue whales found near NY, off their usual path
May 28, 2009 |
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(AP) -- There's a monster lurking off the coast of New York. Experts in a Cornell University acoustics program said Thursday that blue whales have been positively identified in the area for the first time.
Drop in daddy long legs is devastating bird populations
Mar 26, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Warm summers are dramatically reducing populations of daddy long legs, which in turn is having a severe impact on the bird populations which rely on them for food.
Long, sexy tails not a drag on male birds
Mar 12, 2009 |
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The long tails sported by many male birds in the tropics look like they're a drag to carry around and a distinct disadvantage when fleeing predators, but experiments by University of California, Berkeley, ...
Cleft lip and palate: Genes more important than thought?
Mar 08, 2009 |
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Comparing 500,000 snippets of human DNA put scientists from the University of Bonn on the right track. A genetic variant on chromosome 8 occurs with significantly higher frequency in people with cleft lip and palate than ...
Mortality risk greater for elderly women who nap daily
Mar 04, 2009 |
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A new study appearing in Journal of the American Geriatrics Society has found that older women who reported taking daily naps had a significantly greater risk of dying. The results of the study are in contrast to a number ...
