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Psychoactive compound activates mysterious receptor

(PhysOrg.com) -- A hallucinogenic compound found in a plant indigenous to South America and used in shamanic rituals regulates a mysterious protein that is abundant throughout the body, University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers ...

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created Feb 12, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (14) | comments 15




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Tevatron experiments report latest results in search for Higgs boson

(PhysOrg.com) -- New measurements announced today by scientists from the CDF and DZero collaborations at the Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory indicate that the elusive Higgs ...

Physics / General Physics

created Mar 07, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (15) | comments 17 | with audio podcast

Fermilab results add to confidence in explaining less antimatter amounts

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Standard Model of Physics suggests that shortly after the Big Bang there should have been the same amount of antimatter in existence as there was matter. As time passed, both should have ...

Physics / General Physics

created Mar 01, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 18 | with audio podcast report

Explained: Sigma

It's a question that arises with virtually every major new finding in science or medicine: What makes a result reliable enough to be taken seriously? The answer has to do with statistical significance -- but ...

Physics / General Physics

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (22) | comments 93

Patent application for innovative film - possible Indium Tin Oxide replacement

Jude Iroh, professor of materials science and engineering at the University of Cincinnati holds several patents dating to his days as a graduate student. Another may soon be on the way.

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Nov 10, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (9) | comments 14 | with audio podcast

Getting to xenon: Scientists examine alternatives for pulling this rare, expensive element out of air samples

Whether capturing xenon for security or industrial uses, a new material could be a valuable ally, according to scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Classified as a metal-organic framework or ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Nov 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Neutrinos: Ghostly particles with unstable egos

So far it is unknown which rules neutrinos follow when they alter their identity. A study in which scientists of the Excellence Cluster Universe at the Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Germany, participated has now revealed ...

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created Sep 06, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 9 | with audio podcast

Fermilab experiment fails to confirm new particle claim

(PhysOrg.com) -- In April, scientists at one of Fermilab’s two particle detectors, CDF, observed what they thought might be a new particle not predicted by the Standard Model. But now, scientists at the ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jun 13, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (11) | comments 16 | with audio podcast report

Technology to identify genes

(Medical Xpress) -- King’s researchers in the Division of Cancer Studies have developed new technology for the identification and validation of microRNA (miRNA) targets in research and clinical diagnostics, ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

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Swedish discovery could lead to new stroke therapy

The only acute treatment for a stroke currently available is thrombolysis. This uses drugs that dissolve the blood clot responsible for the stroke, but it only reaches around 10 per cent of stroke patients in time to prevent ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

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

Potential drug therapy for diabetic retinopathy under study

One drug's startling ability to restore retinal health in the eyes of diabetic mice has researchers wanting to learn more about how it works and whether it might do the same for people.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

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