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Analysis Indicates a Third H1N1 Pandemic Wave Unlikely in 2010
October 19, 2010 Analysis of H1N1 antibody levels (seroprotection rates) after the 2009 pandemic suggest that a third wave is unlikely in 2010, although adults over age 50, particularly those with chronic conditions, ... > full story -
Plastic Monitors Itself
October 19, 2010 A new polymer-metal material that has sensory properties makes it possible to produce plastic component parts that monitor themselves. This material can be combined with various others and used in a ... > full story -
Scientists Closer to Grasping How the Brain's 'Hearing Center' Spurs Responses to Sound
October 19, 2010 Just as we visually map a room by spatially identifying the objects in it, we map our aural world based on the frequencies of sounds. The neurons within the brain's auditory cortex are organized into ... > full story -
Mutation Over 100 Million Years Ago Led Flowers to Make Male and Female Parts Differently
October 19, 2010 Research by plant scientists has uncovered a snapshot of evolution in progress, by tracing how a gene mutation over 100 million years ago led flowers to make male and female parts in different ... > full story -
Treating Cancer With Light
October 19, 2010 Can skin cancer be treated with light? Scientists now believe so. They're exploring new ways to image cancerous lesions using LEDs that might advance a technique for treating cancer called ... > full story -
Breakthrough in Nanocrystals Growth
October 19, 2010 For the first time, scientists have been able to watch nanoparticles grow from the earliest stages of their formation. Nanoparticles are the foundation of nanotechnology and their performance depends ... > full story -
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Fixing Bad Tasting Infant Drops When a 'Spoonful of Sugar' Doesn't Work
October 19, 2010 A spoonful of sugar is the traditional way to help medicines ‘go down’. But getting young children to take foul-tasting medicines – even if their lives depend on it – requires ... > full story -
Earth's Deep Water Cycle Needs Revision, Geophysicists Claim
October 19, 2010 A popular view among geophysicists is that large amounts of water are carried from the oceans to the deep mantle in subduction zones -- boundaries where the Earth's crustal plates converge, with one ... > full story -
Does Clenching Your Muscles Increase Willpower?
October 19, 2010 The next time you feel your willpower slipping as you pass that mouth-watering dessert case, tighten your muscles. A new study says firming muscles can shore up ... > full story -
No Standard for the Placebo?
October 19, 2010 Much of medicine is based on what is considered the strongest possible evidence: The placebo-controlled trial. A new study calls into question this foundation upon which much of medicine rests, by ... > full story -
Magnets Used to Treat Patients With Severe Depression
October 19, 2010 John O'Sullivan had struggled with bipolar depression since he was a teen. He has tried numerous types of psychotherapy and medication but nothing seemed to help for long. At age 50 and desperate, ... > full story -
Study of Haiti Quake Yields Surprising Results
October 19, 2010 The magnitude 7.0 earthquake that caused more than 200,000 casualties and devastated Haiti's economy in January resulted not from the Enriquillo fault, as previously believed, but from slip on ... > full story
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