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Brain Disease 'Resistance Gene' Evolves in Papua New Guinea Community; Could Offer Insights Into CJD
A community in Papua New Guinea
that suffered a major epidemic of
a CJD-like fatal brain disease
called kuru has developed strong
genetic resistance to the disease,
... > full story
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Watching a Cannibal Galaxy Dine
A new technique using
near-infrared images, obtained
with ESO's 3.58-metre New
Technology Telescope (NTT), allows
astronomers to see through the
opaque dust lanes of the giant
cannibal galaxy Centaurus A,
... > full story
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Active Hearing Process in Mosquitoes
A mathematical model has explained
some of the remarkable features of
mosquito hearing. In particular,
the male can hear the faintest
beats of the female's wings and
yet is not deafened by loud
noises. ... > full story
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Large Hadron Collider: Beams Are Back on at World's Most Powerful Particle Accelerator
Particle beams are once again
zooming around the world's most
powerful particle accelerator --
the Large Hadron Collider --
located at the CERN laboratory
... > full story
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Frog Legs Trade May Facilitate Spread of Pathogens
Most countries throughout the
world participate in the
$40-million-per-year culinary
trade of frog legs in some way,
with 75 percent of frog legs
consumed in France, Belgium and
... > full story
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Spinal Cord Injuries: Experimental Drug May Restore Function of Nerves
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
... > full story
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After Mastodons and Mammoths, a Transformed Landscape
Roughly 15,000 years ago, at the
end of the last ice age, North
America's vast assemblage of large
animals -- including such iconic
creatures as mammoths, mastodons,
camels, horses, ground sloths and
... > full story
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Engineers Use Aerospace Approach to Design Wave Energy System
The ocean is a potentially vast
source of electric power, yet as
engineers test new technologies
for capturing it, the devices are
plagued by battering storms,
limited efficiency and the need to
... > full story
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Rich Ore Deposits Linked to Ancient Atmosphere
Much of our planet's mineral
wealth was deposited billions of
years ago when Earth's chemical
cycles were different from
today's. Using geochemical clues
from rocks nearly 3 billion years
old, a group of scientists have
... > full story
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Cigarettes Harbor Many Pathogenic Bacteria
Cigarettes are widely contaminated
with bacteria, including some
known to cause disease in people,
concludes a new study conducted by
an environmental health researcher
and microbial ecologists. The
research team describes the study
... > full story
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- Tribe Evolves Brain Disease 'Resistance Gene'
- Watching a Cannibal Galaxy Dine
- Active Hearing Process in Mosquitoes
- Large Hadron Collider: Beams Are Back On
- Frog Legs Trade May Aid Spread of Pathogens
- Experimental Drug May Restore Nerve Function
- After Mastodons, a Transformed Landscape
- On the Crest of Wave Energy
- Rich Ore Deposits Linked to Ancient Atmosphere
- Cigarettes Harbor Many Pathogenic Bacteria
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Saliva Proteins Change as Women Age
November 21, 2009 — In a step toward using human saliva to tell whether those stiff joints, memory lapses, and other telltale signs of aging are normal or red flags for disease, scientists are describing how the protein ... > full story -
Hidden Threat: Elevated Pollution Levels Near Regional Airports
November 21, 2009 — Scientists are reporting evidence that air pollution -- a well-recognized problem at major airports -- may pose an important but largely overlooked health concern for people living near smaller ... > full story -
Barn Personnel Experience Higher-Than-Average Rates of Respiratory Symptoms
November 21, 2009 — The estimated 4.6 million Americans involved in the equine industry may be at risk of developing respiratory symptoms due to poor air quality in horse barns, according to a questionnaire ... > full story -
Software Knowledge Unnecessarily Lost
November 21, 2009 — All too often the knowledge acquired by software architects is unnecessarily lost. Moreover, it is difficult to simply and quickly assess the quality of software. According to researchers these ... > full story -
Why Can't Some People Give Up Cocaine?
