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Off-the-wall workout: Modified yoga poses help with stretching, balancing

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 18, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Many yoga classes use a wall as an occasional prop. But in Nancy McCaochan's classes, the wall is the star.


Strike a yoga pose to strike down stress

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 05, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

When hyperventilating sometimes seems the only option to stress, Petri Brill has a healthier suggestion: yoga.





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Scientists unlock clues for tailoring corn plant for food, energy needs

Biology / Biotechnology

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

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have long known that the offspring of two inbred strains tend to be superior to both their parents. Now, a team of researchers including a University of Florida geneticist has discovered clues ...


Drug studied as possible treatment for spinal injuries

Drug studied as possible treatment for spinal injuries

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Researchers have shown how an experimental drug might restore the function of nerves damaged in spinal cord injuries by preventing short circuits caused when tiny "potassium channels" in the fibers are exposed.


Cross-country runabouts -- immune cells on the move

Cross-country runabouts -- immune cells on the move

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

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

(PhysOrg.com) -- In order to effectively fight pathogens, even at remote areas of the human body, immune cells have to move quickly and in a flexible manner.


Researchers find inflammation critical in aortic dissection

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The aorta, the body's largest artery, stretches from the chest to below the kidneys, expanding and contracting with the pressure of blood driven directly into it by the heart. Although its walls are extraordinarily strong, ...


A Tale of Planetary Woe

A Tale of Planetary Woe (w/ Video)

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (11) | comments 5

Once upon a time — roughly four billion years ago — Mars was warm and wet, much like Earth. Liquid water flowed on the Martian surface in long rivers that emptied into shallow seas. A thick atmosphere blanketed ...


The GOES-12 satellite sees Large Hurricane Ida nearing landfall

The GOES-12 satellite sees Large Hurricane Ida nearing landfall

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Residents of the U.S. Gulf coast thought they were getting a break this hurricane season until Ida showed up. Today, November 9, Ida is a hurricane and is headed for a landfall in the western Florida Panhandle ...


Framed for child porn -- by a PC virus

Framed for child porn -- by a PC virus

Technology / Internet

created Nov 08, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 3

(AP) -- Of all the sinister things that Internet viruses do, this might be the worst: They can make you an unsuspecting collector of child pornography.


Ford to put air bags into back seat belts of SUV (w/ Video)

Ford to put air bags into back seat belts of SUV (w/ Video)

Technology / Engineering

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- Air bags have long been mounted in the steering wheel, dashboard and sides of vehicles. Now, they're in the seat belts. Ford Motor Co. plans to introduce seat belt-mounted air bags in the back seat ...


Deciphering the regulatory code

Deciphering the regulatory code: Scientists take new approach to predict gene expression

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Embryonic development is like a well-organised building project, with the embryo's DNA serving as the blueprint from which all construction details are derived. Cells carry out different functions according ...


Materials scientists find better model for glass creation

Materials scientists find better model for glass creation

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (7) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Harvard materials scientists have come up with what they believe is a new way to model the formation of glasses, a type of amorphous solid that includes common window glass.



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