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Unlocking Stem Cell, DNA Secrets To Speed Therapies
Researchers have discovered that
as embryonic stem cells turn into
different cell types, there are
dramatic corresponding changes to
the order in which DNA is
replicated and reorganized. ... > full story
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'Virgin Birth' By Shark Confirmed: Second Case Ever
Scientists have confirmed the
second-ever case of a "virgin
birth" in a shark, indicating once
again that female sharks can
reproduce without mating and
raising the possibility that many
female sharks have this incredible
... > full story
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Astronomers Get Best View Yet Of Infant Stars At Feeding Time
Astronomers have used ESO's Very
Large Telescope Interferometer to
conduct the first high resolution
survey that combines spectroscopy
and interferometry on
intermediate-mass infant stars.
... > full story
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Can Genetic Information Be Controlled By Light?
Can genetic information be
controlled by light? Researchers
report sequence-dependent effects
of light on DNA. DNA, the molecule
that acts as the carrier of
genetic information in all forms
of life, is highly resistant
... > full story
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Journey Toward The Center Of The Earth: One-of-a-kind Microorganism Lives All Alone
The first ecosystem with only a
single biological species has been
discovered and its genome analyzed
by a multi-institutional and
multidisciplinary team. Living 2.8
... > full story
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Promising New Material Could Improve Gas Mileage
With gasoline at high prices, it's
disheartening to know that up to
three-quarters of the potential
energy you are paying for is
wasted. Now researchers have
identified a promising new
material that could transform a
... > full story
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Ripple Effect: Water Snails Offer New Propulsion Possibilities
A UC San Diego engineer has
revealed a new mode of propulsion
based on how water snails create
ripples of slime to crawl upside
down beneath the surface. ... > full story
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Small Intestine Can Sense And React To Bitter Toxins In Food
Toxins in food often have a bad,
bitter taste that makes people
want to spit them out. New
research finds that bitterness
also slows the digestive process,
keeping bad food in the stomach
... > full story
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Tropical Rainforest And Mountain Species May Be Threatened By Global Warming
Contrary to conventional wisdom,
tropical plant and animal species
living in some of the warmest
places on Earth may be threatened
by global warming, according to
ecologists. ... > full story
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Deep Magma Matters: Volcanic Eruptions More Complex And Harder To Predict
Volcanoes function in a far more
complex way than previously
thought, making future eruptions
even harder to predict. Although
the Soufrière Hills volcano
on the Caribbean island of
... > full story
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- Stem Cell, DNA Secrets To Speed Therapies
- 'Virgin Birth' By Shark: Second Case Ever
- Astronomers Spy Infant Stars At Feeding Time
- Can Genetic Information Be Controlled By Light?
- Microorganism Lives All Alone Deep Underground
- Promising New Material Could Boost Gas Mileage
- Water Snails Offer New Propulsion Possibilities
- Small Intestine Can Sense Bitter Toxins In Food
- Warming Threats To Tropical Rainforest Species
- Volcanic Eruptions More Complex Than Thought
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New Findings May Improve Treatment Of Inherited Breast Cancer
October 11, 2008 — Scientists have identified some of the elusive downstream molecules that play a critical role in the development and progression of familial breast cancer. The research also identifies a compound ... > full story -
Understanding The Cycle Of Violence
October 11, 2008 — Researchers have long known that children who grow up in an aggressive or violent household are more likely to become violent or aggressive in future relationships but the developmental link has been ... > full story -
Breast Stem Cell Fate Is Regulated By 'Notch'
October 11, 2008 — A normal developmental protein that sometimes goes awry has been implicated in breast cancer. This discovery indicates the mechanism by which inappropriate expression of the notch pathway may ... > full story -
Reality To Go: 3-D Virtual Reality On Mobile Devices
October 11, 2008 — If mere texting, talking, e-mailing and snapping pictures on mobile devices aren't enough to satisfy your data cravings, now there's the prospect of accessing and displaying 3-D virtual reality ... > full story -
Can Taking Ecstasy Once Damage Your Memory?
