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Scientists 'Herd' Cells in New Approach to Tissue Engineering
Mar. 11, 2014 An electrical current can be used to orchestrate the flow of a group of cells, engineers have discovered. This achievement sets the stage for more controlled forms of tissue engineering and for ... full story -
Link Between Missing DNA, Birth Defects Confirmed
Mar. 11, 2014 The genetic basis for a particular human syndrome that involves cleft palate, epilepsy and respiratory difficulties has been identified by researchers. Better understanding of these genes could help ... full story -
Substance Naturally Found in Humans Effective in Fighting Brain Damage from Stroke
Mar. 11, 2014 A molecular substance that occurs naturally in humans and rats was found to 'substantially reduce' brain damage after an acute stroke and contribute to a better recovery, according to a ... full story -
Ssolar Policy Pathways for U.S. States Examined
Mar. 11, 2014 The Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory has published a report that aligns solar policy and market success with state demographics. By organizing the 48 contiguous states ... full story -
Lack of Sleep, Stress Describe a Mother's Experience After Child's ALL Treatment
Mar. 11, 2014 Many months after their child's diagnosis and treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), 46 percent of mothers exhibited symptoms of clinical anxiety and 26 percent of mothers showed ... full story -
Ocean Food Web Is Key in the Global Carbon Cycle
Mar. 11, 2014 Nothing dies of old age in the ocean. Everything gets eaten and all that remains of anything is waste. But that waste is pure gold to an oceanographer. In a study of the ocean's role in the ... full story -
Cellular Alchemy: How to Make Insulin-Producing Cells from Gut Cells
Mar. 11, 2014 Introducing three proteins that control the regulation of DNA in the nucleus -- called transcription factors -- into an immune-deficient mouse turned a specific group of cells in the gut lining into ... full story -
Free Online Software Helps Speed Up Genetic Discoveries
Mar. 11, 2014 Microarray analysis -- a complex technology commonly used in many applications such as discovering genes, disease diagnosis, drug development and toxicological research -- has just become easier and ... full story -
Why Antisocial Youth Are Less Able to See Perspective of Others
Mar. 11, 2014 Adolescents with antisocial personality disorder inflict serious physical and psychological harm on both themselves and others. However, little is yet known about the underlying neural processes. ... full story -
Land Cover Change Over Five Years Across North America Revealed
Mar. 11, 2014 A new set of maps featured in the CEC's North American Environmental Atlas depicts land cover changes in North America's forests, prairies, deserts and cities, using satellite images from ... full story -
MRI to 'See Through' Metal Screws Developed to Follow Patients After Hip Fracture Surgery
Mar. 11, 2014 People who sustain the most common type of hip fracture are at increased risk of complications. A special type of MRI has been developed that can show a detailed image following fracture repair, ... full story -
Magnet Hospitals Have Higher Quality of Care, Researcher Finds
Mar. 11, 2014 Research provides insight on the factors contributing to the differences between Magnetฎ and Non-Magnet hospitals as well as an analysis of the links between Magnet Recognition and better ... full story -
After Major Earthquake, Silence: Dynamic Stressing of a Global System of Faults Results in Rare Seismic Silence
Mar. 11, 2014 In the global aftershock zone that followed the major April 2012 Indian Ocean earthquake, seismologists noticed an unusual pattern -- a dynamic 'stress shadow,' or period of seismic silence ... full story -
Improving Safety, Effectiveness of Lithium Therapy: Closer Than Ever
Mar. 11, 2014 Lithium, one of the oldest and most widely used drugs to treat neuropsychiatric illnesses, such as bipolar disorder, has a serious drawback -- toxicity. In a continued effort to find a safer form of ... full story -
Education Boosts Brain Function Long After School, Study Shows
Mar. 11, 2014 Education significantly improves mental functioning in seniors even four decades after finishing school, shows a new study. The study shows that people who attended school for longer periods ... full story -
