University of California, Irvine researchers have identified the chemical switch that triggers the genetic mechanism regulating our internal body clock.

Medicine & Health - Genetics

Dec 12, 2007 4.6 / 5 (10) 2

An international team that includes University of Calgary scientists has shown how crude oil in oil deposits around the world – including in Alberta’s oil sands – are naturally broken down by microbes in the reservoir.

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Dec 12, 2007 4 / 5 (12) 2

World experts in iodine deficiency today urged renewed international commitment to help prevent loss of IQ due to fetal brain damage by facilitating access to iodized salt for the final 30 percent of world households that ...

Medicine & Health - Health

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Natural climate variations, which tend to involve localized changes in sea surface temperature, may have a larger effect on hurricane activity than the more uniform patterns of global warming, a report in ...

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Dec 12, 2007 4.2 / 5 (6) 0

When a pregnant woman leans back, and shifts her weight to stand more comfortably, she is performing a motion that for millions of years has helped to compensate for the strain and weight of childbearing on the body. According ...

Biology -

Dec 12, 2007 4.6 / 5 (9) 0

A before-and-after study led by Yale biologists, of the effects of 1997 El Niño on the genetic diversity of marine iguanas on the Galápagos Islands, emphasizes the importance of studying populations over ...

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Dec 12, 2007 4.5 / 5 (2) 0

Here’s one tip for how to eat at the holidays: Don’t take your cues from Santa. The sugary cookies and fat-laden fruitcakes the mythical North Pole resident eats are a no-no. But you don’t have to go no-carb to stay ...

Medicine & Health - Other

Dec 12, 2007 4.2 / 5 (6) 0

A new study from researchers at Harvard University shows that friends, siblings and spouses are more likely than strangers to agree on the attractiveness of faces. Recent research regarding facial attractiveness has emphasized ...

Medicine & Health - Psychology & Psychiatry

Dec 12, 2007 4 / 5 (3) 0

Pioneered by CSIRO researchers, in collaboration with the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) and Sydney University, the research illustrates the major genetic improvements possible without ...

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Dec 12, 2007 3 / 5 (2) 0

The transition from apes to humans may have been partially triggered by the need to stand on two legs, in order to safely carry heavier babies. This theory of species evolution presented by Lia Amaral from the University ...

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Dec 12, 2007 4.3 / 5 (6) 0

Investigators at the University of Rochester Medical Center have uncovered a promising drug therapy that offers a ray of hope for children with Batten disease – a rare neurodegenerative disease that strikes seemingly healthy ...

Medicine & Health - Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Dec 12, 2007 5 / 5 (1) 0

A new development in the fight against cancer: Recent research at the University of Haifa found that molecules found in common fungus Ganoderma lucidum aid in suppressing some of the mechanisms involved in the progression ...

Medicine & Health - Cancer

Dec 12, 2007 3 / 5 (4) 0

Researchers at the University of Southern California (USC) suggest epigenetics, or the way DNA is processed and expressed, may be the underlying cause for male infertility. The study will be published in the Dec. 12 issue ...

Medicine & Health - Genetics

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Telmisartan, a drug widely used to help control blood pressure, may have uniquely potent activity in preventing stroke, according to a new study conducted in an animal model.

Medicine & Health - Medications

Dec 12, 2007 5 / 5 (3) 0

A new sedative drug has been shown to improve the sleep quality and comfort levels of intensive care patients, compared to the most commonly-used medication, according to research published today in the journal JAMA.

Medicine & Health - Medications

Dec 12, 2007 5 / 5 (4) 0