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Can You Hear Me Now? How The Inner Ear's Sensors Are Made
A new study shows for the first
time how microscopic crystals form
sound and gravity sensors inside
the inner ear. Located at the ends
of cilia -- tiny cellular hairs in
the ear that move and transmit
signals -- the crystals play an
... > full story
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Rare Mineral Can Track Ancient Climates, And Foretells Major Meltdown
By discovering the meaning of a
rare mineral that can be used to
track ancient climates, geologists
are helping climatologists to
better understand what we're
probably in for over the next
... > full story
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Discovery Of Virus In Lemur Could Shed Light On AIDS
The genome of a squirrel-sized,
saucer-eyed lemur from Madagascar
may help scientists understand how
HIV-like viruses co-evolved with
primates, according to new
research. ... > full story
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Cells Reorganize Shape To Fit The Situation, Scientists Discover
Flip open any biology textbook and
you're bound to see a complicated
diagram of the inner workings of a
cell, with its internal
scaffolding, the cytoskeleton, and
how it maintains a cell's shape.
... > full story
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Brain's Magnetic Fields Reveal Language Delays In Autism
Faint magnetic signals from brain
activity in children with autism
show that those children process
sound and language differently
from nonautistic children.
Identifying and classifying these
... > full story
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Antarctica Has More Species Than Galapagos, First Comprehensive Inventory Of Antarctic Life Shows
The first comprehensive
"inventory" of sea and land
animals around a group of
Antarctic islands reveals a region
that is rich in biodiversity and
... > full story
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Cleanliness Makes People Less Severe In Moral Judgments
New research in Psychological
Science has found that the
physical notion of cleanliness
significantly reduces the severity
of moral judgments, showing that
intuition, rather than deliberate
... > full story
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Sex Life Of Killer Fungus Finally Revealed
Biologists have announced a major
breakthrough in our understanding
of the sex life of a microscopic
fungus which is a major cause of
death in immune deficient patients
and also a cause of severe asthma. ... > full story
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Humanity May Hold Key For Next Earth Evolution
Human degradation of the
environment has the potential to
stall an ongoing process of
planetary evolution, and even
rewind the evolutionary clock to
leave the planet habitable only by
the bacteria that dominated
... > full story
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A Surgeon You Can Swallow
In the future, tablet-shaped
robots could perform some surgical
operations without injuring the
body. A new publication shows how
such surgical bio-microrobots
might function. ... > full story
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- How The Inner Ear's Sensors Are Made
- Rare Mineral Used To Foretell Climate Meltdown
- Virus In Lemur Could Shed Light On AIDS
- Cells Reorganize Shape To Fit The Situation
- Brain's Magnetic Fields Reveal Autism Delays
- Antarctica Has More Species Than Galapagos
- Cleanliness Makes People Judge Less Severely
- Sex Life Of Killer Fungus Finally Revealed
- Humanity May Hold Key For Next Earth Evolution
- A Surgeon You Can Swallow
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Viral DNA In Bacterial Genome Could Hold Key To Novel Cystic Fibrosis Treatments
December 2, 2008 — The bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa is well known for its environmental versatility, ability to cause infection in humans, and antibiotic resistance. P. aeruginosa is the most common cause of lung ... > full story -
Influence Of Climate Warming On The Increase In Tick-borne Diseases
December 2, 2008 — Rises in the ambient temperature modify the behavior of dog ticks and increase their affinity for humans. There is thus a risk that episodes of global warming may be associated with epidemics of ... > full story -
Smallpox Vaccination Effective For Decades, Study Suggests
December 2, 2008 — There is concern that bioterrorists might obtain smallpox from a laboratory and release it into the population. However researchers found that lifetime protection is obtained from just one ... > full story -
New Model Predicts Hot Spots For Mercury In Fish
December 2, 2008 — Mercury levels in fish are prompting widespread consumption advisories and uncertainty among consumers over which species are safe to eat. Now researchers have developed a model that will help ... > full story -
Flu Vaccine Linked To Reduced Illness, Impairment Of Academic Performance Among College Students
December 2, 2008 — College students who are vaccinated against influenza appear less likely to develop flu-like illnesses, require related health care visits or experience impairments in academic performance during flu ... > full story
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Young Gymnasts Suffering New Types of Injuries, MRI Shows
December 2, 2008 — Adolescent gymnasts are developing a wide variety of arm, wrist and hand injuries that are beyond the scope of previously described gymnastic-related trauma. Researchers noted that some gymnasts had ... > full story -
Is An Anchor Responsible For Mad Cow Disease (BSE) Infections?
