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Low-density lipoprotein receptor reduces damage in Alzheimer's brain

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

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The low-density lipoprotein receptor (LDLR) has received a lot of attention because of its connection with coronary heart disease and atherosclerosis, but now it appears as if it may have a beneficial influence in degenerative ...


Tropical forests affected by habitat fragmentation store less biomass and carbon dioxide

Tropical forests affected by habitat fragmentation store less biomass and carbon dioxide

Space & Earth / Environment

created 6 hours ago | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Deforestation in tropical rain forests could have an even greater impact on climate change than has previously been thought. The combined biomass of a large number of small forest fragments left over after ...


Texas Tech Using Remote Sensing Technology to Improve Peanut Crops

Biology / Ecology

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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers are using remote sensing to estimate biophysical characteristics including ground cover and yield.


Think again about keeping little ones so squeaky clean

Medicine & Health / Research

created 23 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (11) | comments 5

A new Northwestern University study suggests that American parents should ease up on antibacterial soap and perhaps allow their little ones a romp or two in the mud --- or at least a much better acquaintance with everyday ...


One Can Act Without Group Support; Even in the Bacterial World

One Can Act Without Group Support; Even in the Bacterial World

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A single bacterium can act alone, performing the same kinds of actions that a group normally does. The behavior of that bacterium can be manipulated at the cellular level. That’s the intriguing ...


Possible ovarian cancer treatment target identified

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A multi-institutional study has identified a potential personalized treatment target for the most common form of ovarian cancer. In the December 8 issue of Cancer Cell, the research team describes finding that a gene called ...


Cosmic rays hunted down: Physicists are closing in on the origin of cosmic rays

Cosmic rays hunted down: Physicists are closing in on the origin of cosmic rays

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (11) | comments 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- A thin rain of charged particles continually bombards our atmosphere from outer space. The mysterious particles were first detected 100 years ago but until 10 years ago when a new type of ...


Researchers demonstrate nanoscale X-ray imaging of bacterial cells

Researchers demonstrate nanoscale X-ray imaging of bacterial cells

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

An ultra-high-resolution imaging technique using X-ray diffraction is a step closer to fulfilling its promise as a window on nanometer-scale structures in biological samples. In the Proceedings of the National Ac ...


Metamaterials could reduce friction in nanomachines

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Nanoscale machines expected to have wide application in industry, energy, medicine and other fields may someday operate far more efficiently thanks to important theoretical discoveries concerning the manipulation ...


Scientists Generate Black Hole Radiation in the Lab

Scientists Generate Black Hole Radiation in the Lab

Physics / Plasma Physics

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (23) | comments 5

(PhysOrg.com) -- Due to their violent nature and long distance from Earth, black holes and their surroundings are very difficult to study. Currently, the main method to observe a black hole is to use an X-ray ...



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