October 11, 2008 — Academics in the UK are issuing new warnings about the dangers of ecstasy and its effects on the ... > full story
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Crucial Control In Long-lasting Immunity Discovered
October 11, 2008 — Scientists have identified a protein that links two key types of white blood cells, T and B cells, letting them interact in a way that is crucial to establishing long-lasting immunity after an ... > full story -
Phoenix Lander Digs And Analyzes Soil As Darkness Gathers
October 11, 2008 — As fall approaches Mars' northern plains, NASA's Phoenix Lander is busy digging into the Red Planet's soil and scooping it into its onboard science laboratories for ... > full story -
Implantable Device May Help Manage Congestive Heart Failure Symptoms
October 11, 2008 — A new study aims to improve the heart's pumping action and help to manage congestive heart failure symptoms. The US PARACHUTE trial tests the effectiveness of placing a small device in the left ... > full story -
Potential New Tool For Brain Surgeons
October 11, 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 -
Sixties Generation Is Heading For Conventional Old Age
October 11, 2008 — Britain's post-war baby boomers, associated throughout their lives with social change, are failing to break new ground in their approach to growing ... > full story
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Rapid Improvement In Overactive Bladder Symptoms, International Drug Study Shows
October 10, 2008 — Patients with overactive bladders who took part in a multi-centre study to measure the effectiveness of solifenacin noticed improvements in as little as three days, according to new ... > full story -
Mimicking Gecko Feet: Dry Adhesive Based On Carbon Nanotubes Gets Stronger
October 10, 2008 — The race for the best "gecko foot" dry adhesive just got a new competitor this week with a stronger and more practical material reported by US ... > full story -
Early Breast Cancer: LHRH Agonists Show Considerable Promise
October 10, 2008 — Women who have had early stage breast cancer surgically removed, and whose tumor cells are stimulated by the hormone estrogen, can benefit from taking luteinizing hormone releasing hormone ... > full story -
Biological Alternatives To Chemical Pesticides
October 10, 2008 — With increasing consumer pressure on both farmers and supermarkets to minimize the use of chemical pesticides in fruit and vegetables, a new study looks at why there is currently little use of ... > full story -
Scientists Adapt Economics Theory To Trace Brain's Information Flow
October 10, 2008 — Scientists have used a technique originally developed for economic study to become the first to overcome a significant challenge in brain research: determining the flow of information from one part ... > full story
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Genetic Finding Implicates Innate Immune System In Major Cause Of Blindness
October 10, 2008 — Scientists have identified one of the genes implicated in age-related macular degeneration, the most common cause of blindness in developed ... > full story -
Daily Dose Of Ginkgo May Prevent Brain Cell Damage After Stroke, Mouse Studies Suggest
October 10, 2008 — Working with genetically engineered mice, researchers at Johns Hopkins have shown that daily doses of a standardized extract from the leaves of the ginkgo tree can prevent or reduce brain damage ... > full story -
One Dose Of Hormone May Halt Cell Suicide Following A Heart Attack, Study Suggests
October 10, 2008 — Two things happen following a heart attack--necrosis (normal cell death) and apoptosis (programmed cell death) -- and both are bad. Now researchers in Japan have found that a single intravenous dose ... > full story -
Scientists Engineer Superconducting Thin Films
October 10, 2008 — Scientists have successfully produced two-layer thin films where neither layer is superconducting on its own, but which exhibit a nanometer-thick region of superconductivity at their interface. The ... > full story -
Flawed Corporate Watchdog Methods Helped Fuel Economic Crisis, Expert Says
October 10, 2008 — Archaic corporate governing systems that failed to ferret out risky business deals helped stoke the nation's deepest financial meltdown since the Great Depression, a University of Illinois business ... > full story
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InsomniaNew Light On Link Between Snoring And Cognitive Deficits In Children
October 10, 2008 — About two-thirds of children with sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) -- snoring or obstructive sleep apnea -- have some degree of cognitive deficit, but the severity of the cognitive deficit has been ... > full story -
Wielding Microbe Against Microbe, Beetle Defends Its Food Source
October 10, 2008 — As the southern pine beetle moves through the forest boring tunnels inside the bark of trees, it brings with it both a helper and a competitor. The helper is a fungus that the insect plants inside ... > full story -
How Effective Are Probiotics In Irritable Bowel Syndrome?