December 2, 2008 — Chemists are providing prion researchers with a new tool to elucidate the role played by specific anchor molecules. These complicated anchor compounds are suspected of promoting infections with BSE ... > full story -
New RNA Processing Mechanism And New Class Of Small RNAs
December 2, 2008 — Scientists report their discoveries of a previously unknown mechanism in the nucleus that processes non-coding RNA molecules to generate what might be a new class of small ... > full story -
Speed Matters For Ice-shelf Breaking
December 2, 2008 — It won't help the Titanic, but a newly derived, simple law may help scientists improve their climate models and glaciologists predict where icebergs will calve off from their parent ice ... > full story -
Place Of Birth Contributes To Asthma Disparity
December 2, 2008 — Public health researchers report the possible role of nativity (place of birth) on asthma prevalence in a black population in the United States. The findings emerged unexpectedly from a ... > full story
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Bariatric Surgery May Resolve Liver Disease
December 2, 2008 — A recent study reports bariatric surgery results in improvement of histopathological features of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Complications of NAFLD, including steatosis, steatohepatitis ... > full story -
Boll Weevil Feeding Habits Now Better Understood
December 2, 2008 — Boll weevils don't hibernate during winter in the subtropics but actually remain active, feeding on orange, grapefruit and other plants, according to a scientist studying this infamous cotton ... > full story -
Arthritis Research Shows Better Management More Important Than New Drugs
December 2, 2008 — Although there has been an increase in the number of new arthritis treatments in recent years, the best results will come from more effective use of the drugs we have. Research published in Arthritis ... > full story -
Fragments Of 10-tonne Space Rock Located In Canada From Nov. 20 Fireball
December 2, 2008 — The remains of a 10-tonne asteroid that exploded in the sky near the Alberta/Saskatchewan border on November 20, 2008 have been located in a rural area near the city of ... > full story -
Depression Treatment: Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy As Effective As Anti-depressant Medication, Study Suggests
December 2, 2008 — Research shows for the first time that a group-based psychological treatment, Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy, could be a viable alternative to prescription drugs for people suffering from ... > full story
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Combining Targeted Therapy Drugs May Treat Previously Resistant Tumors
December 1, 2008 — Cancer researchers have discovered a potential treatment for a group of tumors that have resisted previous targeted therapy approaches. They found that blocking 2 cell signaling pathways leads to a ... > full story -
Real-time Beethoven
December 1, 2008 — Researchers have designed a music system that will allow users to compose and perform in the same few milliseconds, with an infinite number of variations on a single theme. Imagine a concert hall and ... > full story -
New Approaches Make Retinal Detachment Highly Treatable
December 1, 2008 — In a new study in the New England Journal of Medicine, a leading ophthalmologist writes that a high probability of reattachment and visual improvement is possible by using one of three currently ... > full story -
Biocontrol Scores Knockout Punch On Birch Tree Pest
December 1, 2008 — The birch leafminer, an insect pest that regularly disfigures birch trees, has been virtually eradicated in the Northeast. The credit goes to entomologists who successfully introduced a biological ... > full story -
Test-tube Babies Profitable Business For The State, Swedish Study Shows
December 1, 2008 — Increased financial support for IVF fertilization would be downright profitable for the state according to Swedish research. Test-tube babies are an investment for the future, not an ... > full story
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Vitamin K Linked To Insulin Resistance In Older Men
December 1, 2008 — A study of 355 non-diabetic elderly men and women found men who took a vitamin K supplement had less progression of insulin resistance over a period of three years compared to men not receiving ... > full story -
Where There's Wildfire Smoke, There's Toxicity
December 1, 2008 — Detailed particulate analysis of the smoke produced by previous California wild fires indicates that the composition posed more serious potential threats to health than is generally realized, ... > full story -
