Archive: 09/17/2007
Cyprian honeybees kill their enemy by smothering them
For the first time, researchers have discovered that when Cyprian honeybees mob and kill their arch enemy, the Oriental hornet, the cause of death is asphyxiation. They reported their findings in the September 18, 2007, issue ...
Biology /
Sep 17, 2007 |
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New way to diagnose Alzheimer's disease promises earlier treatment
Physicians may be able to detect and treat Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) in its earliest stages, when patients are experiencing only mild degrees of cognitive impairment, thanks to new diagnostic criteria proposed by an international ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Sep 17, 2007 |
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Scientists reveal DNA-enzyme interaction with first ever real time footage
For the first time scientists have been able to film, in real time, the nanoscale interaction of an enzyme and a DNA strand from an attacking virus. Researchers from the University of Cambridge have used a revolutionary Scanning ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Sep 17, 2007 |
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Women more depressed and men more impulsive with reduced serotonin functioning
Women and men appear to respond differently to the same biochemical manipulation. Major depressive disorder (MDD) is one of the most common mental disorders, and it is also one of the most studied. It is already known that ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 17, 2007 |
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Shaking may cause brain damage and serious long-term effects to infants
Crying is the only way a baby can express its feelings and needs. If the parents or caregivers cannot find the cause of the inconsolable crying of the infant, they might react sharply and shake the baby. The violent shake ...
Sep 17, 2007 |
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Can't Take My Eyes Off You: New Study Shows The Power Of Attraction
Whether we are seeking a mate or sizing up a potential rival, good-looking people capture our attention nearly instantaneously and render us temporarily helpless to turn our eyes away from them, according to a new Florida ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 17, 2007 |
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New nanoparticle vaccine is more effective but less expensive
Good news for public health: Bioengineering researchers from the EPFL in Lausanne, Switzerland, have developed and patented a nanoparticle that can deliver vaccines more effectively, with fewer side effects, and at a fraction ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Sep 17, 2007 |
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Mechanism for the in-vivo transport of siRNA
It all started with flowers: in the nineties of the last century Norwegian researchers discovered that additional copies of a particular gene in petunias inhibited its activity instead of reinforcing it as had been assumed. ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Sep 17, 2007 |
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Life on Mars 'pregnancy test' successfully launched
Key components of a new approach to discover life on Mars were successfully launched into space Friday as part of a twelve-day, low-Earth orbit experiment to assess their survivability in the space radiation environment -- ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 17, 2007 |
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If you think cancer genes are simple, you don't know JAK
Cancer-causing genes can work in more powerful and sneaky ways than have been realized. Scientists have shown that a gene named JAK that is closely related to a common cancer-causing gene in people tips the scales toward ...
Sep 17, 2007 |
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