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Potential Treatment for Huntington's Disease

noreply@blogger.com (cute) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:28:00 +0000

Investigators at Burnham Institute for Medical Research (Burnham), the University of British Columbia's Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics and the University of California, San Diego have...

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Gene Therapy Can Improve Muscle Mass And Strength In Monkeys, Research Suggests

noreply@blogger.com (cute) — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 19:21:00 +0000

A study appearing in Science Translational Medicine puts scientists one step closer to clinical trials to test a gene delivery strategy to improve muscle mass and function in patients with certain...

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LCROSS Impact Analysis Indicates Water On Moon

noreply@blogger.com (cute) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:00:00 +0000

The argument that the moon is a dry, desolate place no longer holds water. The visible camera image showing the ejecta plume at about 20 seconds after impact. (Credit: Image courtesy of...

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Two Earth-sized Bodies With Oxygen Rich Atmospheres Found, But They're Stars Not Planets

noreply@blogger.com (cute) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:35:00 +0000

Astrophysicists at the University of Warwick and Kiel University have discovered two earth sized bodies with oxygen rich atmospheres -- however there is a bit of a disappointing snag for anyone...

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Large People Prone To Enlarged Hearts: Obesity Leading Risk Factor Of Left Atrial Enlargement During Aging

noreply@blogger.com (cute) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 04:22:00 +0000

Image via Wikipedia Aside from aging itself, obesity appears to be the most powerful predictor of left atrial enlargement (LAE), upping one's risk of atrial fibrillation (the most common type of...

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Controversial New Climate Change Data: Is Earth's Capacity To Absorb CO2 Much Greater Than Expected?

noreply@blogger.com (cute) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:57:00 +0000

New data show that the balance between the airborne and the absorbed fraction of carbon dioxide has stayed approximately constant since 1850, despite emissions of carbon dioxide having risen from...

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Computational Method Points To New Uses, Unexpected Side Effects Of Already Existing Drugs

noreply@blogger.com (cute) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:29:00 +0000

Scientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine and the University of California, San Francisco have developed and experimentally tested a technique to predict new...

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Spinal Cord Regeneration Enabled By Stabilizing, Improving Delivery Of Scar-degrading Enzyme

noreply@blogger.com (cute) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:48:00 +0000

Researchers have developed an improved version of an enzyme that degrades the dense scar tissue that forms when the central nervous system is damaged. By digesting the tissue that blocks re-growth of...

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Inefficient Selection: New Evolutionary Mechanism Accounts For Some Of Human Biological Complexity

noreply@blogger.com (cute) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:59:00 +0000

A painstaking analysis of thousands of genes and the proteins they encode shows that human beings are biologically complex, at least in part, because of the way humans evolved to cope with...

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Chronic Spinal Cord Injury

noreply@blogger.com (cute) — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 06:15:00 +0000

Scientists at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine report that regeneration of central nervous system axons can be achieved in rats even when treatment delayed is more than a...

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Gamma-ray Photon Race Ends In Dead Heat; Einstein Wins This Round

noreply@blogger.com (cute) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:25:00 +0000

Racing across the universe for the last 7.3-billion-years, two gamma-ray photons arrived at NASA's orbiting Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope within nine-tenths of a second of one another. The...

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Alzheimer's Researchers Find High Protein Diet Shrinks Brain

noreply@blogger.com (cute) — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:46:00 +0000

One of the many reasons to pick a low-calorie, low-fat diet rich in vegetables, fruits, and fish is that a host of epidemiological studies have suggested that such a diet may delay the onset or slow...

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How The Moon Produces Its Own Water

noreply@blogger.com (cute) — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:18:00 +0000

The Moon is a big sponge that absorbs electrically charged particles given out by the Sun. These particles interact with the oxygen present in some dust grains on the lunar surface, producing water....

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Scientists Discover Protein Receptor For Carbonation Taste

noreply@blogger.com (cute) — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 06:52:00 +0000

In 1767, chemist Joseph Priestley stood in his laboratory one day with an idea to help English mariners stay healthy on long ocean voyages. He infused water with carbon dioxide to create an...

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3D Mini Clips

noreply@blogger.com (cute) — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:14:00 +0000

Some of the best animations and 3D clips on the Web, all in one place – it’s like Youtube in 3D! Recently, movie-goers across the world have been wowed by the special effects in debutant...

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Bizarre Galaxy Is Result Of Pair Of Spiral Galaxies Smashing Together

noreply@blogger.com (cute) — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:12:00 +0000

A recent NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image captures what appears to be one very bright and bizarre galaxy, but is actually the result of a pair of spiral galaxies that resemble our own Milky Way...

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Radio Waves 'See' Through Walls

noreply@blogger.com (cute) — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 07:56:00 +0000

University of Utah engineers showed that a wireless network of radio transmitters can track people moving behind solid walls. The system could help police, firefighters and others nab intruders, and...

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Major Step Forward In Cell Reprogramming, Researchers Report

noreply@blogger.com (cute) — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 21:32:00 +0000

A team of Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) researchers has made a major advance toward producing induced pluripotent stem cells, or iPS cells, that are safe enough to use in treating diseases in...

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NASA Refines Asteroid Apophis' Path Toward Earth

noreply@blogger.com (cute) — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:20:00 +0000

Using updated information, NASA scientists have recalculated the path of a large asteroid. The refined path indicates a significantly reduced likelihood of a hazardous encounter with Earth in...

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Color Plays Musical Chairs In The Brain

noreply@blogger.com (cute) — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 08:51:00 +0000

Color is normally thought of as a fundamental attribute of an object: a red Corvette, a blue lake, a pink flamingo. Yet despite this popular notion, new research suggests that our perception of color...

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Clues To Reversing Aging Of Human Muscle Discovered

noreply@blogger.com (cute) — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:16:00 +0000

A study led by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, has identified critical biochemical pathways linked to the aging of human muscle. By manipulating these pathways, the researchers...

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Nanotechnology: Artificial Pore Created

noreply@blogger.com (cute) — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:05:00 +0000

Using an RNA-powered nanomotor, University of Cincinnati (UC) biomedical engineering researchers have successfully developed an artificial pore able to transmit nanoscale material through a...

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Discovery Brings New Type Of Fast Computers Closer To Reality

noreply@blogger.com (cute) — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:40:00 +0000

Physicists at UC San Diego have successfully created speedy integrated circuits with particles called “excitons” that operate at commercially cold temperatures, bringing the possibility of a new type...

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Happy Birthday Google! ... Or Is it Goog11e?

noreply@blogger.com (cute) — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 06:58:00 +0000

Giant Search Engine Celebrates 'When People Feel Like Having Cake' Why does "Google" have two "l"s in its name today? Mousing over the altered logo "Googlle" -- or is it "Goog11e"? -- reveals...

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Peruvian Glacial Retreats Linked To European Events Of Little Ice Age

noreply@blogger.com (cute) — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 04:53:00 +0000

A new study that reports precise ages for glacial moraines in southern Peru links climate swings in the tropics to those of Europe and North America during the Little Ice Age approximately 150 to 350...

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