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First-ever blueprint of a minimal cell is more complex than expected

First-ever blueprint of a minimal cell is more complex than expected

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 26, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (19) | comments 4

What are the bare essentials of life, the indispensable ingredients required to produce a cell that can survive on its own? Can we describe the molecular anatomy of a cell, and understand how an entire organism ...


China reports 8 cases of mutated swine flu virus

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- China has detected eight people infected with mutated forms of the swine flu virus, a health official said Wednesday, but flu drugs and vaccines still work against it.


'No muss, no fuss' miniaturized analysis for complex samples developed

'No muss, no fuss' miniaturized analysis for complex samples developed

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

The goal of an integrated, miniaturized laboratory analysis system, also known as a "lab-on-a-chip," is simple: sample in, answer out. However, researchers wanting to use these microfluidic devices to analyze ...


Is type 2 diabetes mellitus a risk factor for gallbladder, biliary and pancreatic cancer?

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

There are minimal data assessing the relationship between diabetes with gallbladder, biliary and pancreatic cancer. Recent small studies have suggested an elevated risk of pancreatic cancer only in patients with diabetes ...


Fast, easy, and highly sensitive arsenic detection with gold nanoparticles

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Mention of arsenic poisoning usually brings to mind underhanded murder. However, the danger of arsenic poisoning from contaminated drinking water is far greater. Low concentrations of arsenic are found in ...


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Chocolate rich in flavanols may protect the skin from UV

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (9) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study has discovered for the first time that dark chocolate rich in flavanols may provide significant protection from the harmful effects of ultraviolet light.


Shape perception in brain develops by itself

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Despite minimal exposure to the regular geometric objects found in developed countries, African tribal people perceive shapes as well as westerners, according to a new study.


Digital cloud may rise over London

Digital cloud may rise over London (w/ Video)

Technology / Hi Tech

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (9) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- An international group of artists, engineers and architects have proposed an enormous "digital cloud" to turn London's skyline into an overhead display of data and images.


GE Scientists Developing Wearable RFID Sensors to Detect Airborne Chemical Agents

GE Scientists Developing Wearable RFID Sensors to Detect Airborne Chemical Agents

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

GE Global Research, the technology development arm for the General Electric, today announced a $2 million award from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to develop wearable RFID sensors ...


What is the meaning of 'one'? Evolutionary biologists argue for new meaning of 'organismality'

Biology / Evolution

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 6

Rice University evolutionary biologists David Queller and Joan Strassmann argue in a new paper that high cooperation and low conflict between components, from the genetic level on up, give a living thing its "organismality," ...



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