Gesturing With Hands a Powerful Tool for Children's Math Learning
Mar. 11, 2014 Children who use their hands to gesture during a math lesson gain a deep understanding of the problems they are taught, according to new research. Previous research has found that gestures can help ... full story -
Tracking Neighborhood Eating Habits to Promote Healthier Diets
Mar. 11, 2014 Using checkout grocery data from Montreal neighborhoods as a tool to combat unhealthy food choices, a new study has developed a way for health agencies to track Montreal consumers' food choices, ... full story -
Restoring Order in Brain: Brain Cell Regeneration May Alleviate Symptoms of Alzheimer's Disease
Mar. 11, 2014 Researchers have discovered that when they re-established a population of new cells in the part of the brain associated with behavior, some symptoms of Alzheimer's disease significantly ... full story -
Empathy Chimpanzees Offer Is Key to Understanding Human Engagement
Mar. 11, 2014 New findings show that chimpanzees exhibit flexibility in their empathy, just as humans do. This may help explain the evolution of how and when humans engage with others and choose to offer ... full story -
More Secure Communications Thanks to Quantum Physics
Mar. 11, 2014 One of the recent revelations by Edward Snowden is that the U.S. National Security Agency is currently developing a quantum computer. Physicists aren’t surprised by this news; such a computer could ... full story -
Soil Microbes Shift as Shrubs Invade Remnant Hill Prairies
Mar. 11, 2014 Perched high on the bluffs of the big river valleys in the Midwest are some of the last remnants of never-farmed prairie grasslands. These patches, edged by forest, are slowly being taken over by ... full story
- Scientists 'herd' cells in new approach to tissue engineering
- Link between missing DNA, birth defects confirmed
- Substance naturally found in humans effective in fighting brain damage from stroke
- Ssolar policy pathways for U.S. states examined
- Lack of sleep, stress describe a mother's experience after child's ALL treatment
- Ocean food web is key in the global carbon cycle
- Cellular alchemy: How to make insulin-producing cells from gut cells
- Free online software helps speed up genetic discoveries
- Why antisocial youth are less able to see perspective of others
- Land cover change over five years across North America revealed
- MRI to 'see through' metal screws developed to follow patients after hip fracture surgery
- Magnet hospitals have higher quality of care, researcher finds
- After major earthquake, silence: Dynamic stressing of a global system of faults results in rare seismic silence
- Improving safety, effectiveness of lithium therapy: Closer than ever
- Education boosts brain function long after school, study shows
- Gesturing with hands a powerful tool for children's math learning
- Tracking neighborhood eating habits to promote healthier diets
- Restoring order in brain: Brain cell regeneration may alleviate symptoms of Alzheimer's disease
- Empathy chimpanzees offer is key to understanding human engagement
- More secure communications thanks to quantum physics
- Soil microbes shift as shrubs invade remnant hill prairies
- Concerns and Considerations with the Naming of Mars Craters
- How Twitter shapes public opinion
- Chip-scale tunable laser to enable bandwidth-on-demand in advanced optical networks
- Bending the light with a tiny chip: Silicon chip acts as a lens-free projector, may one day fit in cell phones
- Face matching for passports and IDs incredibly fallible
- Anesthetic technique improves quality of recovery for women having breast cancer surgery
- To drink or not to drink: Decision-making center of brain identified
- Saturn and Jupiter: X-ray laser spies deep into giant gas planets
- California and Arizona amaze with two new species of desert poppy
- Speed trap for fish catches domestic trout moving too slow
- Statins may lower blood clot risk following joint replacement surgery
- Hip, knee replacements may boost cardiovascular health in osteoarthritis patients
- Personality predicts social learning in wild monkeys: Bold or anxious baboons learn to solve tasks from other baboons
- Timid jumping spider uses ant as bodyguard
- LED lamps: Less energy, more light
- Exotic plant species alter ecosystem productivity
- Milky Way amidst a 'Council of Giants'
- Plaques detected in brain scans forecast cognitive impairment