Kidney Function Discovery Sheds Light On Genetic Complexity Of Disease
December 1, 2008 — To find a cure for cancer, hemophilia and other diseases, researchers need to be looking for complex, interacting genetic factors, according to the authors of a new ... > full story -
Beetles May Be Source Of Food-Borne Pathogens In Broiler Flocks
December 1, 2008 — A new study suggests that darkling beetles and their larvae can transmit harmful food-borne pathogens to chicks in broiler houses in successive rearing ... > full story -
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Language AcquisitionUsing Challenging Concepts To Learn Promotes Understanding Of New Material
December 1, 2008 — Although conventional wisdom suggests that the best way to learn a difficult skill is to progress from easier problems to more difficult ones, research examining this issue has resulted in mixed ... > full story
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It Takes Guts To Build Bone, Scientists Discover
December 1, 2008 — Bone growth is controlled in the gut through serotonin, the same naturally present chemical used by the brain to influence mood, appetite and sleep, according to a new discovery. Until now, the ... > full story -
Drivers Distracted More By Cell Phones Than By Passengers
December 1, 2008 — Drivers are far more distracted by talking on a cellular phone than by conversing with a passenger in an automobile, according to a new study. The study, which used a sophisticated driving simulator, ... > full story -
New Vaccines Protect Against Asian H5N1 Influenza A Viruses In Domestic Ducks
December 1, 2008 — Scientists are looking at a novel strategy to prevent the spread of pandemic avian influenza. They have developed a vaccine that protects ducks, a known natural reservoir for the ... > full story -
Antarctica: Wilkins Ice Shelf Under Threat
December 1, 2008 — New rifts have developed on the Wilkins Ice Shelf that could lead to the opening of the ice bridge that has been preventing the ice shelf from disintegrating and breaking away from the Antarctic ... > full story -
Lower Childhood IQ Associated With Higher Risk Of Adult Mental Disorders
December 1, 2008 — In a new, long-term study covering more than three decades, researchers found that children with lower IQs showed an increased risk of developing psychiatric disorders as adults, including ... > full story
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Insights Into Adaptive Ability Of Cells May Help Explain How Cancer Eludes Body's Natural Defense
December 1, 2008 — Scientists have shed light on the ability of cells to adapt to disruptions to their basic division machineries -- a finding that may help explain how cancer cells elude the body's natural defense ... > full story -
Ocean Currents Off South Africa Influence Gulf Stream
December 1, 2008 — Variations in the strength of the Gulf Stream can in part attributed to currents off South Africa. Oceanographers developed a computer model to study the currents systems in unsurpassed detail. To ... > full story -
'Deranged Calcium Signaling' Contributes To Neurological Disorder
December 1, 2008 — Defective calcium metabolism in nerve cells may play a major role in a fatal genetic neurological disorder that resembles Huntington's disease, researchers have found in a mouse ... > full story -
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Polymer Solar Cells With Higher Efficiency Levels Created
December 1, 2008 — Currently solar cells are difficult to handle, expensive to purchase and complicated to install. The hope is that consumers will one day be able to buy solar cells from their local hardware store and ... > full story -
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PharmacologyAcupuncture Just As Effective Without Needle Puncture, Study Shows
December 1, 2008 — Acupuncture works - but it works equally well with or without needle penetration. This conclusion can be drawn from a treatment study involving cancer patients suffering from nausea during ... > full story
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New HIV Cases Could Be Reduced By 95% With Universal Voluntary Testing And Immediate Treatment, Mathematical Model Shows
December 1, 2008 — Universal and annual voluntary testing followed by immediate antiretroviral therapy treatment (irrespective of clinical stage or CD4 count) can reduce new HIV cases by 95% within 10 years, according ... > full story -
Why Are So Many Infectious Diseases Jumping From Animals To Humans?
