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New Guidelines Double Amount Of Recommended Vitamin D For Young
The American Academy of Pediatrics
is doubling the amount of vitamin
D it recommends for infants,
children and adolescents. The new
clinical report, "Prevention of
Rickets and Vitamin D Deficiency
... > full story
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Huge Gap Between World Demand For Fish And What Can Be Sustainably Harvested
There is a huge gap between world
demand for fish and what we can
harvest from the world's natural
stocks. The figures are clear: If
we don't do something about the
over fishing, the stocks of wild
... > full story
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Machines Edge Closer To Imitating Human Communication
At a major artificial intelligence
competition, machines have come
close to imitating human
communication. ... > full story
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Climate Change: Pushing Species To The Brink
Thirty-five percent of the world's
birds, 52 percent of amphibians
and 71 percent of warm-water
reef-building corals are likely to
be particularly susceptible to
climate change, the first results
of an IUCN study have revealed. ... > full story
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Giant Cyclones At Saturn's Poles Create A Swirl Of Mystery
New images from NASA's Cassini
spacecraft reveal a giant cyclone
at Saturn's north pole, and show
that a similarly monstrous cyclone
churning at Saturn's south pole is
powered by Earth-like storm
... > full story
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Climate Change To Devastate Or Destroy Many Penguin Colonies
Half to three-quarters of major
Antarctic penguin colonies face
decline or disappearance if global
temperatures are allowed to climb
by more than 2°C. ... > full story
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Space Fly-by Reveals New Insights Into Titan's Life
Cracking the secrets of the
atmosphere of Titan, Saturn's
mysterious moon, and how planetary
atmospheres evolve, have come a
step closer after evaluation of
data from a successful fly-by of
its surface by the Cassini
... > full story
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Unique Fossils Capture ‘Cambrian Migration’
A unique set of fossils indicates
that 525 million years ago marine
animals congregated in Earth's
ancient oceans, most likely for
migration, according to an
international team of scientists.
... > full story
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Baldness Gene Discovered: 1 In 7 Men At Risk
Researchers have identified two
genetic variants in Caucasians
that together produce an
astounding sevenfold increase the
risk of male pattern baldness. ... > full story
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Insects Trained In Quest For Artificial Nose
Researchers have discovered that
when training insects, the process
of building associations is not a
simple matter of strengthening
connections through reinforcement.
Understanding how associations are
built between stimuli and behavior
... > full story
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- Vitamin D: Guidelines Double Amount For Young
- Demand For Fish Outstrips Sustainable Harvests
- Can Machines Imitate Human Communication?
- Climate Change: Pushing Species To The Brink
- Giant Cyclones At Saturn's Poles A Mystery
- Climate Change To Devastate Penguin Colonies
- Space Fly-by Reveals New Clues To Titan's Life
- Unique Fossils Capture ‘Cambrian Migration'
- Baldness Gene Discovered: 1 In 7 Men At Risk
- Insects Trained In Quest For Artificial Nose
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Why Starving Cells Prolong Life
October 14, 2008 — Cellular damage due to stress is an important factor in aging processes. It is, thus, amazing that starving, which is a stress factor per se, decelerates ageing processes and extends the lifespan of ... > full story -
Minimal Composting Of Beef Cattle Manure Greatly Reduces Antibiotic Levels
October 14, 2008 — Composting beef cattle manure, even with minimal management, can significantly reduce the concentrations of antibiotics in the manure. Scientists found that composting manure from beef cattle could ... > full story -
Circumcision Not Associated With Reduced Risk Of HIV For Men Who Have Sex With Men
October 14, 2008 — An analysis of previous research indicates there is a lack of sufficient evidence that circumcision reduces the risk of human immunodeficiency virus infection or other sexually transmitted infections ... > full story -
Brightening The Future For Optical Circuits
October 14, 2008 — By working together to share costs and know-how, European researchers are shaking up the way research and development is carried out on optical ... > full story -
