Archive: 03/12/2008
Tiny Brain-Like Transistor Controls Nanobots
For years, researchers have been building tiny nanobots that could one day serve a variety of purposes. But, until now, nanobots couldn't work together.
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Weight loss more effective than intensive insulin therapy for type 2 diabetics
Weight-loss and major lifestyle changes may be more effective than intensive insulin therapy for overweight patients with poorly controlled, insulin-resistant type 2 diabetes, according to a diabetes researcher at UT Southwestern ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 12, 2008 |
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Bird brains suggest how vocal learning evolved
Though they perch far apart on the avian family tree, birds with the ability to learn songs use similar brain structures to sing their tunes. Neurobiologists at Duke University Medical Center now have an explanation for this ...
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Mar 12, 2008 |
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Model identifies targets for eradication of malaria
Scientists at the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (IGC), in Portugal, have shown that Malaria eradication in Africa is sustainable, and any re-emergence of malaria in industrialized nations is highly unlikely. Working with ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 12, 2008 |
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A new mouse model of mania
Bipolar Disorder (BPD or manic-depressive illness) is one of the most serious of all mental disorders, affecting millions of individuals worldwide. Affected individuals alternate between states of deep depression and mania.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
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