Archive: 07/22/2008
It takes nerves for flies to keep a level head
The nerve connections that keep a fly's gaze stable during complex aerial manoeuvres, enabling it to respond quickly to obstacles in its flight path, are revealed in new detail in research published today ...
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Jul 22, 2008 |
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New research links International Monetary Fund loans with higher death rates from tuberculosis
International Monetary Fund (IMF) loans were associated with a 16.6% rise in death rates from tuberculosis (TB) in the former Soviet Union and Central and Eastern European countries between 1992 and 2002, finds a study in ...
Jul 22, 2008 |
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Scientists identify cells for spinal-cord repair
A researcher at MIT's Picower Institute for Learning and Memory has pinpointed stem cells within the spinal cord that, if persuaded to differentiate into more healing cells and fewer scarring cells following ...
Biology /
Jul 22, 2008 |
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