Archive: 04/02/2008
Bon MOT: Innovative atom trap catches highly magnetic atoms
A research team from the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the University of Maryland has succeeded in cooling atoms of a rare-earth element, erbium, to within two millionths of a degree of ...
Apr 02, 2008 |
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New species of infectious disease found in Amazon
While investigating the tropical disease leptospirosis in the Peruvian Amazon, an infectious disease specialist from the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine has uncovered new, emerging bacteria that may ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 02, 2008 |
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Coral reefs and climate change: Microbes could be the key to coral death
Coral reefs could be dying out because of changes to the microbes that live in them just as much as from the direct rise in temperature caused by global warming, according to scientists speaking today at the Society for General ...
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Climate and cholera
Cholera outbreaks may soon be predicted using satellite sensors, paving the way for preemptive medicine in countries that suffer epidemics, says Distinguished University Professor Rita Colwell, speaking today at the Society ...
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Yale study suggests evolutionary source of alcoholism's accidental enemy
Some change in the environment in many East Asian communities during the past few thousand years may have protected residents from becoming alcoholics, a new genetic analysis conducted by Yale School of Medicine researchers ...
Apr 02, 2008 |
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Darwin told us so: Researcher shows natural selection speeds up speciation
In the first experiment of its kind conducted in nature, a University of British Columbia evolutionary biologist has come up with strong evidence for one of Charles Darwin’s cornerstone ideas – adaptation to the environment ...
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Mouse calls help search for emotion-controlling genes
Scientists have long known that emotions and other personality traits and disorders run together in families. But finding which genes are most important in controlling emotions has proven difficult. Humans and mice have similar ...
Apr 02, 2008 |
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Researchers confirm dead zone off Texas coast since 1985
Researchers at Texas A&M University have confirmed for the first time that a “dead zone” has existed off the Texas coast for at least the past 23 years and will likely remain there, causing potential harmful effects to marine ...
Apr 02, 2008 |
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Researchers examine link between bacteria in the digestive system and obesity
Obesity is more than a cosmetic concern because it increases a person’s risk for developing high blood pressure, diabetes and many other serious health problems. It’s well understood that consuming more calories than you ...
Apr 02, 2008 |
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Households with kids with autism likely to earn less
New research suggests that the average household with children with autism not only spends thousands of dollars toward educational, behavioral and health care expenses each year, but also suffers from a lesser-known cost ...
Apr 02, 2008 |
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Prebiotics -- the key to fewer food poisoning stomach upsets -- and healthy farm animals
Natural sugars found in breast milk that are now included in prebiotic foods may help in the fight against Salmonella and other food poisoning bacteria, scientists heard today at the Society for General Microbiology’s 162nd ...
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Apr 02, 2008 |
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Smokers with lung disease need more than 'brief' intervention
Smokers with lung disease require more than brief smoking cessation interventions to successfully quit, researchers in the Oregon Health & Science University Smoking Cessation Center report.
Apr 02, 2008 |
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The choice is ours
The option to choose among several courses of action is often associated with the feeling of being in control. Yet, in certain situations, one may prefer to decline such agency and instead leave the choice to someone else ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Apr 02, 2008 |
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Scientists reshape Y chromosome haplogroup tree gaining new insights into human ancestry
The Y chromosome retains a remarkable record of human ancestry, since it is passed directly from father to son. In an article published online today in Genome Research scientists have utilized recently described genetic variat ...
Apr 02, 2008 |
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