News tagged with scorpion
Genetic analysis reveals secrets of scorpion venom
Jul 01, 2009 |
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Transcriptomic tests have uncovered the protein composition of venom from the Scorpiops jendeki scorpion. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Genomics have carried out the first ever venom analysis in this arach ...
Scorpion antivenom results in prompt recovery from nerve poisoning
May 13, 2009 |
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Youngsters suffering severe nerve poisoning following a scorpion sting recover completely and quickly if a scorpion-specific antivenom is administered, according to a study conducted by researchers from The University of ...
Scorpion venom with nanoparticles slows spread of brain cancer
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Apr 16, 2009 |
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By combining nanoparticles with a scorpion venom compound already being investigated for treating brain cancer, University of Washington researchers found they could cut the spread of cancerous cells by 98 ...
Microscopic morphology adds to the scorpion family tree
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Jan 12, 2009 |
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Modern microscopy technology has allowed two scorpion biologists, Carsten Kamenz of the Humboldt University in Berlin and Lorenzo Prendini of the American Museum of Natural History, to study and document what ...
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Zooming to the centre of the Milky Way -- GigaGalaxy Zoom phase 2
Sep 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The second of three images of ESO's GigaGalaxy Zoom project has just been released online. It is a new and wonderful 340-million-pixel vista of the central parts of our home galaxy as seen ...
Nanoparticles cross blood-brain barrier to enable 'brain tumor painting'
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Aug 03, 2009 |
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Brain cancer is among the deadliest of cancers. It's also one of the hardest to treat. Imaging results are often imprecise because brain cancers are extremely invasive. Surgeons must saw through the skull ...
Scorpion biodiversity
Apr 09, 2009 |
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Scorpions possess resistance to high temperatures and the ability to conserve water for long periods of time, and as a result thrive in hot and arid parts of the world. But is this global distribution also seen at a more ...
Saving the creatures of the deep: A federal government plan aims to protect Florida's reefs before a precious ecosystem
Mar 05, 2009 |
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A few miles from the southeast Florida coast, at a depth of crushing pressure and frigid temperatures, lies an eerie world of snowy coral, undiscovered forms of life and rock towers thrusting through ink-dark water.
Origin of claws seen in 390-million-year-old fossil
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Feb 05, 2009 |
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A missing link in the evolution of the front claw of living scorpions and horseshoe crabs was identified with the discovery of a 390 million-year-old fossil by researchers at Yale and the University of Bonn, ...
New family of antibacterial agents uncovered
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Jan 15, 2009 |
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As bacteria resistant to commonly used antibiotics continue to increase in number, scientists keep searching for new sources of drugs. In this week's JBC, one potential new bactericide has been found in the tiny freshwater animal ...
Robots Detect Behavioral Cues to Follow Humans
Aug 21, 2008 |
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Robots can be ironic. Even though they might not have emotions of their own, they can still detect and respond to humans’ emotions. A recent study has shown that, by picking up on human emotional traits, as ...
Watching a 'New Star' Make the Universe Dusty
Jul 24, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Using ESO's Very Large Telescope Interferometer, and its remarkable acuity, astronomers were able for the first time to witness the appearance of a shell of dusty gas around a star that had just erupted, ...
Changing stress levels can make brain flip from 'desire' to 'dread'
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 19, 2008 |
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A single brain circuit mediates desire and dread according to a new study by the University of Michigan. Entering a noisy, new environment can instantly flip an emotion switch.
Peptide discovered in scorpion venom may hold key to secretory diseases
Feb 14, 2008 |
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Researchers have discovered a peptide in scorpion venom that may hold the key to understanding and controlling cystic fibrosis and other secretory diseases.
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