November 21, 2009 — Drug dependency is a recurrent but treatable kind of addiction. However, not all people who are drug dependent progress in the same way once they stop taking drugs. A new study shows that, in the ... > full story
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Why Bird Flu Has Not Caused a Pandemic
November 21, 2009 — Bird flu viruses would have to make at least two simultaneous genetic mutations before they could be transmitted readily from human to human, according to new ... > full story -
Small Nanoparticles Bring Big Improvement to Medical Imaging
November 21, 2009 — Scientists have discovered a method of using nanoparticles to illuminate the cellular interior to reveal the slow, complex processes taking place in a living ... > full story -
An Atomic-Level Look at an HIV Accomplice
November 21, 2009 — Since the discovery in 2007 that a component of human semen called SEVI boosts infectivity of the virus that causes AIDS, researchers have been trying to learn more about SEVI and how it works, in ... > full story -
Engineer Designs Micro-Endoscope to Seek out Early Signs of Cancer
November 21, 2009 — Traditional endoscopes provide a peek inside patients' bodies. Now, an engineering researcher is designing ones capable of a full ... > full story -
Older Problem Drinkers Use More Alcohol Than Do Their Younger Counterparts
November 21, 2009 — Older adults who have alcohol dependence problems drink significantly more than do younger adults who have similar problems, a new study has found. The findings suggest that older problem drinkers ... > full story
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Schizophrenia Gene's Role May Be Broader, More Potent, Than Thought
November 21, 2009 — Scientists studying nerve cells in fruit flies have uncovered a new function for a gene whose human equivalent may play a critical role in ... > full story -
Amaizing: Corn Genome Decoded
November 21, 2009 — In recent years, scientists have decoded the DNA of humans and a menagerie of creatures but none with genes as complex as a stalk of corn, the latest genome to be unraveled. A team of scientists has ... > full story -
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Heart DiseaseSleep Apnea May Cause Heart Disease in Kidney Transplant Patients
November 21, 2009 — Sleep apnea is common in individuals who receive a kidney transplant and is associated with increased risk of high blood pressure, heart disease or stroke, according to a new ... > full story -
First Map of Chromosome Terminals of Higher Fungi
November 21, 2009 — Scientists have described for the first time how the telomeres and adjacent sequences of the oyster fungus are ... > full story -
Psychological Therapy 32 Times More Cost Effective at Increasing Happiness Than Money
November 21, 2009 — Psychological therapy could be 32 times more cost effective at making you happy than simply obtaining more money, according to a new study. The research has obvious implications for large ... > full story
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Antioxidant Found in Vegetables Has Implications for Treating Cystic Fibrosis
November 20, 2009 — Scientists have discovered that a dietary antioxidant found in such vegetables as broccoli and cauliflower protects cells from damage caused by chemicals generated during the body's inflammatory ... > full story -
How Fish Is Cooked Affects Heart-Health Benefits of Omega-3 Fatty Acids
November 20, 2009 — Baked or boiled fish is associated with more benefit from heart-healthy omega-3 fatty acids than fried, salted or dried fish. Caucasian, Japanese-American and Latino men may be more likely to get the ... > full story -
Inflammation Critical in Aortic Dissection, Researchers Find
November 20, 2009 — Researchers have found biochemical processes that chip away at the aorta causing aortic ... > full story -
Optical Properties of the Antarctic System and New Radiation Information
November 20, 2009 — In a new study, measurements were made during three Austral summers to study the optical properties of the Antarctic system and to produce radiation information for additional modeling studies. The ... > full story -
Drug Use: Effects of Ketamine (K) on Users
November 20, 2009 — The first ever large-scale, longitudinal study of ketamine users has been published. With ketamine use increasing faster than any other drug in the UK, this research showing the consequences of ... > full story
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On Your Last Nerve: Researchers Advance Understanding of Stem Cells
November 20, 2009 — Researchers have identified a gene that tells embryonic stem cells in the brain when to stop producing nerve cells called neurons. The research is a significant advance in understanding the ... > full story -
Why Israeli Rodents Are More Cautious Than Jordanian Ones
November 20, 2009 — Rodent, reptile and ant lion species behave differently on either side of the Israel-Jordan border. Researchers found that Israeli gerbils are more cautious than their Jordanian friends, and the ... > full story -
New Cause of Osteoporosis: Mutation in a miroRNA
November 20, 2009 — Many biological processes are controlled by small molecules known as microRNAs. Researchers have now identified a previously unknown microRNA (miR-2861) as crucial to bone maintenance in mice and ... > full story -
Bacterially Produced Antifungal on Skin of Amphibians May Protect Against Lethal Fungus
November 20, 2009 — A new study suggests that naturally occurring bacteria on the skin of salamanders could help protect other amphibians, including some species of endangered frogs, from a lethal skin ... > full story -
Ancestry Attracts, but Love Is Blind
November 20, 2009 — People preferentially marry those with similar ancestry, but their decisions are not necessarily based on hair, eye or skin color. Research shows that Mexicans mate according to proportions of ... > full story
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Braking News: Particles from Car Brakes Harm Lung Cells
November 20, 2009 — Real-life particles released by car brake pads can harm lung cells in vitro. Researchers found that heavy braking, as in an emergency stop, caused the most damage, but normal breaking and even close ... > full story -
Let Them Eat Snail: Nutritional Giant Snails Could Address Malnutrition
November 20, 2009 — A nutritionist in Nigeria says that malnutrition and iron deficiency in schoolchildren could be reduced in her country by baking up snail pie. She explains snail is not only cheaper and more readily ... > full story -
