Archive: 11/07/2008
Physicists create BlackMax to search for dimensions in space at the Large Hadron Collider
A team of theoretical and experimental physicists, with participants from Case Western Reserve University, have designed a new black hole simulator called BlackMax to search for evidence that extra dimensions might exist ...
Nov 07, 2008 |
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ERSD, heart disease and African-Americans with hypertensive nephrosclerosis
For most patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), the risk of experiencing a cardiovascular related death is greater than the risk of progressing to end-stage renal disease (ESRD). According to research being presented ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Nov 07, 2008 |
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Researchers find gene that regulates mold's resistance to drugs
Montana State University scientists concerned about lethal mold infections have found a gene that regulates the mold's resistance to drugs.
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Nov 07, 2008 |
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Even plants benefit from outsourcing
The answer to successful revegetation of native flora is in sourcing genetically diverse seed not necessarily relying on remnant local native vegetation to provide seed. This review paper covers the appropriateness ...
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Nov 07, 2008 |
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Overfishing threatens European bluefin tuna
Bluefin tuna disappeared from Danish waters in the 1960s. Now the species could become depleted throughout the northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean, according to analyses by the Technical University of Denmark (DTU Aqua) ...
Nov 07, 2008 |
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Dietary sport supplement shows strong effects in the elderly
Beta-alanine (BA), a dietary supplement widely used by athletes and body builders, has been proven to increase the fitness levels of a group of elderly men and women. The research, published in BioMed Central's open access ...
Nov 07, 2008 |
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Scientists Turn Tequila into Diamonds
(PhysOrg.com) -- Whoever thought that science was a dry subject might change their mind after learning about a new discovery in which tequila is turned into diamonds. A team of Mexican scientists found that ...
Nov 07, 2008 |
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Unraveling the natural history of the lion using host and virus population genomics
The lion (Panthera leo) is one of the world's most charismatic carnivores. In an article published November 7 in the open-access journal PLoS Genetics, an international team of researchers provides insights into the gene ...
Biology /
Nov 07, 2008 |
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Dalmatian bladder stones caused by gene that regulates uric acid in humans
A gene mutation that causes high levels of uric acid in all Dalmatian dogs and bladder stones in some Dalmatians, has been identified by a team of researchers in the School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of California, ...
Biology /
Nov 07, 2008 |
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Robots show that brain activity is linked to time as well as space
Humanoid robots have been used to show that that functional hierarchy in the brain is linked to time as well as space. Researchers from RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Japan, have created a new type of neural network model ...
Biology /
Nov 07, 2008 |
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Bullies may enjoy seeing others in pain
Unusually aggressive youth may actually enjoy inflicting pain on others, research using brain scans at the University of Chicago shows.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 07, 2008 |
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Computerized carer lessens dementia load
An artificial intelligence coaching system has been developed that will help carers of older adults with moderate dementia. The COACH system (Cognitive Orthosis for Assisting aCtivities in the Home), described in the open ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Nov 07, 2008 |
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How evolution learns from past environments to adapt to new environments
The evolution of novel characteristics within organisms can be enhanced when environments change in a systematic manner, according to a new study by Weizmann Institute researchers. Merav Parter, Nadav Kashtan and Uri Alon ...
Biology /
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