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Anesthesia reveals a primitive level of consciousness

admin — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 08:16:00 +0000

It happens often that people just awakened from anesthesia to be drowsy, and sometimes this state may take longer. Now, a group of scientists argue that the reason for producing this phenomenon is...

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Miracle vaccine that kills 90% of cancers will be available soon – vaccine,cancer,immune,patients

admin — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 07:55:09 +0000

Scientists have revealed the existence of a vaccine that kills 90% of cancers using the body’s natural defense mechanisms. Experts say that this treatment has already been successful for some...

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Flying car becomes reality

admin — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 07:31:51 +0000

An American company recently announced that its first prototype flying car succeeded the first experimental flight, thus opening a new era of motor transport. The company said that during the next...

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The most accurate scale in the world measured the mass of a proton for the first time!

admin — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 06:31:44 +0000

A team of researchers from the Catalan Institute of Nanotechnology in Barcelona has developed the most accurate scales of history, capable of distinguishing the smallest unit of mass, yoctogram. A...

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Vaccine that could save millions of lives

admin — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 11:19:12 +0000

Scientists have taken the first steps toward designing a vaccine that could save lives of millions of people. The announcement was made at a medical conference held in London. A team from Lund...

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Future Medicine – Every patient will benefit from an avatar mouse

admin — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 06:20:11 +0000

In the future, when a patient will be hospitalized, will follow a unique procedure, in addition to conventional medical tests: doctors will assign the patient a personal mouse. The animal will...

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Amazing world of insects, seen very close

admin — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 13:57:45 +0000

Ondrej Pakan, a photographer Slovak has specialized in macro photography, capturing the spectacular world of insects. The artist photographs insects a few moments after they were covered by drops of...

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Starting today we can explore the Amazon from the computer

admin — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 13:48:32 +0000

Starting this week, anyone can explore the world’s longest river, the Amazon, from the computer thanks to Google Maps. Google specialists have integrated Google Street View images captured in...

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How bilingualism helps us?

admin — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 11:38:34 +0000

New studies show that bilingualism makes us smarter, having effect on the brain, improving cognitive abilities and protecting us from dementia caused by aging. There is ample evidence showing that...

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A new device promises to increase brain capacity, with an electrical current

admin — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 11:14:28 +0000

Benjamin Syzek, student at the University of Michigan, has proposed to create a kit capable of producing a transcranial current to stimulate growth and cognitive performance up to 250%. The kit,...

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Freshwater ecosystems in northern regions are home to significantly more species of water fleas than traditionally thought

admin — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 10:35:29 +0000

Freshwater ecosystems in northern regions are home to significantly more species of water fleas than traditionally thought, adding to evidence that regions with vanishing waters contain unique...

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Through a process called plasticity, parts of the brain can be trained to do something they normally do not do

admin — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 10:31:50 +0000

The new study, published March 4 in the advanced online publication of the journal Nature, shows that through a process called plasticity, parts of the brain can be trained to do something they...

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A New Wild Ginger Discovered from the Evergreen Forest of Western Ghats of South India

admin — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 11:42:03 +0000

Intensive botanical explorations for taxonomic studies on the members of the ginger family (Zingiberaceae) in India by V.P. Thomas and M. Sabu of the University of Calicut, have resulted in the...

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How a class of proteins from plant pathogenic bacteria find and bind specific sequences in plant genomes

admin — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 11:38:55 +0000

In the two and a half years since Adam Bogdanove, professor at Iowa State University in the Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, along with Matthew Moscou, a former graduate student in...

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Testing the effectiveness of new pharmaceuticals may get faster

admin — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 11:34:16 +0000

Testing the effectiveness of new pharmaceuticals may get faster thanks to a new technique incorporating quantum dots developed at the University of Central Florida. Some drug testing can take a...

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System that cleanly and efficiently removes trace heavy metals from water

admin — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 08:26:06 +0000

Engineers at Brown University have developed a system that cleanly and efficiently removes trace heavy metals from water. In experiments, the researchers showed the system reduced cadmium, copper,...

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There are threshold values for wildfires just like there are for epidemics

admin — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 08:22:22 +0000

Large forest regions in Canada are apparently about to experience rapid change. Based on models, scientists can now show that there are threshold values for wildfires just like there are for...

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Short spiral-shaped proteins can efficiently deliver DNA segments to cells

admin — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 08:16:28 +0000

Clinical gene therapy may be one step closer, thanks to a new twist on an old class of molecules. A group of University of Illinois researchers, led by professors Jianjun Cheng and Fei Wang,...

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Moon Express Inc.. wants to extract natural resources on the Moon – moon, express, resources

admin — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 10:51:01 +0000

Moon Express Inc.. is one of the companies listed in the Google Lunar X Prize competition, which aims to exploit the resources of the moon. Company aims at exploiting the so-called rare earth...

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Gene therapy as an alternative to conventional treatment of haemophilia

admin — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 10:42:38 +0000

A recent experiment showed that a single gene therapy session stimulates the secretion of vital role coagulation factor, offering hope of finding a permanent cure for hemophilia. Haemophilia is a...

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