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Fat cells are not just dormant storage depots for calories, but an active organ

BioNews — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 05:58:09 PDT

The fat tissue in those spare tires and lower belly pooches — is not just a dormant storage depot for surplus calories, but is an active organ that sends chemical signals to other parts of the body,...

UV sensor that measures ‘hidden’ origins of space weather

BioNews — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 05:57:19 PDT

A physicist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has helped NASA scientists observe a “hidden” layer of the Sun where violent space weather can originate, by...

Kids need a single interaction to decide whom to seek information from

BioNews — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 05:53:24 PDT

Kids, aged just 7 years, need only a single interaction with a person to learn if they can trust and seek information from him or her, according to a study by Queen’s University researchers....

Cranberry juice can block Staph infections

BioNews — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 05:48:58 PDT

Making a surprising discovery, researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) have found that cranberry juice cocktail blocked a strain of Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) from beginning the...

New ‘smart materials’ process to revolutionize manufacturing of products

BioNews — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 05:47:41 PDT

University of Waterloo engineering researchers have come up with a new “smart materials” process—Multiple Memory Material Technology— that could revolutionize the manufacture of diverse...

How the sights and smells of booze can turn people into alcoholics

BioNews — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 04:53:55 PDT

Experienced drinkers develop associations between alcohol’s taste and smell, and the intoxication that follows soon thereafter, indicating a predisposition towards alcohol or dependence on it....

Largest single collection of psoriasis DNA samples offers hope to sufferers

BioNews — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 04:51:39 PDT

People suffering with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis have come one step closer to a cure with the release of the first National Psoriasis Victor Henschel BioBank DNA samples for use in research at...

Submarines to employ new nanotube technology for sonar and stealth

BioNews — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 04:48:24 PDT

Submarines need to probe ocean depths, and that too without being visible to enemies at times – both properties that they can now implement using new nanotube technology. Speakers made from carbon...

Ceasing smoking therapy sooner could cut odds of success by 45 pct

BioNews — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 04:45:03 PDT

A study led by researchers in the Oregon Health & Science University Smoking Cessation Centre analysis whether stopping smoking cessation treatments too soon may reduce odds of success for...

Risk of marijuana’s ”gateway effect” overblown

BioNews — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 04:37:34 PDT

New research has revealed that the “gateway effect” of marijuana – that teenagers who use marijuana are more likely to move on to harder illicit drugs as young adults – is overblown....

Giving fish oil capsules to heart patients can save 10,000 lives a year

BioNews — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 04:34:29 PDT

Fish oil capsules can save upto 10,000 lives a year by cutting down deaths caused by heart problems, according to a review. A review revealed omega-3 supplements prevented the deaths of almost one in...

‘God didn’t play a hand in The Big Bang’, says Stephen Hawking

BioNews — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 04:31:55 PDT

The Big Bang was the result of the inevitable laws of physics and did not need God to spark the creation of Universe, claimed Stephen Hawking. Hawking has claimed that that no divine force was needed...

Why reading Arabic is much harder in comparison to English

BioNews — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:50:37 PDT

After conducting a series of studies, researchers have shown why reading acquisition in Arabic is much harder in comparison to English. Researchers at the Department of Psychology and the Edmond J....

Now, a filter that purifies water 80,000 times faster than bacteria-trapping filters

BioNews — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:24:46 PDT

By dipping plain cotton cloth in a high-tech broth full of silver nanowires and carbon nanotubes, Stanford researchers have developed a new high-speed, low-cost filter that purifies water 80,000...

Scalpel and skull discovery in Turkey offers clues to Bronze Age brain surgery

BioNews — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:19:43 PDT

Discovery of a scalpels and skulls at an early Bronze Age settlement called Ikiztepe in Turkey, has indicated that people at the time performed brain surgeries. Onder Bilgi director of excavations at...