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Malaria parasite zeroes in on molecule to enhance its survival

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created Feb 19, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A team of researchers from Princeton University and the Drexel University College of Medicine has found that the parasite that causes malaria breaks down an important amino acid in its quest to adapt and thrive within the ...


Metabolic reactions: Less is more in single-celled organisms

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created Dec 05, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (8) | comments 0

All single-celled organisms are not alike. Or are they? A Northwestern University study has found a surprising similarity among four quite different organisms. The simplest organism, a bacterium called H. pylori, uses the sa ...





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French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea (IFREMER) team prepares to put in water the robot BOB

Underwater robot probes depths for Istanbul quake clues

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 14, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

A state-of-the-art underwater robot called BOB may hold the key to protecting millions of people around Turkey's biggest city against a massive earthquake scientists say is all but inevitable.


Brain injured athletes may benefit from hypothermia research

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

NFL players and other athletes who suffer serious or multiple concussions may benefit from ground-breaking research being conducted by scientists at Barrow Neurological Institute at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center. ...


No need to fast for cholesterol test

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Patients do not need to fast before having their cholesterol tested, a major study has found.


Disease-matching software could save children

Disease-matching software could save children

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- By matching children with rare or life-threatening diseases and modelling potential disease progression, researchers hope to find new routes forward.


New insights into the physiology of cockroaches

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A study by scientists from the University of Valencia sheds new light on how the cockroach organism works. A research team from the Cavanilles Institute for Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology, led by professors Amparo ...


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Xbox Live boots pirate videogame players; will link to Twitter, Facebook, Last.fm

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Microsoft said Thursday that its Xbox 360 videogame console will be able to link online starting next week with Twitter and Facebook along with Internet radio star Last.fm.


New study describes connections between Circadian and metabolic systems

Biology / Other

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A paper by University of Notre Dame biologist Giles Duffield and a team of researchers offers new insights into a gene that plays a key role in modulating the body's Circadian system and may also simultaneously modulate its ...


Mechanical ventilation for patients with lung damage don't always work as planned

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created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

As more Canadians are diagnosed with H1N1 influenza infection, some will be admitted to hospital. The most severely affected may be treated in the intensive care unit (ICU) and placed on a mechanical ventilator to help them ...


High fat diet increases inflammation in the mouse colon

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- In mice fed a diet high in fat and low in fiber, vitamin D and calcium -- the so-called Western diet -- expression of a series of genes collectively associated with immune and inflammatory responses was altered. ...


Hewlett Packard to buy 3Com for $2.7B (AP)

HP's 3Com takeover marks a shot at Cisco

Technology / Business

created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Hewlett-Packard Co.'s $2.7 billion takeover of 3Com Corp. is a shot at networking leader Cisco Systems Inc. - and a sign of how old relationships are being frayed by a flurry of maneuvers by technology ...



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