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New model system may better explain regulation of body weight

Other Sciences / Mathematics

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

A new mathematical model of the physiological regulation of body weight suggests a potential mechanism underlying the difficulty of losing weight, one that includes aspects of two competing hypotheses of weight regulation. ...





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Vanquishing infinity

Vanquishing infinity: Old methods lead to a new approach to finding a quantum theory of gravity

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Aug 17, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (11) | comments 2

Quantum mechanics and Einstein's theory of general relativity are both extremely accurate theories of how the universe works, but all attempts to combine the two into a unified theory have ended in failure. ...


Forget the antioxidants? Researchers cast doubt on role of free radicals in aging

Biology /

created Feb 17, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (10) | comments 5

For more than 40 years, the prevailing explanation of why we get old has been tied to what is called oxidative stress. This theory postulates that when molecules like free radicals, oxygen ions and peroxides build up in cells, ...


Caltech economist makes a game of economic theory

Other Sciences / Other

created Feb 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

How game theory and insights from cognitive psychology can shed light on the economic choices people and corporations make will be the focus of a topical lecture presented by California Institute of Technology (Caltech) behavioral ...


New vitamin K analysis supports the triage theory

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 17, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

An important analysis conducted by Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute scientists suggests the importance of ensuring optimal dietary intakes of vitamin K to prevent age-related conditions such as bone fragility, ...


Sharing Scarce Flu Vaccine May Be Best: Game Theory Model Shows Hoarding Supplies Isn't Healthiest Choice

Sharing Scarce Flu Vaccine May Be Best: Game Theory Model Shows Hoarding Supplies Isn't Healthiest Choice

Medicine & Health / Research

created Sep 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- As manufacturers race to test and deliver an H1N1 influenza vaccine by October, public health officials are working equally feverishly to determine how scarce doses should be allocated.


New Law of Physics Could Explain Quantum Mysteries

New Law of Physics Could Explain Quantum Mysteries

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Aug 17, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (98) | comments 163

(PhysOrg.com) -- Since the early days of quantum mechanics, scientists have been trying to understand the many strange implications of the theory: superpositions, wave-particle duality, and the observer’s ...


Do we need dark matter?

Do we need dark matter?

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (20) | comments 35

It's the biggest problem in physics: the matter we can see in the universe accounts for just five per cent of the observed gravity that holds galaxies together.


Visual assistance for cosmic blind spots

Visual assistance for cosmic blind spots

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

A bit of imagination on the part of a measuring instrument wouldn't be a bad thing. It could help to add data from areas where the instrument is unable to measure. However, it must do so constructively. In ...


Birth of a star predicted

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jun 09, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

The astrophysicist João Alves, director of the Calar Alto Observatory in Almeria, and his colleague Andreas Bürkert, from the German observatory in the University of Munich, believe that "the inevitable future of the starless ...


Researcher identifies just 8 patterns as the cause of all humor

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Mar 20, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (15) | comments 11

Evolutionary theorist Alastair Clarke has today published details of eight patterns he claims to be the basis of all the humour that has ever been imagined or expressed, regardless of civilization, culture or personal taste.



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