October 10, 2008 — Several new studies highlight the safety and efficacy of probiotics in improving symptoms and normalizing bowel movement frequency in patients suffering from constipation or diarrhea related to ... > full story -
Baked Slug: New Method To Test Fireproofing Material
October 10, 2008 — Researchers have developed a technique for measuring a key thermal property of fire-resistive materials at high temperatures. The measurement technique has already been adopted commercially and ... > full story -
Species Extinction By Asteroid A Rarity
October 10, 2008 — New research argues in favor of a "sick earth" mechanism for most extinctions, rather than external event like an asteroid ... > full story
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How Fatty Foods Curb Hunger
October 10, 2008 — Fatty foods may not be the healthiest diet choice, but those rich in unsaturated fats -- such as avocados, nuts and olive oil -- have been found to play a pivotal role in sending this important ... > full story -
Diversity Of Plant-eating Fishes May Be Key To Recovery Of Coral Reefs
October 10, 2008 — A report scheduled to be published this week in the early edition of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences suggests that maintaining the proper balance of herbivorous fishes may ... > full story -
New Screening Technologies Improve Detection Of Polyps During Colonoscopy
October 10, 2008 — Two new studies highlight new technologies with the potential to improve the detection of colorectal polyps and flat lesions during ... > full story -
Satellite Data Reveals Extreme Summer Snowmelt In Northern Greenland
October 10, 2008 — The northern part of the Greenland ice sheet experienced extreme snowmelt during the summer of 2008, with large portions of the area subject to record melting days. This conclusion is based on an ... > full story -
Educational Policy
Anger Management
Political Science
Educational Psychology
Racial Disparity
SpiritualityNarcissistic People Most Likely To Emerge As Leaders
October 10, 2008 — When a group is without a leader, you can often count on a narcissist to take charge, a new study suggests. Researchers found that people who score high in narcissism tend to take control of ... > full story
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Birth Defects
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Child DevelopmentClue To Genetic Cause Of Fatal Birth Defect
October 10, 2008 — A novel enzyme may play a major role in anencephaly, offering hope for a genetic test or even therapy for the rare fatal birth defect in which the brain fails to develop, according to a new ... > full story -
Tracking Down The Cause Of Mad Cow Disease: First Synthetic Prion Protein With An Anchor
October 10, 2008 — Researchers in Germany and Switzerland have developed a new general method for the synthesis of anchored proteins, such as GPI-anchored prions, which cause scrapie and mad cow ... > full story -
Outlook For Crohn's Disease Improves Thanks To New Therapies
October 10, 2008 — A study led by Mayo Clinic has found that infliximab (Remicade) administered alone (monotherapy) or in combination with azathioprine is a more effective treatment for patients with moderate to severe ... > full story -
An Accurate Picture Of Ice Loss In Greenland
October 10, 2008 — Researchers are developing a method for creating an accurate picture of Greenland’s shrinking ice cap. On the strength of this method, it is now estimated that Greenland is accountable for a ... > full story -
Bipolar Disorder In Children Appears Likely To Continue Into Young Adulthood
October 10, 2008 — About 44 percent of individuals who had bipolar disorder as children continue to have manic episodes as young adults, according to a report in the October issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one ... > full story
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Better Insights Needed Into Failure Mechanisms Of Hip Replacements
October 10, 2008 — If a hip prosthesis implanted to replace a worn-out joint itself fails, then what are the reasons? Until now this problem has been little understood: partly due to incomplete records, partly due to ... > full story -
Green Coffee-growing Practices Buffer Climate-change Impacts
