News tagged with metabolic energy
'Starving yogi' astounds Indian scientists
An 83-year-old Indian holy man who says he has spent seven decades without food or water has astounded a team of military doctors who studied him during a two-week observation period.
May 10, 2010 |
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Out on a limb: Arm-swinging riddle is answered
Biomedical researchers on Wednesday said they could explain why we swing our arms when we walk, a practice that has long piqued scientific curiosity.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jul 28, 2009 |
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Spherical cows help to dump metabolism law: 3/4-power law is actually 2/3
(PhysOrg.com) -- Apparently, the mysterious "3/4 law of metabolism" -- proposed by Max Kleiber in 1932, printed in biology textbooks for decades, explained theoretically in Science in 1997 and described in a 2000 essay in Nat ...
Feb 03, 2010 |
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Nearly a century later, new findings support Warburg theory of cancer
German scientist Otto H. Warburg's theory on the origin of cancer earned him the Nobel Prize in 1931, but the biochemical basis for his theory remained elusive.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 12, 2009 |
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Exercise levels and personality could be linked
There may be a fundamental link between aspects of an individual's personality and their capacity to exercise or generate energy, recent research suggests.
Oct 11, 2010 |
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Huntington's disease breakthrough equals hope for patients
A huge leap forward in understanding Huntington's disease may give patients hope for a cure.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Feb 22, 2011 |
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Want to slow aging? New research suggests it takes more than antioxidants
Don't put down the red wine and vitamins just yet, but if you're taking antioxidants because you hope to live longer, consider this: a new study published in the June 2010 issue of the journal Genetics casts doubt on the ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jul 06, 2010 |
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Warm-blooded dinosaurs worked up a sweat
(PhysOrg.com) -- Were dinosaurs endothermic (warm-blooded) like present-day mammals and birds or ectothermic (cold-blooded) like present-day lizards? The implications of this simple-sounding question go beyond ...
Nov 11, 2009 |
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Nanoparticles Provide a Targeted Version of Photothermal Therapy for Cancer
(PhysOrg.com) -- Using easily prepared gold nanocages that are able to escape from the blood stream and accumulate in tumors, a team of investigators from the Washington University in St. Louis has shown that they can use ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Apr 23, 2010 |
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Inhibiting fatty acids in immune cells decreases atherosclerosis risk
Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found a way to significantly reduce atherosclerosis in mice that does not involve lowering cholesterol levels or eliminating other obesity-related ...
Jul 23, 2010 |
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Why being big like an elephant puts a spring in your step
(PhysOrg.com) -- Large, lumbering animals such as elephants move much more efficiently than small, agile ones such as mice, University of Manchester scientists have shown.
Sep 07, 2009 |
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Energy requirements make Antarctic fur seal pups vulnerable to climate change
A new study suggests that climate change could pose a risk for Antarctic fur seals in their first few months of life.
Mar 21, 2012 |
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Evolutionary link to modern-day obesity, other problems
(PhysOrg.com) -- That irresistible craving for a cheeseburger has its roots in the dramatic growth of the human brain and body that resulted from environmental changes some 2 million years ago.
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Feb 12, 2009 |
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Artificial foot recycles energy for easier walking (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- An artificial foot that recycles energy otherwise wasted in between steps could make it easier for amputees to walk, its developers say.
Feb 17, 2010 |
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When food intake stops, enzyme turns off production of fats, cholesterol
Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators have found that an enzyme with several important roles in energy metabolism also helps to turn off the body's generation of fats and cholesterol under conditions of fasting. ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jun 30, 2010 |
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