Archive: 08/03/2007
Biologists discover 1 reason why chromosomes break, often leading to cancer
In the past ten years, researchers in genome stability have observed that many kinds of cancer are associated with areas where human chromosomes break. They have hypothesized – but never proven – that slow or altered replication ...
Biology /
Aug 03, 2007 |
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Animated beer smooth to pour
Researchers from CSIRO and Korea’s ETRI will pour a virtual glass of beer in San Diego next week at SIGGRAPH 07, the world’s largest computer graphics conference, to showcase their innovative fluid special ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Aug 03, 2007 |
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Unknotting DNA clue to cancer syndrome
A new UC Davis study that explains the actions of a gene mutation that causes early onset cancer provides a fundamental insight into the mechanism of DNA-break repair.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Aug 03, 2007 |
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A study relates neural damage provoked by ecstasy with ambient temperature at which it is consumed
There exists a direct relationship between the consumption of MDMA, or Ecstasy, at a high ambient temperature and an increase in the neural damage which this drug provokes. This was the conclusion of the research carried ...
Aug 03, 2007 |
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Star caught smoking
Using ESO's Very Large Telescope Interferometer, astronomers from France and Brazil have detected a huge cloud of dust around a star. This observation is further evidence for the theory that such stellar puffs ...
Aug 03, 2007 |
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Overstretched armed forces leading to mental health problems
Prolonged periods of deployment among Britain’s armed forces is associated with mental health problems, finds a study published in BMG today.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 03, 2007 |
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Abstinence programs fail to cut risk of HIV infection
Programmes that exclusively encourage abstinence from sex do not seem to affect the risk of HIV infection in high income countries, finds a review of the evidence in this week’s BMJ.
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Aug 03, 2007 |
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Ceramic tubes could cut greenhouse gas emissions from power stations
Greenhouse gas emissions from power stations could be cut to almost zero by controlling the combustion process with tiny tubes made from an advanced ceramic material, claim engineers today.
Aug 03, 2007 |
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Where broken DNA is repaired
Ionizing radiation, toxic chemicals, and other agents continually damage the body's DNA, threatening life and health: unrepaired DNA can lead to mutations, which in turn can lead to diseases like cancer. Intricate DNA repair ...
Biology /
Aug 03, 2007 |
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