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Engineering Self-Assembling Amyloid Fibers
Jan. 26, 2015 — Nature has many examples of self-assembly, and bioengineers are interested in copying these systems to create useful new materials or devices. Amyloid proteins, for example, can self-assemble into ... full story -
Students Master Math Through Movement Using Kinect for Windows
Jan. 26, 2015 — Significant gains in the understanding of angles and angle measurements by elementary school students are seen in those who performed body-based tasks while interacting with a Kinect for Windows ... full story -
Gigantic Ring System Around J1407b Much Larger, Heavier Than Saturn's
Jan. 26, 2015 — Astronomers have discovered that the ring system that they see eclipse the very young Sun-like star J1407 is of enormous proportions, much larger and heavier than the ring system of ... full story -
Girls Lead Boys in Academic Achievement Globally
Jan. 26, 2015 — Considerable attention has been paid to how boys' educational achievements in science and math compare to girls' accomplishments in those areas, often leading to the assumption that boys ... full story -
Electronic Circuits With Reconfigurable Pathways Closer to Reality
Jan. 26, 2015 — Multitasking circuits capable of reconfiguring themselves in real time and switching functions as the need arises -- this is the promising application stemming from a new discovery. Other potential ... full story -
Scientists Discover a New Blood Platelet Formation Mechanism
Jan. 26, 2015 — A new cellular mechanism, called the endocycle, encourages the formation of platelets, the cells needed to coagulate blood. In mouse models, endocycles can help to control thrombocytopenia, a disease ... full story -
Higher Dementia Risk Linked to More Use of Common Drugs
Jan. 26, 2015 — A large study links a significantly increased risk for developing dementia, including Alzheimer's disease, to taking commonly used medications with anticholinergic effects at higher doses or for ... full story -
Possible Therapeutic Target for Common, but Mysterious Brain Blood Vessel Disorder
Jan. 26, 2015 — Tens of millions of people worldwide have abnormal, leak-prone sproutings of blood vessels in the brain called cerebral cavernous malformations. These abnormal growths can lead to seizures, strokes, ... full story -
Largest-Ever Autism Genome Study Finds Most Siblings Have Different Autism-Risk Genes
Jan. 26, 2015 — The largest-ever autism genome study reveals that the disorder's genetic underpinnings are more complex than previously thought: Most siblings who have autism have different autism-linked genes. ... full story -
New Strategy to Combat 'Undruggable' Cancer Molecule
Jan. 26, 2015 — Three of the four most fatal cancers are caused by a protein known as Ras; either because it mutates or simply because it ends up in the wrong place at the wrong time. Ras has proven an elusive ... full story -
New Canadian Guideline to Help Prevent, Manage Adult Obesity
Jan. 26, 2015 — A new Canadian guideline to help prevent and manage obesity in adult patients recommends body mass index measurement for both prevention and management and structured behavioral changes to help those ... full story -
Nocturnal Leg Cramps More Common in Summer
Jan. 26, 2015 — Painful nocturnal leg cramps are about twice as common during summer than in winter, found a new study. Because quinine is commonly prescribed to treat leg cramps, researchers looked at the number of ... full story -
Got Bees? Got Vitamin A? Got Malaria? Loss of Pollinators Increases Risk of Malnutrition, Disease
Jan. 26, 2015 — More than half the people in some developing countries could become newly at risk for malnutrition if crop-pollinating animals -- like bees -- continue to decline, experts say. Despite popular ... full story -
Lung Cancer: Study Finds Potential New Drug Target
Jan. 26, 2015 — Targeting a key enzyme and its associated metabolic programming may lead to novel drug development to treat lung cancer, researchers report. Cancer cells undergo metabolic alterations to meet the ... full story -
Dental Experts Show Why Wound Healing Is Impaired in Diabetics
Jan. 26, 2015 — A critical molecule has been identified by a team of dental scientists that helps explain why diabetics suffer from impaired healing. Their results pinpoint a target for therapies that could help ... full story -
Is Head CT Overused in Emergency Departments?
Jan. 26, 2015 — Most patients presenting to the emergency department with syncope or dizziness may not benefit from head CT unless they are older, have a focal neurologic deficit, or have a history of recent head ... full story -
Brain Study Sheds Light on How Children With Autism Process Social Play
Jan. 26, 2015 — Brain scans confirm significant differences in play behavior, brain activation patterns and stress levels in children with autism spectrum disorder as compared with typically developing children, new ... full story -
Cochlear Implant Users Can Hear, Feel the Beat in Music
Jan. 26, 2015 — People who use cochlear implants for profound hearing loss do respond to certain aspects of music, contrary to common beliefs and limited scientific research, says a research team. The scientists say ... full story -
Partly Wrong With a Chance of Being Right: Weather Forecast
Jan. 26, 2015 — The inaccuracy of weather forecasts has personal implications for people around the world. New research from Tel Aviv University prioritizes, for the first time, the reasons for forecasting failures ... full story -
Researchers Identify Materials to Improve Biofuel, Petroleum Processing
Jan. 26, 2015 — Using one of the largest supercomputers in the world, a team of researchers has identified potential materials that could improve the production of ethanol and petroleum products. The discovery could ... full story
- Engineering self-assembling amyloid fibers
- Students master math through movement using Kinect for Windows
- Gigantic ring system around J1407b much larger, heavier than Saturn's
- Girls lead boys in academic achievement globally
- Electronic circuits with reconfigurable pathways closer to reality
- Scientists discover a new blood platelet formation mechanism
- Higher dementia risk linked to more use of common drugs
- Possible therapeutic target for common, but mysterious brain blood vessel disorder
- Largest-ever autism genome study finds most siblings have different autism-risk genes
- New strategy to combat 'undruggable' cancer molecule
- New Canadian guideline to help prevent, manage adult obesity
- Nocturnal leg cramps more common in summer
- Got bees? Got vitamin A? Got malaria? Loss of pollinators increases risk of malnutrition, disease
- Lung cancer: Study finds potential new drug target
- Dental experts show why wound healing is impaired in diabetics
- Is head CT overused in emergency departments?
