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Tremors On Southern San Andreas Fault May Mean Increased Earthquake Risk
Tremors under the Parkfield
segment of the San Andreas Fault
have increased with increasing
stress on a nearby locked segment
of the fault, perhaps signaling a
greater chance of an earthquake.
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Male Seahorses Like Big Mates
Male seahorses select partners
based on their body size,
according to a new study. Male
seahorses have a clear agenda when
it comes to selecting a mating
partner: to increase their
reproductive success. By being
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Monkeys And Humans Use Parallel Mechanism To Recognize Faces
Researchers have demonstrated for
the first time rhesus monkeys and
humans share a specific perceptual
mechanism, configural perception,
for discriminating among the
numerous faces they encounter
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One-finger Exercise Reveals Unexpected Limits To Dexterity
"Push your finger as hard as you
can against the surface. Now as
hard as you can but move it slowly
-- follow the ticking clock. Now
faster. Now faster." These were
the commands for volunteers in a
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Declining Aral Sea: Satellite Images Highlight Dramatic Retreat
New Envisat images highlight the
dramatic retreat of the Aral Sea's
shoreline from 2006 to 2009. The
Aral Sea was once the world's
fourth-largest inland body of
water, but it has been steadily
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Down Under Dinosaur Burrow Discovery Provides Climate Change Clues
The same paleontologist who made
the Montana discovery of the first
known dinosaur burrow has now
found the trace fossil of a burrow
in Australia almost identical to
the one he identified in the US.
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Newborn Brain Cells Improve Our Ability To Navigate Our Environment
Although the fact that we generate
new brain cells throughout life is
no longer disputed, their purpose
has been the topic of much debate.
Now, researchers have made a big
leap forward in understanding wh ... > full story
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Robot Learns To Smile And Frown
A hyper-realistic Einstein robot
learned to smile and make facial
expressions through a process of
self-guided learning. The
researchers used machine learning
to "empower" their robot to learn
to make realistic facial
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Map Of Your Brain May Reveal Early Mental Illness
Researchers are producing
topographical maps of people's
healthy and schizophrenic brains
in an effort to develop the first
scientific tool for early and more
definite diagnosis of mental
disorders such as schizophrenia.
... > full story
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Humans May Give Swine Flu To Pigs In New Twist To Pandemic
The strain of influenza, A/H1N1,
that is currently pandemic in
humans has been shown to be
infectious to pigs and to spread
rapidly in a trial pig population.
Researchers infected five pigs
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- San Andreas Fault: Increased Earthquake Risk?
- Male Seahorses Like Big Mates
- Monkeys, Humans Recognize Faces The Same Way
- Unexpected Limits To Finger Dexterity
- Declining Aral Sea: Dramatic Retreat Seen
- Down Under Dinosaur Burrow Discovered
- Newborn Brain Cells Improve Navigation
- Robot Learns To Smile And Frown
- Brain Map May Reveal Early Mental Illness
- Humans May Give Swine Flu To Pigs
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Discovery Highlights New Direction For Drug Discovery
July 13, 2009 — In a discovery that rebuffs conventional scientific thinking, researchers have discovered a novel way to block the activity of the fusion protein responsible for Ewing's sarcoma, a rare cancer found ... > full story -
Key To Maintaining Embryonic Stem Cells In Lab
July 13, 2009 — In a new study that could transform embryonic stem cell (ES cell) research, scientists have discovered why mouse ES cells can be easily grown in a laboratory while other mammalian ES cells are ... > full story -
One Secret To How TB Sticks With You
July 13, 2009 — Mycobacterium tuberculosis is arguably the world's most successful infectious agent because it knows how to avoid elimination by slowing its own growth to a crawl. Now, scientists offer new insights ... > full story -
Earth Hotspot Poorly Imaged
July 13, 2009 — The Earth's mantle, situated under the Earth's crust, is very much the spot for studying interesting geological processes. Although we do not realize it, right under our feet there is a sultry world ... > full story -
Athletes And Weekend Warriors Can Keep Playing After Shoulder Joint Replacement, Study Suggests
July 13, 2009 — Replacing a joint in any part of the body often leads to a long recovery process and the possibility of not being able to return to a sport or activity. However, a new study shows that even an older ... > full story
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Link Between Oral Infections And Cardiovascular Disease Morbidity Explained
July 13, 2009 — A strong connection between periodontal disease and cardiovascular disease (CVD) has been suggested in recent clinical studies. As many as 75 percent of adults in the United States have been affected ... > full story -
What Can Be Done About Micropollutants In Water Resources?