Pregnancy Does Not Affect Cognitive Functions, Despite Mothers' Fears: Australian Study
October 14, 2008 — Pregnancy and motherhood may make us all go a little gooey, but it's not turning mums' brains into mush, according to mental health researchers in ... > full story
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First Evidence That Common Pollutant May Reduce Iodine Levels In Breast Milk
October 13, 2008 — Researchers in Texas are reporting the first evidence from human studies that perchlorate, a common pollutant increasingly found in food and water, may interfere with an infant's availability of ... > full story -
Atlantic Tuna Return Thousands Of Miles To Birthplace To Spawn
October 13, 2008 — Scientists have found new migratory patterns for Mediterranean and western Atlantic bluefin tuna. The Atlantic bluefin tuna is the largest and most sought-after of all tunas, weighing as much as ... > full story -
Wheezing And Asthma In Young Children
October 13, 2008 — The diagnosis of asthma in a young child may well be more challenging to pediatricians than previously appreciated, according to a review of research and clinical experience ... > full story -
Sound Is An Integral Part Of Products, Industrial Designer Says
October 13, 2008 — Does coffee taste better when your coffee machine produces a particular sound? According to one industrial designer, the sound a product makes is an integral part of that ... > full story -
Just A Numbers Game? Making Sense Of Health Statistics
October 13, 2008 — Health statistics fill today's information environment, but even most doctors, who must make daily decisions and recommendations based on numerical data, lack the basic statistical literacy they ... > full story
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Response To Immune Protein Determines Pathology Of Multiple Sclerosis
October 13, 2008 — New research may help reveal why different parts of the brain can come under attack in patients with multiple sclerosis. According to a new study in mice with an MS-like disease, the brain's response ... > full story -
New Properties Of Skin Stem Cells
October 13, 2008 — New research reveals completely new properties of the skin’s stem cells – discoveries that contradict previous findings. The studies, which are published in Nature Genetics, show amongst ... > full story -
Reason For Body’s Response To Borrelia Discovered
October 13, 2008 — Inside a cell it is so crowded that a certain protein from borrelia winds up being crunched. From having been like an oblong rugby football, it gets bent and then collapses into a lump. At this point ... > full story -
Paleozoic 'Sediment Curve' Provides New Tool For Tracking Sea-floor Sediment Movements
October 13, 2008 — As the world looks for more energy, the oil industry will need more refined tools for discoveries in places where searches have never before taken place, geologists say. A new tool follows sea-level ... > full story -
One Hour Of Moderate Daily Exercise Insufficient To Curb Childhood Obesity, Experts Argue
October 13, 2008 — One hour of moderate exercise a day recommended to children from health experts may not be enough to tackle the rising problem of childhood ... > full story
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Potential Non-invasive Optical Detection Of Pancreatic Cancer
October 13, 2008 — Researchers are investigating whether tissue optical spectroscopy can be employed for early cancer detection in the pancreas during minimally-invasive endoscopic diagnostic ... > full story -
Hidden Boundaries Of Sunspots Pump Out Plasma Into Interplanetary Space
October 13, 2008 — Complicated networks of magnetic fields power the sun's atmosphere and create both the beautiful structures and violent explosions that scientists study. Active regions, anchored in sunspots, are ... > full story -
Vitamin D A Key Player In Overall Health Of Several Body Organs, Says Biochemist
October 13, 2008 — Vitamin D, once linked to only bone diseases, is now recognized as a major player in contributing to overall human health, emphasizes UC Riverside's Anthony Norman, an international expert on vitamin ... > full story -
Claim That Simulated Temperature Trends For Tropics Inconsistent With Observations Is Flawed, Experts Argue
October 13, 2008 — Scientists have helped reconcile the differences between simulated and observed temperature trends in the tropics. They have refuted a recent claim that simulated temperature trends in the tropics ... > full story -
Why Your Boss Is White, Middle-class And A Show-off
October 13, 2008 — The way male managers power dress, posture and exercise power is due to humans' evolutionary biology, according to new ... > full story
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Age-related Macular Degeneration: New Genetic Association Identified
