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Scientists find cause of cartilage degeneration in osteoarthritis

The scientists describe their work in this week's Early Edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. In the study, the team shows how the loss of the protein HMGB2, found in the surface layer of joint ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jan 12, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (10) | comments 1




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New data shows El MayorCucapah earthquake was simple on surface, complicated at depth

(PhysOrg.com) -- Like scars that remain on the skin long after a wound has healed, earthquake fault lines can be traced on Earth's surface long after their initial rupture. Typically, this line of intersection ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Aug 11, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Shutting out soft tissue cancers in the cold

Cryotherapy, an interventional radiology treatment to freeze cancer tumors, may become the treatment of the future for cancer that has metastasized in soft tissues (such as ovarian cancer) and in bone tumors. Such patients ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Mar 16, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Canker disease in eucalyptus in the Basque Country

The first experiences with exotic species in the Basque Country, and alternative to Pinus radiata, were undertaken in 1957, concretely in Laukiz, Lezama and Alonsotegui (Muro, 1975) where the eucalyptus, amongst other forest ...

Biology / Ecology

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Study shows pine bark reduces jetlag

A new study published in the journal of Minerva Cardioangiologica reveals Pycnogenol, pine bark extract from the French maritime pine tree, reduces jetlag in passengers by nearly 50 percent. The two-part study, consisting ...

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Nov 05, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (9) | comments 3

Removal of superficial tumors in esophagus by endoscopy can avoid extirpation of this part

The removal through endoscopy of tumours that affect only the superficial layers of the oesophagus can avoid complete extirpation of this part of the digestive tract. The technique, carried out at the University Hospital ...

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created Apr 10, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The ocean surface, a whole world in motion

Technical advances over the past 50 years have allowed improved knowledge to be gained of the properties of sea water at great depths. Yet the first centimetres of the ocean remain its least well known part. They are difficult ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jul 04, 2007 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (12) | comments 0

Empty and strange without plants

To most of us, it’s hard to imagine a home that has no plants at all. Why are plants so important? A new dissertation from Umeå University in Sweden provides insight into our relationship with potted plants in the home.

Other Sciences / Other

created Apr 10, 2007 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0

A Sharper Focus for Soft X-rays

Zone Plate Lenses Capable of Better than 15-Nanometer Resolution Progress in nanoscience and nanotechnology depends not only on examining the surfaces of things but on seeing deep inside biological organisms ...

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created Jun 30, 2005 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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