July 13, 2009 — Sooner or later, chemicals – and increasingly also nanoparticles – from textiles, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics or construction materials end up in natural waters. Here, they may pose risks ... > full story -
Heart Transplant Recipients Can Improve Fitness And Perform High Intensity Workouts
July 13, 2009 — Heart transplant recipients' cardio-respiratory fitness is around 30 to 50 percent lower than age-matched healthy sedentary individuals. As a result, exercise rehabilitation should be very important ... > full story -
Digitization Of Films: From Grain To Pixel
July 13, 2009 — Not only are video shops struggling with the digitization of films. Digitization is also giving rise to problems in a completely different area. Film archives and laboratories have built up their ... > full story -
Partner Violence Continues After Break-up
July 13, 2009 — Violence inflicted by an intimate partner lasts longer if the couple has children together, and the violence continues after the relationship ends. In addition, children are harmed more by witnessing ... > full story
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Diets Bad For The Teeth Are Also Bad For The Body
July 12, 2009 — Dental disease reveals very early on that eating habits are putting a person at risk for systemic disease. Because chronic medical disease takes decades to become severe enough to be detected in ... > full story -
Seals Quickly Respond To Gain And Loss Of Habitat Under Climate Change
July 12, 2009 — Southern elephant seals responded rapidly to climate and habitat change and established a new breeding site thousands of kilometers from existing breeding grounds, according to new research. ... > full story -
Scientists Rule Out Link Between Specific Antibodies, Such As Folic Acid related Auto-antibodies, And Spina Bifida
July 12, 2009 — New research shows that a woman's risk of having a child with a neural tube defect, such as spina bifida, is not linked to folic acid related ... > full story -
Sound Imaging: Clever Acoustics Help Blind People See The World
July 12, 2009 — Video from portable cameras is analyzed to calculate the distance of obstacles and predict the movements of people and cars. This information is then transformed and relayed to a blind person as a ... > full story -
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Diet and Weight LossWrong Dose Of Heart Meds Too Frequent In Children
July 12, 2009 — Infants and young children treated with heart drugs get the wrong dose or end up on the wrong end of medication errors more often than older children, according to new ... > full story
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Elevated Insulin Linked To Increased Breast Cancer Risk
July 12, 2009 — Elevated insulin levels in the blood appear to raise the risk of breast cancer in post-menopausal women, according to new ... > full story -
Structural Biology Scores With Protein Snapshot
July 12, 2009 — Investigators have used nuclear magnetic resonance methods to determine the structure of the largest membrane-spanning protein to date. The group's ability to determine the NMR structure of the ... > full story -
Novel Genetic Finding Offers New Avenue For Future Crohn's Disease Treatment
July 12, 2009 — Researchers have identified a novel link between ITCH, a gene known to regulate inflammation in the body and NOD2, a gene which causes the majority of genetic Crohn's Disease diagnoses. ITCH, when ... > full story -
Exploring How The Body Adapts To Exercise At Altitude: Hypoxia Affects Muscle And Nerve Responses
July 12, 2009 — Exercise requires the integrated activity of every organ and tissue in the body, and understanding how these respond to the decreased oxygen levels present at moderate to high altitude is the focus ... > full story -
Quit Smoking: Pre-cessation Patch Doubles Quit Success Rate
July 12, 2009 — Using a nicotine patch before quitting smoking can double success rates, according to new research. Researchers say their latest data suggest changes should be made to nicotine patch ... > full story
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Oxygen Key To 'Cut And Paste' Of Genes
July 12, 2009 — An oxygen-sensitive enzyme has been found to play a key role in how genes create the many different proteins that make up our ... > full story -
New Theory Gives More Precise Estimates Of Large-scale Biodiversity
July 12, 2009 — The Census Bureau is good at profiling the US population by sampling small groups of people. Biologists, however, lack a good theory of how to estimate the richness of life in large areas like the ... > full story -
Of Yeast And Men: Unraveling The Molecular Mechanisms Of Friedreich's Ataxia