October 13, 2008 — Clinicians and scientists have identified a major new genetic association with age-related macular degeneration, the most common cause of blindness in developed ... > full story -
'Caffeine Receptor' Solved: Structure Of Important Neurological Receptor Defined
October 13, 2008 — Scientists from the Scripps Research Institute have determined the structure of an adenosine receptor that plays a critical role in a number of important physiological processes including pain, ... > full story -
Potential New Tool For Brain Surgeons
October 13, 2008 — One of the primary ways of treating brain cancer is surgically removing the tumors. The risk of this sort of procedure is obvious -- it involves cutting away tissue from the brain, potentially ... > full story -
Using Electrons To Treat Organic Seeds
October 13, 2008 — Sales of organic products are booming: Consumers want their food to be untainted. To avoid the use of fungicides yet nevertheless protect plants from disease, researchers have developed a method that ... > full story -
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Gender DifferenceGirls Are Happier Than Boys At Primary School, Study Shows
October 13, 2008 — Just over one quarter (26 per cent) of primary seven boys are completely happy coming to school, compared with 44 per cent of girls, according to a new ... > full story
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Nerve Stimulation Therapy Alleviates Pain For Chronic Headache
October 13, 2008 — A novel therapy using a miniature nerve stimulator instead of medication for the treatment of profoundly disabling headache disorders improved the experience of pain by 80-95 percent, according to a ... > full story -
New Robotic Repair System Will Fix Ailing Satellites
October 13, 2008 — Researchers are developing a new robotic system to service more than 8,000 satellites now orbiting the Earth, beyond the flight range of ground-based repair operations. Currently, when the ... > full story -
Tumor Formation In Stem Cells Linked to Mitochondria
October 13, 2008 — Researchers report on a previously unknown relationship between stem cell potency and the metabolic rate of their mitochondria -- a cell's energy makers. Stem cells with more active mitochondria also ... > full story -
Millisecond Brain Signals Predict Response To Fast-acting Antidepressant
October 13, 2008 — Images of the brain's fastest signals reveal an electromagnetic marker that predicts a patient's response to a fast-acting antidepressant. Such use of a brain scanner could someday minimize ... > full story -
American Culture Derails Girl Math Whizzes, Study Finds
October 13, 2008 — A culture of neglect and, at some age levels, outright social ostracism, is derailing a generation of students, especially girls, deemed the very best in mathematics, according to a new ... > full story
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H. Pylori Bacteria May Help Prevent Some Esophageal Cancers
October 13, 2008 — Some bacteria may help protect against the development of a type of esophageal cancer, known as adenocarcinoma, according to a new review of the medical literature. These bacteria, which are called ... > full story -
What Is Wild? Odor Attraction Is Different Among Different Wildtype Flies
October 13, 2008 — Vinegar flies (Drosophila melanogaster) show a highly selective behavior towards odor stimuli. A series of behavioral studies showed that a single olfactory stimulus is often not sufficient for ... > full story -
Endoscopic Therapy May Offer An Alternative To Surgery In Patients With Esophageal Cancer
October 13, 2008 — New research has evaluated the long-term efficacy of endoscopic mucosal resection, or EMR, in the treatment of patients with early stage esophageal cancer or Barrett's esophagus. Two separate studies ... > full story -
Under Pressure At The Nanoscale, Polymers Play By Different Rules
October 13, 2008 — Scientists putting the squeeze on thin films of polystyrene have discovered that at very short length scales the polymer doesn't play by the ... > full story -
Connections Between Vision And Movement, As They Relate To Perceived Threats, Autism
October 13, 2008 — In research designed to assist US Department of Homeland Security and provide insight into how autistic individuals perceive others, scientists are examining how our visual system helps interpret the ... > full story
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St. John's Wort Relieves Symptoms Of Major Depression, Study Shows
October 13, 2008 — New research provides support for the use of St. John's wort extracts in treating major depression. A Cochrane systematic review backs up previous research that showed the plant extract is effective ... > full story -
Atlantic Wolffish: Fearsome Fish That Deserve Protection?
