Archive: 04/10/2007
Want a Better Commute? Join the Dash Beta Test
GPS startup Dash Navigation is offering consumers to test out its traffic-beating network of connected GPS devices.
Apr 10, 2007 |
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Number of severely obese people increasing
The number of Americans 100 pounds or more overweight increased 50 percent from 2000 to 2005, twice as fast as moderately obese people.
Apr 10, 2007 |
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Study finds dietary fat interacts with genes
Research published in the Journal of Molecular Medicine examines how calories from fat, carbohydrate, and protein might interact with genes to affect body mass index (BMI), or body weight-for-height, and risk of obesity among ...
Apr 10, 2007 |
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Guns in homes strongly associated with higher rates of suicide
In the first nationally representative study to examine the relationship between survey measures of household firearm ownership and state level rates of suicide in the U.S., researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health ...
Apr 10, 2007 |
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Evolution of symbiosis
The aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum depends on a bacterial symbiont, Buchnera aphidicola, for amino acids it can't get from plants. The aphid, in turn, provides the bacterium with energy and carbon as well as shelter ...
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Apr 10, 2007 |
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Physicists Find Light-sensitive Molecule Can Heal Itself in the Dark
Sometimes all an overworked molecule needs is a good night’s rest. According to a study by physicist Mark Kuzyk and colleagues at Washington State University, a molecule that loses its ability to fluoresce when struck by ...
Apr 10, 2007 |
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