New research shows that the Wnt receptor Frizzled-9 (Fzd9) promotes bone formation, providing a potential new target for the treatment of osteoporosis. The study appears online on March 14 in The Journal of Cell Biology .
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 14, 2011
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At five years old, Twitter is just starting to change the world.
Internet
Mar 14, 2011
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A new explosion at a stricken nuclear power plant hit Japan Monday as it raced to avert a reactor meltdown after a quake-tsunami disaster that is feared to have killed more than 10,000 people.
Energy & Green Tech
Mar 14, 2011
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Did you know that heart attacks can give you mathematics? That statement appears on the web site of James Keener, who works in the mathematics of cardiology. This area has many problems that are ripe for unified attack by ...
Mathematics
Mar 14, 2011
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Researchers have constructed a 226-year history of fire in southern Illinois by looking at fire scars in tree stumps. Their study, the most in-depth fire history reported for the upper Midwest, reveals that changes in the ...
Environment
Mar 14, 2011
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A revolutionary type of personal power pack now in development could help our troops when they are engaged on the battlefield.
Energy & Green Tech
Mar 14, 2011
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(AP) -- A space shuttle worker fell to his death Monday at the launch pad, the first fatality there in decades, NASA officials said.
Space Exploration
Mar 14, 2011
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A new study by researchers at the University of Georgia and Florida International University has found that the elimination of large marine predators through overfishing and habitat alteration removes a vital source of nutrients ...
Ecology
Mar 14, 2011
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We're getting a lot of visitors to our site today, many searching for information about earthquakes, tsunamis, and the ‘SuperMoon’ phenomenon. Just to be clear, the Moon did not cause the earthquake in Japan. Several ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 14, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- It's like Confucius says: Have no friends not equal to yourself.
Social Sciences
Mar 14, 2011
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