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New therapy protects lungs from runaway inflammation

A novel anti-inflammatory therapy designed by Vanderbilt University Medical Center investigators prevents acute lung injury in mice exposed to an inflammation-causing toxin, the researchers report in the journal Molecular Th ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

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Pivotal role for proteins -- from helping turn carbs into energy to causing devastating disease

Research into how carbohydrates are converted into energy has led to a surprising discovery with implications for the treatment of a perplexing and potentially fatal neuromuscular disorder and possibly even cancer and heart ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created May 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Research suggests more silicon in Earth's lower mantle than thought

For many years geophysicists have argued over the perplexing mystery regarding the amount of silicon in the Earth's mantle that is thought to have arrived there via impacts with asteroids.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 04, 2012 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (8) | comments 5 | with audio podcast report

A quantum leap in computing

When American physicist Richard Feynman in 1982 proposed creating a quantum computer that could solve complex problems, the idea was merely a theory scientists believed was far off in the future.

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Jan 04, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (11) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Jurors deadlock in $1B lawsuit against Microsoft

(AP) -- A federal jury on Friday failed to reach a verdict in a Utah company's $1 billion antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft Corp. in a case so important to the computer giant that it put Bill Gates on the ...

Technology / Business

created Dec 17, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study shows elephants capable of insight

(PhysOrg.com) -- Kandula, a seven year old Asian elephant living in Washington D.C.’s National Zoo, has proven that elephants are as smart as those that spend a lot of time around them have believed. ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Aug 24, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (13) | comments 8 | with audio podcast report

Looking to quell critics, Twitter ramps up business model

It's among the most recognized brands on the Internet and a bona fide cultural phenomenon, with as many as 400 million monthly users and a brand-new $800 million funding deal - one of the largest ever.

Technology / Internet

created Aug 10, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New DNA nanoforms take shape

some no larger than viruses—have been constructed through a revolutionary technique known as DNA origami. Now, Hao Yan, Yan Liu and their colleagues at Arizona State University's Biodesign Institute have ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Apr 14, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Giffords makes 'leaps and bounds' in recovery

(AP) -- She can talk, even saying short sentences. With some help, she can walk. She also knows that she was shot.

Medicine & Health / Other

created Mar 12, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Training the brain to think ahead in addiction

The growing numbers of new cases of substance abuse disorders are perplexing. After all, the course of drug addiction so often ends badly. The negative consequences of drug abuse appear regularly on TV, from stories of celebrities ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jan 27, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New research stems from the sun

Sometimes, you have to go back to go forward. Sounds strange, but it's what one National High Magnetic Field Laboratory physicist did when he harnessed the primal power of the sun to solve a perplexing, high-tech problem. ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jan 27, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 1


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