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Better cardiorespiratory fitness related to lower risk of death, cardiovascular disease

Persons with higher levels of cardiorespiratory fitness have a lower risk of all-cause death and coronary heart disease and cardiovascular disease compared to persons with lower levels of cardiorespiratory fitness, according ...

Medicine & Health / Health

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Unwinding nature's clocks, with $14 million from DARPA

From the time we eat breakfast to when we leave work, mechanical clocks control a large part of our lives. But we, and other creatures, also have biological clocks that regulate just about every function in our bodies.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Mar 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New resource opens the door for enzyme research

The European Molecular Biology Laboratory's European Bioinformatics Institute has launched the Enzyme Portal, a freely available resource for people who are interested in the biology of enzymes and proteins ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Feb 27, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Tiny amounts of alcohol dramatically extend a worm's life, but why?

(PhysOrg.com) -- Minuscule amounts of ethanol, the type of alcohol found in alcoholic beverages, can more than double the life span of a tiny worm known as Caenorhabditis elegans, which is used frequently ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jan 20, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (18) | comments 13 | with audio podcast

Reduced bone density, stunted growth in turtles exposed to common chemical

Manufactured until 1977, and banned by the Environmental Protection Agency in 1979, pentachlorobiphenyls (PCBs) are chemicals still commonly found in the environment because they break down slowly. Now, a ...

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Fruit fly intestine may hold secret to the fountain of youth

One of the few reliable ways to extend an organism's lifespan, be it a fruit fly or a mouse, is to restrict calorie intake. Now, a new study in fruit flies is helping to explain why such minimal diets are ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Nov 02, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (17) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Cells derived from pluripotent stem cells are developmentally immature

Stem cell researchers at UCLA have discovered that three types of cells derived from human embryonic stem cells and induced pluripotent stem cells are similar to each other, but are much more developmentally immature than ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Aug 17, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Making blood-sucking deadly for mosquitoes

Inhibiting a molecular process cells use to direct proteins to their proper destinations causes more than 90 percent of affected mosquitoes to die within 48 hours of blood feeding, a UA team of biochemists ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jul 18, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Ready, go!

Just like orchestra musicians waiting for their cue, RNA polymerase II molecules are poised at the start site of many developmentally controlled genes, waiting for the "Go!"- signal to read their part of the ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jul 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Wind of change: Aussie 'farting camels' cull under attack

The world's association of camel scientists fought back angrily on Monday over Australian plans to kill wild dromedaries on the grounds that their flatulence adds to global warming.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jul 04, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 35

'Wrong'-time eating reduces fertility in fruit flies

Dieticians will tell you it isn't healthy to eat late at night: it's a recipe for weight gain. In fruit flies, at least, there's another consequence: reduced fertility.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jun 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1


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