Archive: 05/26/2009
One size does not fit all: A new look at therapies
Statins, a commonly prescribed class of drugs used by millions worldwide to effectively lower blood cholesterol levels, may actually have a negative impact in Multiple Sclerosis (MS) patients treated with high daily dosages.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
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Europe's fastest supercomputer unveiled in Germany
A new supercomputer with the power of 50,000 home PCs -- the fastest in Europe and the third worldwide -- was unveiled on Tuesday in Germany.
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Global CEOs back greenhouse gas cuts, carbon caps
(AP) -- A global summit of business leaders urged governments to order steep and mandatory cuts in greenhouse gases Tuesday, favoring a cap-and-trade system instead of a tax to set a market price for carbon ...
May 26, 2009 |
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Apple iPhone to Receive Some Upgrades
(PhysOrg.com) -- The Apple iPhone is one of the most versatile smart phones around today and it's about to get better. The news of what the next generation iPhone will be like is traveling fast.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
May 26, 2009 |
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What is the function of lymph nodes?
If we imagine our immune system to be a police force for our bodies, then previous work has suggested that the Lymph nodes would be the best candidate structures within the body to act as police stations - the regions in ...
May 26, 2009 |
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Pediatrician creates easier way to identify kids' high BP
Pediatricians now have a new and simple way to diagnose a serious problem facing our nation's children - thanks to David Kaelber, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H., MetroHealth System pediatrician, internist, and chief medical informatics ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 26, 2009 |
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Zebrafish provide a model for cancerous melanoma in humans
In a new study published in Disease Models & Mechanisms, scientists use the zebrafish to gain insight into the influence of known cancer genes on the development and progression of melanoma, an aggressive form of human skin c ...
May 26, 2009 |
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Scientists Develop New Method to Find Alien Oceans, Earth-like Planets (w/Videos)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Since the early 1990s astronomers have discovered more than 300 planets orbiting stars other than our sun, nearly all of them gas giants like Jupiter. Powerful space telescopes, such as the ...
May 26, 2009 |
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Poor attention in kindergarten predicts lower high school test scores
As thousands of students nationwide prepare to leave high school, a UC Davis study appearing online today in the June issue of the medical journal Pediatrics shows a clear link between attention problems early in school — as ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 26, 2009 |
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Astronauts to blast off to expanded space station
A Belgian, a Canadian and a Russian blast off for the International Space Station on Wednesday as Russia steps up its rocket launches to support a doubling of the station's crew.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 26, 2009 |
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China to build world's largest quake simulator
A Chinese university said Tuesday it had started to build the world's largest quake simulator, a week after the first anniversary of the deadly earthquake in southwest China.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 26, 2009 |
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Japan mouse study finds hair-loss gene: researcher
Experiments on mice have revealed a gene that is linked to early hair loss, a Japanese researcher said, sparking hopes for a treatment to prevent thinning and baldness in humans.
May 26, 2009 |
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Mexico, US, Canada announce swine flu deaths
(AP) -- Authorities in Mexico announced three more swine flu deaths and the United States and Canada one more death each as the world's largest vaccine maker signed a deal with the United States to produce ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
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