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First anti-seizure drug for newborns to be developed

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Nov 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the UCL Institute for Child Health are developing the first anti-seizure drug specifically for newborn babies, with the aim of reducing brain damage.


Alpha-fetoprotein can affect the development of rat colons?

Medicine & Health / Research

created Apr 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Mammalian alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) is a single-chain glycoprotein and altered serum AFP levels have been observed concurrent with aberrant growth manifestations in some congenital defects and cancer. The gut development during ...





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Arctic could face warmer and ice-free conditions

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created 13 hours ago | popularity 3.1 / 5 (13) | comments 10

There is increased evidence that the Arctic could face seasonally ice-free conditions and much warmer temperatures in the future.


Tiger Woods Scandal Cost Shareholders up to $12 Billion

Other Sciences / Economics

created 14 hours ago | popularity 1.9 / 5 (12) | comments 8

(PhysOrg.com) -- Shareholders of Nike, Gatorade and other Tiger Woods sponsors lost a collective $5 to $12 billion in the wake of the scandal involving his extramarital affairs, according to a new study by researchers at ...


COMPASS points to weight loss

Medicine & Health / Health

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(PhysOrg.com) -- Obesity researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis are recruiting families with overweight children for a study to help those kids, and their parents, lose weight. The two-year study, ...


First molars provide insight into evolution of great apes, humans

First molars provide insight into evolution of apes, humans

Biology / Evolution

created Dec 28, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The timing of molar emergence and its relation to growth and reproduction in apes is being reported by two scientists at Arizona State University's Institute of Human Origins in the Dec. 28 ...


As the World Churns

As the World Churns

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 28, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (14) | comments 23

(PhysOrg.com) -- "Terra firma." It's Latin for "solid Earth." Most of the time, at least from our perspective here on the ground, Earth seems to be just that: solid. Yet the Earth beneath our feet is actually ...


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Curtain falling on 'Digital Decade'

Technology / Hi Tech

created Dec 27, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (11) | comments 8

While it got off to a rocky start with the overhyped Y2K bug and dotcom bubble, the era dubbed the "Digital Decade" by Microsoft's Bill Gates has turned out to be a dizzying period of innovation.


Scientists say magma building up in Mayon volcano (AP)

Scientists say magma building up in Mayon volcano

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 26, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (11) | comments 0

(AP) -- Fewer earthquakes have been recorded in the Philippines' lava-spilling Mayon volcano, but magma continues to build up inside and any lull in activity could be followed by a bigger eruption, scientists ...


What connects the elderly and sports people? Smart sensor technology

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Innovative smart sensing devices promise to boost mobility and quality of life for the elderly, reduce healthcare costs and even give sports people an edge through more effective training.


Sleeping off childhood?

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 23, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Are your 11- and 12-year-olds staying up later, then dozing off at school the next day? Parents and educators who notice poor sleeping patterns in their children should take note of new research from Tel Aviv University ― ...


Turtles' Christmas journey tracked by scientists

Turtles' Christmas journey tracked by scientists

Biology / Ecology

created Dec 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The journeys of two marine turtles around the world's oceans will be available to view online this Christmas, thanks to a new research project launched by the University of Exeter.



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