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Nearly a century later, new findings support Warburg theory of cancer

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jan 12, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (12) | comments 1

German scientist Otto H. Warburg's theory on the origin of cancer earned him the Nobel Prize in 1931, but the biochemical basis for his theory remained elusive.





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Cancers' sweet tooth may be weakness

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

The pedal-to-the-metal signals driving the growth of several types of cancer cells lead to a common switch governing the use of glucose, researchers at Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University have discovered.


Superstring theory useful for experimental physics

Superstring theory useful for experimental physics

Physics / General Physics

created Oct 30, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (26) | comments 9

Superstring theory aims to explain the laws of physics from extremely small strings in various states. Theoretical superstring theory is therefore normally not considered to be particularly relevant for practical ...


Old math reveals new thinking in children's cognitive development

Biology / Other

created Dec 11, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Five-year-olds can reason about the world from multiple perspectives simultaneously, according to a new theory by researchers in Japan and Australia. Using an established branch of mathematics called Category Theory, the ...


Proposed Spacetime Structure Could Provide Hints for Quantum Gravity Theory

Proposed Spacetime Structure Could Provide Hints for Quantum Gravity Theory

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (53) | comments 15

(PhysOrg.com) -- Spacetime, which consists of three dimensions of space and one time dimension, is such a large, abstract concept that scientists have a very difficult time understanding and defining it. Moreover, ...


Research backs theory on autism, schizophrenia

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (11) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- New research by Simon Fraser University evolutionary biologist Bernard Crespi reinforces his theory that autism and schizophrenia are diametric or opposite conditions based on genes.


New Technology Allows Geophysicist To Test Theory About Formation of Hawaii (w/ Podcast)

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 11, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- If you've ever been to Hawaii, you probably spent your time enjoying the scenery of the beautiful islands, rather than wondering how they got to be there in the first place. But that's just what scientists ...


Absence of evidence for a meteorite impact event 13,000 years ago

Absence of evidence for a meteorite impact event 13,000 years ago

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (17) | comments 13

An international team of scientists led by researchers at the University of Hawaii at Manoa have found no evidence supporting an extraterrestrial impact event at the onset of the Younger Dryas ~13000 years ...


Researchers prove key cancer theory

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Mayo Clinic researchers have proven the longstanding theory that changes in the number of whole chromosomes -- called aneuploidy -- can cause cancer by eliminating tumor suppressor genes. Their findings, which appear in the ...


A line on string theory

A line on string theory

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (47) | comments 15

(PhysOrg.com) -- A Harvard theoretical physicist has discussed with scientists at the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland the possibility that they may discover a theorized "stau" particle, with a lifetime ...


Do we need dark matter?

Do we need dark matter?

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (21) | comments 34

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.



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