Archive: 12/27/2007
Clean coal plants mired by cost and delays
Clean coal-fired plants offer a cleaner fuel source but construction costs and increased greenhouse gas standards in the United States hamper their production.
Dec 27, 2007 |
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Overeating and obesity triggered by lack of BDNF
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, close to one-third of the population in the United States is obese and another third is overweight. Excessive weight gain is elicited by alterations in energy balance, ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Dec 27, 2007 |
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Lab identifies elusive telomere RNA subunit in single cell model
The Stowers Institute’s Baumann Lab has identified the long-sought telomerase RNA gene in a single-cell research model. Their findings have been posted to the Web site of the journal Nature Structural & Molecular Biology and wi ...
Biology /
Dec 27, 2007 |
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Subliminal messages can influence us in surprising ways
Flag waving is a metaphor for stirring up the public towards adopting a more nationalistic, generally hard-line stance. Indeed, “rally ‘round the flag” is a venerable expression of this phenomenon.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 27, 2007 |
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High triglycerides, other cholesterol raise risk of stroke
People with high triglycerides and another type of cholesterol tested but not usually evaluated as part of a person’s risk assessment have an increased risk of a certain type of stroke, according to research published in ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Dec 27, 2007 |
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Researchers discover fast-acting cyanide antidote
University of Minnesota Center for Drug Design and Minneapolis VA Medical Center researchers have discovered a new fast-acting antidote to cyanide poisoning. The antidote has potential to save lives of those who are exposed ...
Dec 27, 2007 |
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Researchers show that fibrosis can be stopped, cured and reversed
University of California, San Diego researchers have proven in animal studies that fibrosis in the liver can be not only stopped, but reversed. Their discovery, to be published in PLoS Online on December 26, opens the do ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Dec 27, 2007 |
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Fight against hay fever and other allergies helped by new immune system discovery
A mechanism which can lead to hay fever and other allergic reactions, by preventing the immune system from regulating itself properly, has been discovered by scientists. Researchers hope their finding, published today in ...
Biology /
Dec 27, 2007 |
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How do you know whether you are male or female?
New research published online this week in the open-access journal PLoS Biology investigates this basic and much-studied question in the fruit fly, and comes to a surprising new conclusion.
Biology /
Dec 27, 2007 |
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New clinical trial results show how personalized medicine will alter treatment of genetic disorders
One of the nation’s pre-eminent genetic researchers, Eric Hoffman, PhD, of Children’s Research Institute at Children’s National Medical Center, predicts that in relatively short order, medicine’s next innovation--individualized ...
Dec 27, 2007 |
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New book sheds light on conflicts of politics and science
From stem cell research to needle exchanges to medical marijuana and HIV/AIDS prevention, politics is getting in the way of science, according to a new book by a leading authority on health-care policy and women's health ...
Dec 27, 2007 |
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