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Plastics component affects intestine: study

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 1

The chemical Bisphenol A used in plastic containers and drinks cans has been shown for the first time to affect the functioning of the intestines, according to a French study published Monday.


Study reveals the paths of Ontario secondary students to their post-secondary destinations

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A new study by researchers at Queen's University looking at the transitions young people make from secondary school to university, college, apprenticeship and the workplace found that over 60 percent of first-year college ...


Researcher studies the universe through quantum electrodynamics

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (9) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Fundamental constants, such as the standards for length and mass, are a given in our society. However, research has shown that these constants might be changing slightly with the expansion of the universe.


Medical team's support of terminal cancer patients' spiritual needs improves quality of life

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

In a new study of terminally ill cancer patients, researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute found support of patients' spiritual needs by the medical team is associated with greater use of hospice, less aggressive care, ...


Sex may be better for mature audiences: study

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- New university students might be thinking about exploring another rite of passage when they get to campus: the joy of sex. However, depending on their level of maturity, some students may find less joy than ...


'Live' imaging reveals breast cancer cells' transition to metastasis

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The spread, or metastasis, of individual breast cancer cells from the main tumor into the blood circulation to the lungs and other body tissues and organs is under the control of a growth factor abbreviated TGFb, according ...


Predicting the fate of underground carbon

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A team of researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has developed a new modeling methodology for determining the capacity and assessing the risks of leakage of potential underground carbon-dioxide reservoirs.


Sleep changes predict the onset of physical changes associated with puberty

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A study in the Dec.1 issue of the journal Sleep suggests that changes in children's sleep patterns that typically occur between the ages of 11 and 12 years are evident before the physical changes associated with the onset ...


 Further Tests Designed for Rover's Right-Rear Wheel

Further Tests Designed for Rover's Right-Rear Wheel

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

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

(PhysOrg.com) -- A series of diagnostic tests on Spirit's right-rear wheel on sols 2104 and 2105 (Dec. 3 and 4) investigated stalls that occurred on Sol 2099 (Nov. 28) and earlier. The rover team cannot draw ...


Species down, disease up: Study shows biodiversity loss drives human infections

Biology / Ecology

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

The extinction of plant and animal species can be likened to emptying a museum of its collection, or dumping a cabinet full of potential medicines into the trash, or replacing every local cuisine with McDonald's burgers.



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