Archive: 04/23/2007
Low vitamin D levels linked to poor physical performance in older adults
Older adults who don't get enough vitamin D – either from their diets or exposure to the sun – may be at increased risk for poor physical performance and disability, according to new research from Wake Forest University School ...
Apr 23, 2007 |
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Study links faulty DNA repair to Huntington's disease onset
Huntington’s disease, an inherited neurodegenerative disorder that affects roughly 30,000 Americans, is incurable and fatal. But a new discovery about how cells repair their DNA points to a possible way to ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Apr 23, 2007 |
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Earth's First Rainforest Unearthed
A spectacular fossilised forest has transformed our understanding of the ecology of the Earth’s first rainforests. It is 300 million years old.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Apr 23, 2007 |
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Lean for life
Infant formula and other baby foods that provide permanent protection from obesity and diabetes into adulthood could be on shop shelves soon, reports Lisa Melton in Chemistry & Industry.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Apr 23, 2007 |
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Similar brain chemicals influence aggression in fruit flies and humans
Serotonin is a major signaling chemical in the brain, and it has long been thought to be involved in aggressive behavior in a wide variety of animals as well as in humans. Another brain chemical signal, neuropeptide Y (known ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Apr 23, 2007 |
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Motile Cilia Go With the Flow
Cilia, tiny hair-like structures that propel mucus out of airways, have to agree on the direction of the fluid flow to get things moving. Researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies discovered ...
Biology /
Apr 23, 2007 |
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Seat belt intervention shows many lives can be saved on China's roads
China accounts for around 15% of the world’s total number of deaths from traffic accidents each year. Motor vehicle production has tripled since the 1990s and despite the availability of seat belts in almost all passenger ...
Apr 23, 2007 |
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Biodiesel won't drive down global warming
EU legislation to promote the uptake of biodiesel will not make any difference to global warming, and could potentially result in greater emissions of greenhouse gases than from conventional petroleum derived diesel. This ...
Apr 23, 2007 |
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Prehistoric mystery organism verified as giant fungus
Scientists at the University of Chicago and the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C., have produced new evidence to finally resolve the mysterious identity of what they regard as one of the ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Apr 23, 2007 |
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