October 10, 2008 — Chalk up another environmental benefit for shade-grown Latin American coffee: University of Michigan researchers say the technique will provide a buffer against the ravages of climate change in the ... > full story -
How Much Are You Really Exercising? Obese Women Know Better Than Normal Weight Women
October 10, 2008 — People struggling with obesity often underestimate how many calories they are actually consuming, which can hinder weight loss efforts. It should follow that the same person would overestimate the ... > full story -
Thinning Of Greenland Glacier Attributed To Ocean Warming Preceded By Atmospheric Changes
October 10, 2008 — The sudden thinning in 1997 of Jakobshavn Isbræ, one of Greenland's largest glaciers, was caused by subsurface ocean warming, according to research in the journal Nature Geoscience. The ... > full story -
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Infant's HealthFree Drug Samples Carry Risks For Children
October 10, 2008 — Free prescription drug samples distributed to children may be unsafe, according to a study by physicians from Cambridge Health Alliance and Hasbro Children's ... > full story
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Crucial Control In Long-lasting Immunity Discovered
Scientists have identified a protein that links two key types of white blood cells, T and B cells, letting them interact in a way that is crucial to establishing long-lasting immunity after an ... > full story
Mind & Brain
New Light On Link Between Snoring And Cognitive Deficits In Children
About two-thirds of children with sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) -- snoring or obstructive sleep apnea -- have some degree of cognitive deficit, but the severity of the cognitive deficit has been ... > full story
Living Well
How Fatty Foods Curb Hunger
Fatty foods may not be the healthiest diet choice, but those rich in unsaturated fats -- such as avocados, nuts and olive oil -- have been found to play a pivotal role in sending this important ... > full story
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Plants & Animals
Biological Alternatives To Chemical Pesticides
With increasing consumer pressure on both farmers and supermarkets to minimize the use of chemical pesticides in fruit and vegetables, a new study looks at why there is currently little use of ... > full story
- Daily Dose Of Ginkgo May Prevent Brain Cell Damage After Stroke, Mouse Studies Suggest
- Wielding Microbe Against Microbe, Beetle Defends Its Food Source
- Tracking Down The Cause Of Mad Cow Disease: First Synthetic Prion Protein With An Anchor
- Researchers Discover How Infectious Bacteria Can Switch Species
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Earth & Climate
Diversity Of Plant-eating Fishes May Be Key To Recovery Of Coral Reefs
A report scheduled to be published this week in the early edition of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences suggests that maintaining the proper balance of herbivorous fishes may ... > full story
Fossils & Ruins
Species Extinction By Asteroid A Rarity
New research argues in favor of a "sick earth" mechanism for most extinctions, rather than external event like an asteroid ... > full story
Physical & Applied Sciences
Space & Time
Phoenix Lander Digs And Analyzes Soil As Darkness Gathers
As fall approaches Mars' northern plains, NASA's Phoenix Lander is busy digging into the Red Planet's soil and scooping it into its onboard science laboratories for ... > full story
Matter & Energy
Potential New Tool For Brain Surgeons
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
- Mimicking Gecko Feet: Dry Adhesive Based On Carbon Nanotubes Gets Stronger
- Baked Slug: New Method To Test Fireproofing Material
- Better Insights Needed Into Failure Mechanisms Of Hip Replacements
- New International Building Codes Address Fire Safety And Evacuation Issues For Tall Structures
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Computers & Math
Scientists Adapt Economics Theory To Trace Brain's Information Flow
Scientists have used a technique originally developed for economic study to become the first to overcome a significant challenge in brain research: determining the flow of information from one part ... > full story