July 12, 2009 — Scientists have created an experimental model that produces large-scale expansion of GAA repeats during DNA replication, which is the cause of Friedreich's Ataxia. With this model, the researchers ... > full story -
Forest Fire Prevention Efforts Could Lessen Carbon Sequestration, Add To Greenhouse Warming
July 12, 2009 — Widely sought efforts to reduce fuels that increase catastrophic fire in Pacific Northwest forests will be counterproductive to another important societal goal of sequestering carbon to help offset ... > full story -
Positive Emotions Increase Life Satisfaction By Building Resilience
July 12, 2009 — People who seed their life with frequent moments of positive emotions increase their resilience against challenges, according to a new ... > full story
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New Device Could Benefit Treatment Of Hand Injuries
July 11, 2009 — Bioengineering students invented a device to measure intrinsic hand muscle strength. The device could revolutionize the diagnosis and treatment of hand injuries and neurological disorders, ... > full story -
New Approach To Engineering For Extreme Environments
July 11, 2009 — Composite materials such as fiberglass, which take on a mix of properties of their constituent compounds, have been around for decades. Now, a materials scientist is taking composites to the ... > full story -
Chinese Herbs May Relieve Endometriosis Symptoms, Review Finds
July 11, 2009 — Chinese herbal medicine may relieve symptoms in the treatment of endometriosis. A systematic review found some evidence that women had comparable benefits following laparoscopic surgery and suffered ... > full story -
Remote-control Closed System Invented For Inserting Radio-active Atoms Inside Fullerenes
July 11, 2009 — A hands-off process for filling fullerenes with radioactive material is being tested to see if it will produce multi-modality material for better imaging and targeting of treatment of brain ... > full story -
Army Study Improves Ability To Predict Drinking Water Needs
July 11, 2009 — When soldiers leave base for a three-day mission, how much water should they bring? New research may now provide military planners an accurate answer. The study improves an existing water needs ... > full story
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Key Protein Can Help Cells Or Cause Cancer
July 11, 2009 — Scientist have discovered a key process in cell growth that can lead to the formation of tumors. They found that an overabundance of the polo-like kinase 1, or Plk1, molecule during cell growth, as ... > full story -
On Malaria Struggle, Baboons And Humans Have Similar Stories To Tell
July 11, 2009 — Evolutionarily speaking, baboons may be our more distant cousins among primates. But when it comes to our experiences with malaria over the course of time, it seems the stories of our two species ... > full story -
First 16-patient, Multicenter 'Domino Donor' Kidney Transplant
July 11, 2009 — Surgical teams at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, INTEGRIS Baptist Medical Center in Oklahoma City and Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit successfully completed the first ... > full story -
Energy and the Environment
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NanotechnologyInexpensive Solar Cells: Low-cost Solution Processing Method Developed For CIGS-based Solar Cells
July 11, 2009 — Material science specialists and engineers have developed a low-cost solution processing method for their CISS (copper-indium-diselenide) solar cells which have the potential to be produced on a ... > full story -
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Mental Health ResearchPotential Patient Safety Risks Among Methadone Maintenance Treatment Patients
July 11, 2009 — Researchers have identified potential safety risks among methadone maintenance treatment patients due to the quantity and accuracy of medical record documentation. Improved communication and ... > full story
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'Normal' Cells Far From Cancer Give Nanosignals Of Trouble
July 11, 2009 — A new study of human colon, pancreatic and lung cells is the first to report that cancer cells and their non-cancerous cell neighbors, although quite different under the microscope, share very ... > full story -
New Electron Microscopy Images Reveal The Assembly Of HIV
July 11, 2009 — Researchers provide the as yet closest look at the structure of immature HIV Scientists have produced a three-dimensional reconstruction of HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), which shows the ... > full story -
Fruit And Vegetable Intake In Pregnant Women Reduces Risk Of Upper Respiratory Tract Infection
July 11, 2009 — Researchers have observed in a study of pregnant women that consumption of at least seven servings per day of fruits and vegetables moderately reduced the risk of developing an upper respiratory ... > full story -
