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Molecular 'Clock' Could Predict Risk For Developing Breast Cancer
May 16, 2008 — A chemical reaction in genes that control breast cancer provides a molecular clock that could one day help researchers more accurately determine a woman's risk for developing breast cancer and ... > full story -
El Niño May Have Been Factor In Magellan's Pacific Voyage
May 16, 2008 — Archaeologists show that Ferdinand Magellan's historic circumnavigation of the globe was likely influenced in large part by unusual weather conditions -- including what we now know as El Niño ... > full story -
Risk Of Death Persists In Heart Patients With Acute Kidney Injury, Study Shows
May 16, 2008 — Acute kidney injury, a common complication of cardiac surgery during hospitalization, is linked to increased and prolonged risk of death in heart attack patients who have been discharged from the ... > full story -
Nanotechnology In Reverse Uses Red Blood Cell To Calibrate Atomic Force Microscope
May 16, 2008 — Nanotechnology researchers have shown that they can use a red blood cell to calibrate a sensitive instrument, an atomic force microscope. An atomic force microscope uses a tiny lever that runs over ... > full story -
Having Less Power Impairs The Mind And Ability To Get Ahead, Study Shows
May 16, 2008 — New research appearing in Psychological Science suggests that being put in a low-power role may impair a person's basic cognitive functioning and thus, their ability to get ... > full story -
Crystal (Eye) Ball: Visual System Equipped With 'Future Seeing Powers'
May 16, 2008 — Catching a football. Maneuvering through a room full of people. Jumping out of the way when a golfer yells "fore." Most would agree these seemingly simple actions require us to perceive and quickly ... > full story -
Most Effective Initial Therapy For HIV-1 Infection Identified
May 16, 2008 — In the largest study of its kind to evaluate commonly used HIV drugs, researchers confirmed that one of the most frequently prescribed triple drug combinations for initial HIV infection is indeed the ... > full story -
Deep Sea Methane Scavengers Captured
May 16, 2008 — Scientists succeeded in capturing syntrophic (means "feeding together") microorganisms that are known to dramatically reduce the oceanic emission of methane into the atmosphere. These microorganisms ... > full story -
Prostate Cancer Increases The Risk Of Bone Fracture, Study Shows
May 16, 2008 — As unlikely as it sounds, scientists have shown that there is a link between prostate cancer and a higher risk of bone fracture. Men with prostate cancer face a 50% higher risk of fracture, which ... > full story -
Firearms Microstamping Feasible But Variable, Study Finds
May 16, 2008 — New technology to link cartridge cases to guns by engraving microscopic codes on the firing pin is feasible, but did not work equally well for all guns and ammunition tested in a pilot study by ... > full story -
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Mixed Results For Late-talking Toddlers
May 16, 2008 — New research findings from the world's largest study on language emergence have revealed that one in four late-talking toddlers continue to have language problems by age ... > full story -
Rapid, Dramatic 'Reverse Evolution' Documented In Tiny Fish Species
May 16, 2008 — Evolution is supposed to inch forward over eons, but sometimes, at least in the case of a little fish called the threespine stickleback, the process can go in relative warp-speed reverse, according ... > full story
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