Archive: 10/30/2006
Researchers Discover Evolutionary Oddity in Flamingos
With their spindly legs, long necks and bright plumage, flamingos are a curiosity of nature. Now a new discovery by a team of Ohio University researchers reveals an anatomical oddity that helps flamingos eat: ...
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Its unusual sugars are one of the keys to DNA's double-helix structure
DNA's simple and elegant structure — the "twisted ladder," with sugar-phosphate chains making up the "rails" and oxygen- and nitrogen-containing chemical "rungs" tenuously uniting the two halves — seems to be the work of ...
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New evidence on why alcohol consumption is a risk factor for cancer
Why is alcohol consumption a risk factor for cancers of the oral cavity, pharynx, larynx, and esophagus? Scientists long have suspected that the culprit is acetaldehyde, a compound produced as the body breaks down the alcohol ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Oct 30, 2006 |
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Turmeric prevents experimental rheumatoid arthritis, bone loss
An ancient spice, long used in traditional Asian medicine, may hold promise for the prevention of both rheumatoid arthritis and osteoporosis, according to a recently completed study at The University of Arizona College of ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Oct 30, 2006 |
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Key Signaling Switch Identified in Allergic Disease
A research team has identified a key enzyme responsible for triggering a chain of events that results in allergic reaction, according to new study findings published online this week in Nature Immunology.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
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Researchers improving plastics made from corn and soy proteins
David Grewell picked up the little plastic model of a molecule he keeps in his office. He scrunched the model's folding pieces into a ball. That's about the shape of a soy or corn protein, said Grewell, an ...
Oct 30, 2006 |
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Test reveals effectiveness of potential Huntington's disease drugs
A test using cultured cells provides an effective way to screen drugs against Huntington's disease and shows that two compounds – memantine and riluzole – are most effective at keeping cells alive under conditions ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Oct 30, 2006 |
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Inventor helps grasslands go native
Montana rancher and inventor Lee Arbuckle may soon change the nation's market for native grass seed, a tricky-to-harvest crop worth hundreds of millions and vital to restoring wildlands.
Biology /
Oct 30, 2006 |
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Desert dust feeds tropical rainforest
The Amazon rainforest in South America relies on dust transported by winds from the Sahara desert in North Africa to replenish the nutrients and minerals in its soils. For the first time, scientists have proved ...
Oct 30, 2006 |
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Football referees do favour home teams, study shows
Academics have proved what Premiership football managers have been complaining about for years – that referees are inconsistent and favour home teams. Analysing over 2,500 English Premiership matches, researchers discovered ...
Oct 30, 2006 |
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Sci-fi Life Support
In Frank Herbert's epic ecological novel Dune (1965), set on the fictitious desert planet Arrakis in another star system, water is so precious that even perspiration and breath moisture are captured and pu ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 30, 2006 |
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Ancient Hair-Dyeing – A Nanoscience?
Scientists have discovered that an ancient method used to darken hair, dating back more than 4,000 years, is based on a chemical process that takes place at the nanoscale. This may be one of the earliest examples ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Oct 30, 2006 |
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Bats More than Just Another Pretty Face
Most people view bats as disagreeable things that go bump in the night, but there is much more to these small, winged mammals. Earthwatch volunteers from around the world are traveling to Malaysia to explore ...
Biology /
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