Archive: 06/13/2007
New study shows exposure to smokers in movies increases likelihood of smoking in the future
A new study appearing in the July issue of Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, reports that watching an actor smoke on the big screen may make smokers more likely to continue smokin ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 13, 2007 |
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New findings challenge established views about human genome
A team of researchers led by University of Virginia Health System geneticists has uncovered a major secret in the mystery of how the DNA helix replicates itself time after time. It turns out that it is not just the sequence ...
Jun 13, 2007 |
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Could fungal collection hold the key to new life-saving drugs?
Scientists may be one step closer to finding new drugs to fight MRSA, cancers and other diseases, after CABI, a leading bioservices organisation announced that its fungal collection will be screened by the University of Strathclyde.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jun 13, 2007 |
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Can a Mediterranean diet help prevent colon cancer?
Are all healthy eating plans the same when it comes to cancer prevention?
Jun 13, 2007 |
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Genetic factors are linked to fever following smallpox vaccination
New evidence supports the link between genetic factors and certain adverse events related to smallpox vaccination. The study, published in the July 15th issue of The Journal of Infectious Diseases, now available online, may ha ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jun 13, 2007 |
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UIC investigates eye infections tied to contact lens use
The use of a particular contact lens solution has a strong association with Acanthamoeba keratitis, a rare severe eye infection, report researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago in a study published online this ...
Jun 13, 2007 |
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Highway system drives city population declines, says Brown economist
Construction of the American highway system in the late 20th century played a key role in causing population declines in central cities, according to new research by Brown University economist Nathaniel Baum-Snow published ...
Jun 13, 2007 |
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Physicists discover 'triple-scoop' baryon
Physicists of the DZero experiment at the Department of Energy's Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory have discovered a new heavy particle, the Ξb (pronounced "zigh sub b") baryon, with a mass of 5. ...
Jun 13, 2007 |
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The 5 dimensions of online gifts
Different social media, such as wikis, MySpace, Flickr and various forums have different ways for people to give and receive gifts, according to Swedish scientists. To fully understand online gifting and the successes and ...
Jun 13, 2007 |
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New Evidence Points to Oceans on Mars
Scientists have found new evidence to support the presence of large oceans on Mars in the past. Published in the June 14 issue of Nature, the research suggests that changes in Mars’ orientation with respec ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 13, 2007 |
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Daddies' girls choose men just like their fathers
Women who enjoy good childhood relationships with their fathers are more likely to select partners who resemble their dads research suggests. In contrast, the team of psychologists from Durham University and two Polish institutions ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 13, 2007 |
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Biologists unravel the genetic secrets of black widow spider silk
Biologists at the University of California, Riverside have identified the genes, and determined the DNA sequences, for two key proteins in the “dragline silk” of the black widow spider – an advance that may ...
Biology /
Jun 13, 2007 |
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A fly lamin gene is both like and unlike human genes
Mitch Dushay and colleagues at Uppsala University in Sweden announce the publication of their paper, "Characterization of lamin Mutation Phenotypes in Drosophila and Comparison to Human Laminopathies" in the June 13th issue ...
Biology /
Jun 13, 2007 |
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Scientists decode RNA mystery, will help aim drug therapies
A team of University of Maryland scientists have made a discovery that will help better direct drug therapies to their molecular targets.
Jun 13, 2007 |
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