The damaging effects of the mutated protein involved in Huntington’s disease take place earlier in cell life than previously believed, said researchers from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston in a report that appears ...
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Brain scans of hypnotized people that are taken as they forget and are triggered to remember have revealed neural circuitry that is key to the memory suppression and recall process. The researchers who conducted the study ...
Jan 09, 2008
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If the latest simulation of what happens when black holes merge is correct, there could be hundreds of rogue black holes, each weighing several thousand times the mass of the sun, roaming around the Milky ...
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Two former employees with the California biotech company Amgen Inc. allege the company persuaded sales people to access patient records to boost sales.
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Britain's health secretary announced a $5.2 million campaign against "superbugs" that asked doctors to lay off antibiotics for viral colds, coughs and flus.
Jan 09, 2008
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Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have found new clues to why some people overeat and gain weight while others don't. Examining how the human brain responds to "satiety" messages ...
Jan 09, 2008
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Astronomers studying a nearby galaxy have spied a rare type of star system -- one that contains a black hole that suddenly began glowing brightly with X-rays.
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You're walking down a busy street, with cars and buses driving past and bits of conversations reaching your ears, when you hear someone call your name. You turn about 60 degrees to your left and look up to ...
Jan 09, 2008
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A new pocked-sized device may soon help parents keep track of their young children, aging parents, or even pets - all through a PC or phone.
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With the aid of various alarm calls the Siberian jay bird species tells other members of its group what their main predators - hawks - are doing. The alarm calls are sufficient for Siberian jays to evince ...
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The typical distancing from parents by adolescents is exacerbated by divorce for fathers, but not for mothers, according to a recent study published in the Journal of Marriage and Family.
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Researchers from the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) have discovered that proteins that regulate the body's iron household play a vital role in making sure enough nutrients and water are absorbed in the intestine. ...
Jan 09, 2008
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Muscles usually contract when a neurotransmitter molecule is released from nerve cells onto muscle cells. But University of Utah scientists discovered that bare subatomic protons can act like larger, more ...
Jan 09, 2008
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Contrary to earlier predictions, Duke University engineers have found that a three-dimensional sound cloak is possible, at least in theory.
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Nanoscopic “lumps” of atoms, known as clusters, are the specialty of a research team headed by Dieter Fenske from the University of Karlsruhe and the Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe.
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