October 13, 2008 — A group has filed a scientific petition with the federal government seeking endangered species protection for the Atlantic wolffish, a fish threatened with extinction due to years of overharvesting ... > full story -
Vitamin D Deficiency Common In Patients With IBD, Chronic Liver Disease
October 13, 2008 — Researchers have found patients with inflammatory bowel disease or chronic liver disease were at increased risk of developing Vitamin D deficiencies. Two separate studies highlight the importance of ... > full story -
Mechanism Of Asymmetry In Meiotic Cell Division Probed
October 13, 2008 — Scientists have characterized a mechanism that allows for asymmetrical cell division during meiosis in oocytes. By tracking chromosome movement in live mouse oocytes, they have discovered that ... > full story -
Ergonomic Boost: Improving Workers' Posture And Working Conditions In Manufacturing Plant Can Increase Productivity
October 13, 2008 — New research suggests that teaching staff about improving their posture and working conditions in a manufacturing plant can boost productivity by more than 50 ... > full story
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Wheezing And Asthma In Young Children
The diagnosis of asthma in a young child may well be more challenging to pediatricians than previously appreciated, according to a review of research and clinical experience ... > full story
- Vitamin D A Key Player In Overall Health Of Several Body Organs, Says Biochemist
- Age-related Macular Degeneration: New Genetic Association Identified
- Tumor Formation In Stem Cells Linked to Mitochondria
- Endoscopic Therapy May Offer An Alternative To Surgery In Patients With Esophageal Cancer
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Response To Immune Protein Determines Pathology Of Multiple Sclerosis
New research may help reveal why different parts of the brain can come under attack in patients with multiple sclerosis. According to a new study in mice with an MS-like disease, the brain's response ... > full story
- One Hour Of Moderate Daily Exercise Insufficient To Curb Childhood Obesity, Experts Argue
- 'Caffeine Receptor' Solved: Structure Of Important Neurological Receptor Defined
- Nerve Stimulation Therapy Alleviates Pain For Chronic Headache
- Millisecond Brain Signals Predict Response To Fast-acting Antidepressant
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Just A Numbers Game? Making Sense Of Health Statistics
Health statistics fill today's information environment, but even most doctors, who must make daily decisions and recommendations based on numerical data, lack the basic statistical literacy they ... > full story
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Plants & Animals
New Properties Of Skin Stem Cells
New research reveals completely new properties of the skin’s stem cells – discoveries that contradict previous findings. The studies, which are published in Nature Genetics, show amongst ... > full story
Earth & Climate
First Evidence That Common Pollutant May Reduce Iodine Levels In Breast Milk
Researchers in Texas are reporting the first evidence from human studies that perchlorate, a common pollutant increasingly found in food and water, may interfere with an infant's availability of ... > full story
- Atlantic Tuna Return Thousands Of Miles To Birthplace To Spawn
- Claim That Simulated Temperature Trends For Tropics Inconsistent With Observations Is Flawed, Experts Argue
- Atlantic Wolffish: Fearsome Fish That Deserve Protection?
- Engineering Aluminum-tolerant Crop Plants: Biochemists Devise Method For Bypassing Toxicity Effects
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Paleozoic 'Sediment Curve' Provides New Tool For Tracking Sea-floor Sediment Movements
As the world looks for more energy, the oil industry will need more refined tools for discoveries in places where searches have never before taken place, geologists say. A new tool follows sea-level ... > full story
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Hidden Boundaries Of Sunspots Pump Out Plasma Into Interplanetary Space
Complicated networks of magnetic fields power the sun's atmosphere and create both the beautiful structures and violent explosions that scientists study. Active regions, anchored in sunspots, are ... > full story
Matter & Energy
Sound Is An Integral Part Of Products, Industrial Designer Says
Does coffee taste better when your coffee machine produces a particular sound? According to one industrial designer, the sound a product makes is an integral part of that ... > full story
Computers & Math
How Dust Rings Point To Exo-Earths With Supercomputer's Help
Supercomputer simulations of dusty disks around sunlike stars show that planets nearly as small as Mars can create patterns that future telescopes may be able to detect. The research points to a new ... > full story
