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Long-sought fossil mammal with transitional middle ear found

Paleontologists from the American Museum of Natural History and the Chinese Academy of Sciences announce the discovery of Liaoconodon hui, a complete fossil mammal from the Mesozoic found in China that includ ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Apr 13, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (9) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Paleontologists discover a new Mesozoic mammal

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA…An international team of paleontologists has discovered a new species of mammal that lived 123 million years ago in what is now the Liaoning Province in northeastern China. The ...

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created Oct 08, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (10) | comments 0




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Were our tetrapod ancestors deaf?

A research group led by Jakob Christensen-Dalsgaard, University of Southern Denmark, have shown that the closest living relatives of the tetrapods, the lungfish, are insensitive to sound pressure, but sensitive ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 08, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Bone-anchored implant offers solution for some with hearing loss

(PhysOrg.com) -- Physicians at the University of Rochester Medical Center are using a device that conducts sound through bone to give new hope to the hearing impaired who are not helped by traditional hearing aids.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Nov 02, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Major component in turmeric enhance effect of chemotherapy drug in head and neck cancer

Curcumin, the major component in the spice turmeric, when combined with the drug Cisplatin enhances the chemotherapy's suppression of head and neck cancer cell growth, researchers with UCLA's Jonsson Cancer Center have found.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 19, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 3

Doctors perform brain surgery via eyelid

When Liane Lefever complained to her doctor about a persistent ear ache, an examination found a much more serious problem: a brain tumor.

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jul 05, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (11) | comments 3

Overtreated: More medical care isn't always better

(AP) -- More medical care won't necessarily make you healthier - it may make you sicker. It's an idea that technology-loving Americans find hard to believe.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 07, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

UC center chosen to study auditory brain stem implants

If a siren sounded but you were deaf, might you still be able to hear the sound?

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Mar 22, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New fossil amphibian provides earliest widespread evidence of terrestrial invertebrates

A team of researchers from Carnegie Museum of Natural History has described a new genus and species of carnivorous amphibian from western Pennsylvania. The fossil skull, found in 2004 near Pittsburgh International ...

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created Mar 15, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Anthropologists say fossil was not 'missing link'

(PhysOrg.com) -- A fossil that was celebrated last year as a possible "missing link" between humans and early primates is actually a forebearer of modern-day lemurs and lorises, according to two papers by scientists at The ...

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created Mar 02, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Extinct New Zealand eagle may have eaten humans

(AP) -- Sophisticated computer scans of fossils have helped solve a mystery over the nature of a giant, ancient raptor known as the Haast's eagle which became extinct about 500 years ago, researchers said Friday.

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created Sep 11, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (15) | comments 3

Scientists identify genetic cause for type of deafness

A team led by scientists from The Scripps Research Institute has discovered a genetic cause of progressive hearing loss. The findings will help scientists better understand the nature of age-related decline in hearing and ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Sep 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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