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• Batteries
  Electricity
  Fuel Cells
  Biochemistry
  Organic Chemistry
  Energy Technology
   
  

  Biobatteries Catch Breath

  March 7, 2013 — An air-breathing bio-battery has been constructed by researchers from Poland. The core element providing the new power source with relatively high voltage and long lifetime is a carefully designed ... > full story
• Nervous System
  Neuropathy
  Brain Injury
  Neuroscience
  Stem Cells
  Immune System
   
  

  New Clues to Causes of Peripheral Nerve Damage

  March 6, 2013 — Although peripheral neuropathies afflict some 20 million Americans, their underlying causes are not completely understood. Now, scientists have shown that damage to energy factories in Schwann cells, ... > full story
• Vitamin B
  Vitamin
  Mental Health
  Mental Health Research
  Schizophrenia
  Vegetarian
   

  Folate and Vitamin B12 Reduce Disabling Schizophrenia Symptoms in Some Patients

  March 6, 2013 — Adding the dietary supplements folate and vitamin B12 to treatment with antipsychotic medication improved a core symptom component of schizophrenia in a study of more than 100 patients. The study ... > full story
• Dietary Supplement
  Nutrition
  Hypertension
  Cholesterol
  Fish
  Fisheries
   
  

  Why Fish Is Better Than Supplements: Omega-3s from Fish Vs. Fish Oil Pills Better at Maintaining Blood Pressure in Mouse Model

  March 5, 2013 — Researchers show how fish oils help lower blood pressure via vasodilation at ion channels. In vascular smooth muscle cells, such as those that line blood vessels, ion channels that span the outer ... > full story

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  • Why Fish Is So Good for You
• Alzheimer's
  Alzheimer's Research
  Dementia
  Healthy Aging
  Biology
  Alternative Medicine
   
  

  Green Tea Extract Interferes With the Formation of Amyloid Plaques in Alzheimer's Disease

  March 5, 2013 — Researchers have found a new potential benefit of a molecule in green tea: preventing the misfolding of specific proteins in the ... > full story
• Origin of Life
  Asteroids, Comets and Meteors
  Earth Science
  Near-Earth Object Impacts
  Geology
  Geochemistry
   
  

  New Evidence That Comets Could Have Seeded Life on Earth

  March 5, 2013 — Scientists have shown that complex molecules can form on icy dust in space, suggesting that comets may have brought these molecules to Earth and seeded the growth of more complex building blocks of ... > full story
• Jupiter
  Moon
  Pluto
  Solar System
  Space Exploration
  NASA
   
  

  Jupiter's Icy Moon: Window Into Europa's Ocean Lies Right at the Surface

  March 5, 2013 — If you could lick the surface of Jupiter's icy moon Europa, you would actually be sampling a bit of the ocean beneath, according to astronomers. Astronomers have found the strongest evidence yet that ... > full story
• Nature of Water
  Mars
  Cosmic Rays
  Uranus
  Astronomy
  Sun
   
  

  Working at the Extreme Edge of Cosmic Ice

  March 4, 2013 — Behind locked doors, in a lab built like a bomb shelter, Perry Gerakines makes something ordinary yet truly alien: ice. This isn't the ice of snowflakes or ice cubes. No, this ice needs such intense ... > full story
• Immune System
  Bacteria
  Infectious Diseases
  Tuberculosis
  Microbes and More
  Multiple Sclerosis Research
   
  

  Wolf in Sheep's Clothing: Uncovering How Deadly Bacteria Trick the Immune System

  February 28, 2013 — A new study demonstrates how bacteria can pretend to be a virus and trick the immune system into sending out the wrong type of defense. Such manipulation sheds light on how the flu may make us more ... > full story
• Obesity
  Cholesterol
  Diet and Weight Loss
  Kidney Disease
  Triglycerides
  Nutrition
   

  Grape Seed and Skin Extract: A Weapon in the Fight Against Kidney Disease Caused by High-Fat Diets

  February 28, 2013 — New insight into grape seed extract as a therapeutic and preventative measure to fight obesity-induced kidney damage is presented in a new study. Grape seed and skin extract (GSSE) is known to ... > full story

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