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Environmental ScienceExperts Call For Local And Regional Control Of Sites For Radioactive Waste
July 11, 2009 — The withdrawal of Nevada's Yucca Mountain as a potential nuclear waste repository has reopened the debate over how and where to dispose of spent nuclear fuel and high-level nuclear ... > full story -
Most Neuropsychological Tests Don't Tell Alzheimer's Disease From Vascular Dementia, Study Finds
July 11, 2009 — Most of the cognitive tests that have been used to decide whether someone has Alzheimer's disease or vascular dementia have not been very helpful when used alone. A new report concluded that when ... > full story
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Link Between Oral Infections And Cardiovascular Disease Morbidity Explained
A strong connection between periodontal disease and cardiovascular disease (CVD) has been suggested in recent clinical studies. As many as 75 percent of adults in the United States have been affected ... > full story
- Heart Transplant Recipients Can Improve Fitness And Perform High Intensity Workouts
- Diets Bad For The Teeth Are Also Bad For The Body
- Scientists Rule Out Link Between Specific Antibodies, Such As Folic Acid related Auto-antibodies, And Spina Bifida
- Wrong Dose Of Heart Meds Too Frequent In Children
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Partner Violence Continues After Break-up
Violence inflicted by an intimate partner lasts longer if the couple has children together, and the violence continues after the relationship ends. In addition, children are harmed more by witnessing ... > full story
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People who seed their life with frequent moments of positive emotions increase their resilience against challenges, according to a new ... > full story
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Oxygen Key To 'Cut And Paste' Of Genes
An oxygen-sensitive enzyme has been found to play a key role in how genes create the many different proteins that make up our ... > full story
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What Can Be Done About Micropollutants In Water Resources?
Sooner or later, chemicals – and increasingly also nanoparticles – from textiles, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics or construction materials end up in natural waters. Here, they may pose risks ... > full story
- Exploring How The Body Adapts To Exercise At Altitude: Hypoxia Affects Muscle And Nerve Responses
- New Theory Gives More Precise Estimates Of Large-scale Biodiversity
- Forest Fire Prevention Efforts Could Lessen Carbon Sequestration, Add To Greenhouse Warming
- Experts Call For Local And Regional Control Of Sites For Radioactive Waste
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Seals Quickly Respond To Gain And Loss Of Habitat Under Climate Change
Southern elephant seals responded rapidly to climate and habitat change and established a new breeding site thousands of kilometers from existing breeding grounds, according to new research. ... > full story
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New Kind Of Astronomical Object Around Black Hole: Living Fossil Records 'Supermassive' Kick
The tight cluster of stars surrounding a supermassive black hole after it has been violently kicked out of a galaxy represents a new kind of astronomical object and a fossil record of the kick. A new ... > full story
- Better Looks At Mars Minerals For Instrument On NASA's Mars Odyssey Orbiter
- Simulations Illuminate Universe's First Twin Stars
- Antimatter Positrons Explain Gamma Ray Mystery In Milky Way Galaxy
- Giant Supernovae Farthest Ever Detected: Dying Stars Shed Light On Universe Formation 11 Billion Years Ago
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Sound Imaging: Clever Acoustics Help Blind People See The World
Video from portable cameras is analyzed to calculate the distance of obstacles and predict the movements of people and cars. This information is then transformed and relayed to a blind person as a ... > full story
- Structural Biology Scores With Protein Snapshot
- New Approach To Engineering For Extreme Environments
- Remote-control Closed System Invented For Inserting Radio-active Atoms Inside Fullerenes
- Inexpensive Solar Cells: Low-cost Solution Processing Method Developed For CIGS-based Solar Cells
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Digitization Of Films: From Grain To Pixel
Not only are video shops struggling with the digitization of films. Digitization is also giving rise to problems in a completely different area. Film archives and laboratories have built up their ... > full story
