Archive: 11/13/2008
Acrylic glass made of sugar
In future, polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) - better known as acrylic glass - could be made from natural raw materials such as sugars, alcohols or fatty acids. PMMA is manufactured by polymerising methyl methacrylate ...
Nov 13, 2008 |
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Complex systems and Mars missions help understand how life began
(PhysOrg.com) -- Understanding how life started remains a major challenge for science. At a European Science Foundation (ESF) and COST ‘Frontiers of Science’ conference in Sicily in October, scientists discussed two new approaches ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 13, 2008 |
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Measuring water from space
(PhysOrg.com) -- Observations from satellites now allow scientists to monitor changes to water levels in the sea, in rivers and lakes, in ice sheets and even under the ground. As the climate changes, this information will ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 13, 2008 |
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Nanoparticles trigger cell death?
Nanoparticles that are one milliard of a metre in size are widely used, for example, in cosmetics and food packaging materials. There are also significant amounts of nanoparticles in exhaust emissions. However, very little ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Nov 13, 2008 |
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Vitamin C lowers levels of inflammation biomarker considered predictor of heart disease
A new study led by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, adds to the evidence that vitamin C supplements can lower concentrations of C-reactive protein (CRP), a central biomarker of inflammation that has ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Nov 13, 2008 |
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Safety in numbers for community hospitals performing emergency angioplasty
Heart experts at Johns Hopkins have evidence that life-saving coronary angioplasty at community hospitals is safer when physicians and hospital staff have more experience with the procedure.
Nov 13, 2008 |
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Results of landmark study of HIV vaccine published in the Lancet
Results from the Step study, a test-of-concept efficacy study of a Merck & Co., Inc. HIV vaccine candidate, were published online today in two papers in The Lancet. These analyses of the Step study are being conducted, presen ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Nov 13, 2008 |
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First live rhinoceros birth from frozen-thawed semen
There may be less than 20,000 rhinoceros in the world, with one species perhaps already extinct and another with possibly only four animals remaining in the wild. As the populations of these animals age and become infirm, ...
Biology /
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Plastic surgeons warn of malnutrition in body contouring patients
Identifying malnutrition before surgery in massive weight loss patients seeking body contouring will significantly decrease surgical complications, accelerate wound healing, improve scar quality and boost patient energy levels, ...
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New survey: More than half of US chronically ill adults skip needed care due to costs
Compared to patients in seven other countries, chronically ill adults in the United States are far more likely to forgo care because of costs; they also experience the highest rates of medical errors, coordination problems, ...
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