December 1, 2008 — The first trench-to-bench field guide for tracking wild primate infectious diseases provides integrated information that could help scientists identify infection patterns and prevent ... > full story -
Melatonin May Save Eyesight In Inflammatory Disease, Study Suggests
December 1, 2008 — Current research suggests that melatonin therapy may help treat uveitis, a common inflammatory eye ... > full story -
Better Golf Ball Dimples Result in Less Drag and Balls That Fly Farther
December 1, 2008 — Scientists may soon give avid golfers another way to improve their game -- better balls that fly farther. Up to now, dimple design has been more of an art than a science. For many years, sporting ... > full story -
How Many Meteorites Have Landed In Western Canada? Prospects For The Missing Holocene Impact Record
December 1, 2008 — Based on the amount and frequency of meteorite falls and the formation of impact craters on the Earth, there should be over 20 impact craters in the <100 m size range that formed within the past ... > full story
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Young Gymnasts Suffering New Types of Injuries, MRI Shows
Adolescent gymnasts are developing a wide variety of arm, wrist and hand injuries that are beyond the scope of previously described gymnastic-related trauma. Researchers noted that some gymnasts had ... > full story
Mind & Brain
Depression Treatment: Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy As Effective As Anti-depressant Medication, Study Suggests
Research shows for the first time that a group-based psychological treatment, Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy, could be a viable alternative to prescription drugs for people suffering from ... > full story
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Using Challenging Concepts To Learn Promotes Understanding Of New Material
Although conventional wisdom suggests that the best way to learn a difficult skill is to progress from easier problems to more difficult ones, research examining this issue has resulted in mixed ... > full story
- Drivers Distracted More By Cell Phones Than By Passengers
- Better Golf Ball Dimples Result in Less Drag and Balls That Fly Farther
- People Wasting Billions Of Dollars On 'Quack' Health Food And Weight Loss Products, Expert Says
- Common Cold Virus Came From Birds About 200 Years Ago, Study Suggests
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Plants & Animals
New RNA Processing Mechanism And New Class Of Small RNAs
Scientists report their discoveries of a previously unknown mechanism in the nucleus that processes non-coding RNA molecules to generate what might be a new class of small ... > full story
- Beetles May Be Source Of Food-Borne Pathogens In Broiler Flocks
- New Vaccines Protect Against Asian H5N1 Influenza A Viruses In Domestic Ducks
- Insights Into Adaptive Ability Of Cells May Help Explain How Cancer Eludes Body's Natural Defense
- Why Are So Many Infectious Diseases Jumping From Animals To Humans?
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Speed Matters For Ice-shelf Breaking
It won't help the Titanic, but a newly derived, simple law may help scientists improve their climate models and glaciologists predict where icebergs will calve off from their parent ice ... > full story
Fossils & Ruins
New Excavations Strengthen Identification Of Herod’s Grave At Herodium
Analysis of newly revealed items found at the site of the mausoleum of King Herod at Herodium (Herodion in Greek) have provided archaeological researchers with further assurances that this was indeed ... > full story
Physical & Applied Sciences
Space & Time
Fragments Of 10-tonne Space Rock Located In Canada From Nov. 20 Fireball
The remains of a 10-tonne asteroid that exploded in the sky near the Alberta/Saskatchewan border on November 20, 2008 have been located in a rural area near the city of ... > full story
Matter & Energy
Is An Anchor Responsible For Mad Cow Disease (BSE) Infections?
Chemists are providing prion researchers with a new tool to elucidate the role played by specific anchor molecules. These complicated anchor compounds are suspected of promoting infections with BSE ... > full story
Computers & Math
Real-time Beethoven
Researchers have designed a music system that will allow users to compose and perform in the same few milliseconds, with an infinite number of variations on a single theme. Imagine a concert hall and ... > full story
- New HIV Cases Could Be Reduced By 95% With Universal Voluntary Testing And Immediate Treatment, Mathematical Model Shows
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