Solving the 50-Year-Old Puzzle of Thalidomide
November 20, 2009 — Resurgence of thalidomide use in Africa and South America raises the urgent need to isolate the negative side effects by identifying the drug's "common ... > full story -
Spotting Evidence of Directed Percolation
November 20, 2009 — Convincing experimental evidence has finally been found for directed percolation, a phenomenon that turns up in computer models of the ways diseases spread through a population or how water soaks ... > full story -
Sounds Can Penetrate Deep Sleep and Enhance Associated Memories Upon Waking
November 20, 2009 — They were in a deep sleep, yet sounds, such as a teakettle whistle, somehow penetrated their slumber. The 25 sounds were reminders of earlier spatial learning, though the research participants were ... > full story
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Laser Therapy Can Aggravate Skin Cancer, Study Finds
November 20, 2009 — High irradiances of low-level laser therapy should not be used over melanomas. Researchers studied the pain relieving, anti-inflammatory "cold laser," finding that it caused increased tumor growth in ... > full story -
Unknowingly Consuming Endangered Tuna
November 20, 2009 — New DNA barcoding shows that nearly a third of the tuna plated in sushi restaurants was bluefin -- even if it was not labeled bluefin on the ... > full story -
Newer Heart Devices Significantly Improve Survival, Complication Rate and Quality of Life
November 20, 2009 — A new generation of implanted devices that help a failing heart function properly is significantly more effective than the previous version, making these new devices an appropriate permanent therapy ... > full story -
Proton's Party Pals May Alter Its Internal Structure
November 20, 2009 — A recent experiment has found that a proton's nearest neighbors in the nucleus of the atom may modify the proton's internal ... > full story -
Examining Mathematical Abilities in Children With Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
November 20, 2009 — Children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) have a number of cognitive deficits. Mathematical ability seems particularly damaged in children with FASD. A new study supports the importance of ... > full story
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Insulin Linked to Core Body Temperature
November 20, 2009 — Scientists have discovered a direct link between insulin -- a hormone long associated with metabolism and metabolic disorders such as diabetes -- and core body temperature. While much research has ... > full story -
On the Origin of Nematodes: Phylogenetic Tree of World's Most Numerous Group of Animals
November 20, 2009 — Scientists have published the largest nematode phylogenetic tree up until now. It contains over 1,200 species and is entirely based on the analysis of DNA sequence ... > full story -
Current Cigarette Smokers at Increased Risk of Seizures
November 20, 2009 — A recent study determined there is a significant risk of seizure for individuals who currently smoke cigarettes. This is the first prospective study to examine the potential risks associated with ... > full story -
How Crops Survive Drought
November 20, 2009 — Breakthrough research done earlier this year by a plant cell biologist has greatly accelerated scientists' knowledge on how plants and crops can survive difficult environmental conditions like ... > full story -
Heavy Criticism from a Parent Can Increase Aggressive Behavior in Children
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Sleep Apnea May Cause Heart Disease in Kidney Transplant Patients
Sleep apnea is common in individuals who receive a kidney transplant and is associated with increased risk of high blood pressure, heart disease or stroke, according to a new ... > full story
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Older Problem Drinkers Use More Alcohol Than Do Their Younger Counterparts
Older adults who have alcohol dependence problems drink significantly more than do younger adults who have similar problems, a new study has found. The findings suggest that older problem drinkers ... > full story
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Psychological Therapy 32 Times More Cost Effective at Increasing Happiness Than Money
Psychological therapy could be 32 times more cost effective at making you happy than simply obtaining more money, according to a new study. The research has obvious implications for large ... > full story
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Why Bird Flu Has Not Caused a Pandemic
Bird flu viruses would have to make at least two simultaneous genetic mutations before they could be transmitted readily from human to human, according to new ... > full story
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Optical Properties of the Antarctic System and New Radiation Information
In a new study, measurements were made during three Austral summers to study the optical properties of the Antarctic system and to produce radiation information for additional modeling studies. The ... > full story
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Paleontologists Find Extinction Rates Higher in Open-Ocean Settings During Mass Extinctions
Researchers have uncovered a strikingly pattern for ancient mass extinctions: extinctions rates during mass extinctions were significantly higher in open-ocean-facing settings than in epicontinental ... > full story
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'Vampire Star': Ticking Stellar Time Bomb Identified
Using ESO's Very Large Telescope and its ability to obtain images as sharp as if taken from space, astronomers have made the first time-lapse movie of a rather unusual shell ejected by a "vampire ... > full story
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Small Nanoparticles Bring Big Improvement to Medical Imaging
Scientists have discovered a method of using nanoparticles to illuminate the cellular interior to reveal the slow, complex processes taking place in a living ... > full story
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Examining Mathematical Abilities in Children With Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
Children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) have a number of cognitive deficits. Mathematical ability seems particularly damaged in children with FASD. A new study supports the importance of ... > full story
