Archive: 05/21/2007
Researchers Growing Bone in a Lab
As the nation ages, an estimated 44 million Americans, including at least half of those ages 50 and older, are at risk for osteoporosis, making their bones fragile and vulnerable to serious fractures.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
May 21, 2007 |
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Some vitamin supplements don't protect against lung cancer
A study of more than 75,000 adults found that taking supplemental multivitamins, vitamin C and E and folate do not decrease the risk of lung cancer. The findings are being reported at the American Thoracic Society 2007 International ...
May 21, 2007 |
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Inverse Woodpile Structure Has Extremely Large Photonic Band Gap
As many homeowners know, when stacking firewood, pieces should be placed close enough to permit passage of a mouse, but not of a cat chasing the mouse.
May 21, 2007 |
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Persistent smokers may have higher risk to become depressed than never smokers
Based on a Finnish study, persistent smokers may have higher risk to become depressed in comparison to never smokers. Also those smokers who quit have an elevated risk of depressive symptoms in short run. However, in long ...
May 21, 2007 |
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Parkinson's protein protects neurons from stress induced cell death
The scientists could show that Parkin prevents the induction of neuronal cell death. As reported in the Journal of Neuroscience, the protein activates a survival mechanism which had been known for its prominent role in imm ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
May 21, 2007 |
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Breathtaking views of Deuteronilus Mensae on Mars
The High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on board ESA’s Mars Express has captured breathtaking images of the Deuteronilus Mensae region on Mars.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 21, 2007 |
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Hotter is better for removing allergens in laundry
A new study finds that the heat setting you choose when doing laundry makes all the difference when it comes to killing dust mites.
May 21, 2007 |
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Bigelow laboratory scientists doach to study marine microbes
In a paper published this month in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Dr. Ramunas Stepanauskas and Dr. Michael Sieracki have proven a new method of identifying genetic codes of ocean microbes from a sing ...
Biology /
May 21, 2007 |
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To get blood pressure under control, combination of medicines may be best
Millions of Americans take medications for hypertension but do not achieve control of their blood pressure. Single-tablet combinations of drugs may be what it takes to get blood pressure under control, even in people with ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 21, 2007 |
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Repair of DNA by Brca2 gene prevents medulloblastoma
Investigators at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have gained some of the first major insights into how certain genes known to prevent cancer also guide the normal development of the nervous system before birth and during ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
May 21, 2007 |
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Geographer designs computer model to predict crowd behavior
Patterns of human behavior and movement in crowded cities – the tipping point at which agitated crowds become anti-social mobs, the configuration of civic areas as defensible spaces that also promote free speech, the design ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
May 21, 2007 |
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A mighty number falls
Mathematicians and number buffs have their records. And today, an international team has broken a long-standing one in an impressive feat of calculation.
May 21, 2007 |
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IBM Unleashes World's Fastest Chip in Powerful New Computer
IBM today simultaneously launched the fastest microprocessor ever built and an ultra-powerful new computer server that leverages the chip’s many breakthroughs in energy conservation and virtualization technology. The new ...
May 21, 2007 |
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Archeologists find late 1500s shipwreck
Archeologists in Britain have revealed the findings from a shipwrecked Tudor warship believed to have sunk around the year 1592.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
May 21, 2007 |
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Nanomedicine opens the way for nerve cell regeneration
The ability to regenerate nerve cells in the body could reduce the effects of trauma and disease in a dramatic way. In two presentations at the NSTI Nanotech 2007 Conference, researchers describe the use of nanotechnology ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
May 21, 2007 |
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