- Effective thermal camouflage and invisibility device for soldiers created
- Galaxies in the early universe mature beyond their years
- Possible evidence for dark matter particle presented at UCLA physics symposium
- Girls born small or underweight twice as likely to be infertile in adulthood
- Light pollution impairs rainforest regeneration: Seed-dispersing bats avoid feeding in light polluted areas
- New light shed on changing Greenland ice
- Impersonating poisonous prey: Evolution of interspecific communication
- Natural selection has altered the appearance of Europeans over the past 5,000 years
- New treatment for atrial fibrillation reduces stroke risk
- Poison centers benefit patients, reduce medical costs
- Unique individual with lupus and HIV demonstrates desired immune response to HIV
- Small biomass power plants could help rural economies, stabilize national power grid
- Key breaking point involved in traumatic brain injury modeled by researchers
- National U.S. study reveals how urban lawn care habits vary
- Turing's theory of chemical morphogenesis validated 60 years after his death
- Mongol Empire rode wave of mild climate, but warming now may be tipping region into unparalleled drought
- Volcanoes helped species survive ice ages
- Serious side effect: Several FDA-approved anti-cancer drugs induce stem cell tumors
- Outside the body our memories fail us
- How light affects our brain's performance: Photic memory for executive brain responses
- A shocking diet: Researchers describe microbe that 'eats' electricity
- Some characteristics increase the likelihood of getting married and living together
- One step closer to ovarian cancer marker, researchers report
- West Virginia spill activates engineers to determine effects of chemicals
- Predation on invertebrates by woodland salamanders increases carbon capture
- U.S. cocaine use cut by half, while marijuana consumption jumps
- Scientists build thinnest-possible LEDs to be stronger, more energy efficient
- Social media and science: Don't choose a diet based on what's trending
- Older people denied proper access to cancer care, according to study
- Two-dimensional material shows promise for optoelectronics: LEDs, photovoltaic cells, and light detectors
- Synthetic biologists shine light on genetic circuit analysis
- Emotional expressions in ancient funerary art served as therapy for the bereaved
- Computer system simulates the behavior of tax evaders
- Young skin cancer survivors at risk of other cancers later
- Feeding gut microbiota: Nutrition, probiotics key factors for digestive health
- Tricky balancing act: Antibiotics versus the gut microbiota
- Worldwide standard in diagnosing melanoma established
- Scents and sustainability: Renewable sources for artificial scents and flavors
- Alaska the Last Frontier ... not for long
- Healthy eating may reduce the risk of preterm delivery
- Can the solution to climate change help eliminate poverty?
- Smokers' brains biased against negative images of smoking
- Microwave radar monitors sliding slopes: Geodesists research in the Alps
- Dropped your toast? Five-second food rule exists, new research suggests
- After the saffron spice DNA
- Lower IQ and poorer cardiovascular fitness in teen years increase risk of early-onset dementia
- Aerosols from human activities tend to weaken hurricanes and cyclones
- Biomolecular tweezers facilitate study of mechanical force effects on cells and proteins
- 'Death stars' in Orion blast planets before they even form
- Small effects of social or physical changes to work environment
- Farm salmon pose clear reproductive threat to wild gene pools, researchers say
- Employers routinely discriminate against stammerers
- IBS and bloating: When gut microbiota gets out of balance
- More than just bacteria: Importance of microbial diversity in gut health, disease
- Mapping behavior of charges in correlated spin-orbit coupled materials: Electronic disruption prods Mott insulator's conversion to metallic state
- Targeted drug may prolong survival of patients with cervical cancer
- Salmon louse delay salmon returning to spawn
- Tuscany's 'badlands' acutely endangered
- Could sticky cells cause drug resistance in chronic blood cancer?
- PSA testing, early treatment decreases risk of prostate cancer death
- Optimized ski sled for Paralympics athlete
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