- Brain study sheds light on how children with autism process social play
- Cochlear implant users can hear, feel the beat in music
- Partly wrong with a chance of being right: Weather forecast
- Researchers identify materials to improve biofuel, petroleum processing
- Swarm of microprobes to head for Jupiter
- Climate models disagree on why temperature 'wiggles' occur
- Would you tell your manager you had a mental health problem?
- How tropical parasite hijacks cells
- In infants, pain from vaccinations shows up in brain activity
- New mechanism to aid cells under stress identified
- Nanoshuttle Wear and Tear: It’s the Mileage, Not the Age
- Brain circuit that regulates thirst identified
- Helicopter could be 'scout' for Mars rovers
- Researchers make magnetic graphene
- Frogs prove ideal models for studying developmental timing
- Visualizing interacting electrons in a molecule
- Chemists find a way to unboil egg whites: Ability to quickly restore molecular proteins could slash biotechnology costs
- Mindfulness-based program in schools making a positive impact, study shows
- Mother's stress hormone levels may affect fetal growth and long term health of child
- How cancer turns good cells to the dark side
- Entanglement on a chip: Breakthrough promises secure communications and faster computers
- Poor psychosocial work environments may contribute to heart problems
- Stress during pregnancy related to infant gut microbiota
- Rabies booster defends pets with out-of-date vaccination against the disease
- Many women with breast cancer have poor knowledge about their condition
- Medical radiation may be reduced to one-sixth with new mathematical discovery
- New programming language for fast simulations
- How your friends might help you avoid flu
- For university students, walking beats sitting
- Converting olive mash into cash
- Testosterone helps bind antidepressants in brain
- Nanodiamonds: Promising use for delivering cancer drug to kill chemoresistant cancer stem cells more effectively
- Daily drinking increases risk of alcoholic cirrhosis
- Scientists identify new disease treatment path
- Reducing work-family conflicts in the workplace helps people to sleep better
- Morphine following common childhood surgery may be life threatening
- The latest fashion: Graphene edges can be tailor-made
- Scientists slow down the speed of light travelling in free space
- 3-D view of Greenland Ice Sheet opens window on ice history
- Lead negatively impacts cognitive functions of boys more than girls
- Lucid dreams and metacognition: Awareness of thinking; awareness of dreaming
- Improving antibiotics to treat staph infections
- Why all-nighters don't work: How sleep, memory go hand-in-hand
- Silver nanowires demonstrate unexpected self-healing mechanism: Potential for flexible electronics
- Calculating the future of solar-fuel refineries
- New technique helps probe performance of organic solar cell materials
- New technique for producing cheaper solar energy suggested by research
- Stalking versus cyberstalking: Effects on victims, their responses compared
- Alamo impact crater: New study could double its size
- Telomere extension turns back aging clock in cultured human cells, study finds
- Climate affects development of human speech
- Efficient methylating enzyme identified for cancer development
- Live broadcast from inside the nerve cell
- Yes, black holes exist in gravitational theories with unbounded speeds of propagation
- Warming seas decrease sea turtle basking
- H.E.S.S. finds three extremely luminous gamma-ray sources
- Lucky charms: When are superstitions used most?
- Mothers don't speak so clearly to their babies
- Ocean could hold key to predicting recurring extreme winters
- New breast exam nearly quadruples detection of invasive breast cancers in women with dense breast tissue
- What to do in a flu epidemic? Stay at home and watch TV
- New brain pathway offers hope for treating hypogylcemia
- Effect of thyroid disorders on reproductive health
- Bad reputation of crows demystified
- Hidden infection shortens life in birds
- Massive chip design savings to be realized
- Arctic ice cap slides into the ocean
- The language of T lymphocytes deciphered, the 'Rosetta Stone' of the immune system
- The brain's electrical alphabet: Timing, rate underlie neural information, study shows
- Sexually-transmitted diseases: Do multiple partners mean more immunity?
- Sisters act together: Cichlid sisters swim together in order to reach the goal
- Scientists map brains of the blind to solve mysteries of human brain specialization
- New 'systems genetics' study identifies possible target for epilepsy treatment
- Brazil's soy moratorium still needed to preserve Amazon
- Gene may open door for improved keloid, scar treatment
- Improvements in transistors will make flexible plastic computers a reality
- Revolutionary device found to lower blood pressure
- Celiac disease rate among young children has almost tripled in past 20 years
- Checklist devised to spot elderly patients most at risk of death
- Falls in blood pressure, cholesterol have saved 20,000+ lives in England
- Mammalian heart regenerative capacity depends on severity of injury
- High blood calcium levels linked with increased risk of premature death in dialysis patients
- Scientists 'bend' elastic waves with new metamaterials that could have commercial applications
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