Severity of H1N1 Influenza Linked to Presence of Streptococcus Pneumoniae

Severity of H1N1 Influenza Linked to Presence of Streptococcus Pneumoniae

  7:06:00 PM    Science Lover

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The presence of the Streptococcus pneumoniae in samples that can be easily obtained in clinics and emergency rooms may predict risk of severe disease in H1N1 pandemic influenza. Streptococcus pneumoniae bacterial colonies. (Credit: CDC/Dr. Richard Facklam)Reports that H1N1...

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People With Generalized Anxiety Disorder

People With Generalized Anxiety Disorder

  1:17:00 AM    Science Lover

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Scrambled connections between the part of the brain that processes fear and emotion and other brain regions could be the hallmark of a common anxiety disorder, according to a new study from the Stanford University School of Medicine. The findings could help researchers...

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Synesthetic Experiences, Such as Seeing a Certain Color Associated With a Number, Are Real and Automatic

Synesthetic Experiences, Such as Seeing a Certain Color Associated With a Number, Are Real and Automatic

  9:57:00 AM    Science Lover

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For as many as 1 in 20 people, everyday experiences can elicit extra-ordinary associated sensations. The condition is known as synaesthesia and the most common form involves "seeing" colours when reading words and numbers. Many previous studies have shown that the brains...

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First Volume of Microbial Encyclopedia Published

First Volume of Microbial Encyclopedia Published

  11:27:00 PM    Science Lover

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The Earth is estimated to have about a nonillion (1030) microbes in, on, around, and under it, comprised of an unknown but very large number of distinct species. Despite the widespread availability of microbial genome data -- close to 2,000 microbes have been and are being...

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Broken Genomes Behind Breast Cancers, Research Finds

Broken Genomes Behind Breast Cancers, Research Finds

  11:26:00 PM    Science Lover

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The first detailed search of breast cancer genomes to uncover genomic rearrangements is published December 23. The team characterised the ways in which the human genome is broken and put back together in 24 cases of breast cancer. Breast cancer cell. (Credit: Lorna McInroy,...

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Scientists Map Speed of Climate Change for Different Ecosystems

Scientists Map Speed of Climate Change for Different Ecosystems

  11:44:00 AM    Science Lover

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From beetles to barnacles, pikas to pine warblers, many species are already on the move in response to shifting climate regimes. But how fast will they -- and their habitats -- have to move to keep pace with global climate change over the next century? In a new study, a...

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Glitter-Sized Solar Photovoltaics Could Revolutionize the Way Solar Energy Is Collected and Used

Glitter-Sized Solar Photovoltaics Could Revolutionize the Way Solar Energy Is Collected and Used

  1:21:00 AM    Science Lover

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Sandia National Laboratories scientists have developed tiny glitter-sized photovoltaic cells that could revolutionize the way solar energy is collected and used. Representative thin crystalline-silicon photovoltaic cells -- these are from 14 to 20 micrometers thick and...

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Hubbles Festive View of a Grand Star-Forming Region

Hubbles Festive View of a Grand Star-Forming Region

  6:09:00 PM    Science Lover

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Just in time for the holidays: a Hubble Space Telescope picture postcard of hundreds of brilliant blue stars wreathed by warm, glowing clouds. The festive portrait is the most detailed view of the largest stellar nursery in our local galactic neighborhood. The massive,...

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Why Does a Human Baby Need a Full Year Before Starting to Walk?

Why Does a Human Baby Need a Full Year Before Starting to Walk?

  1:09:00 AM    Science Lover

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Why does a human baby need a full year before it can start walking, while a newborn foal gets up on its legs almost directly after birth? Scientist have assumed that human motor development is unique because our brain is unusually complex and because it is particularly...

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First Evidence Of Virus In Malignant Prostate Cells: XMRV Retrovirus Linked To More Aggressive Tumors

First Evidence Of Virus In Malignant Prostate Cells: XMRV Retrovirus Linked To More Aggressive Tumors

  9:53:00 PM    Science Lover

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In a finding with potentially major implications for identifying a viral cause of prostate cancer, researchers at the University of Utah and Columbia University medical schools have reported that a type of virus known to cause leukemia and sarcomas in animals has been found...

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Synthetic Red Blood Cells Developed: Red-Blood-Cell-Like Particles Carry Oxygen, Drugs, and More

Synthetic Red Blood Cells Developed: Red-Blood-Cell-Like Particles Carry Oxygen, Drugs, and More

  12:54:00 AM    Science Lover

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Scientists at UC Santa Barbara, in collaboration with scientists at University of Michigan, have developed synthetic particles that closely mimic the characteristics and key functions of natural red blood cells, including softness, flexibility, and the ability to carry...

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Food Emits Anti-Hunger Aromas During Chewing

Food Emits Anti-Hunger Aromas During Chewing

  10:13:00 AM    Science Lover

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A real possibility does exist for developing a new generation of foods that make people feel full by releasing anti-hunger aromas during chewing, scientists in the Netherlands are reporting after a review of research on that topic. Such foods would fight the global epidemic...

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Heart Cells on Lab Chip Display 'Nanosense' That Guides Behavior

Heart Cells on Lab Chip Display 'Nanosense' That Guides Behavior

  11:30:00 PM    Science Lover

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Johns Hopkins biomedical engineers, working with colleagues in Korea, have produced a laboratory chip with nanoscopic grooves and ridges capable of growing cardiac tissue that more closely resembles natural heart muscle. Surprisingly, heart cells cultured in this way used...

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Scientists Decode Memory-Forming Brain Cell Conversations

Scientists Decode Memory-Forming Brain Cell Conversations

  12:37:00 AM    Science Lover

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The conversations neurons have as they form and recall memories have been decoded by Medical College of Georgia scientists. Artist's rendering of neurons. (Credit: iStockphoto)The breakthrough in recognizing in real time the formation and recollection of a memory opens...

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Looking for Life in the Multiverse: Scientific American

Looking for Life in the Multiverse: Scientific American

  12:31:00 AM    Science Lover

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Key Concepts Multiple other universes—each with its own laws of physics—may have emerged from the same primordial vacuum that gave rise to ours.Assuming they exist, many of those universes may contain intricate structures and perhaps even some forms of life.These findings suggest that our universe may not be as “finely tuned” for the emergence of life as previously thought.Looking for Life...

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A new microscopic system devised

A new microscopic system devised

  12:08:00 AM    Science Lover

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A new microscopic system devised by researchers in MIT's department of materials science and engineering could provide a novel method for moving tiny objects inside a microchip, and could also provide new insights into how cells and other objects are propelled around within...

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Bacteria Shed Light on Human Decision-Making?

Bacteria Shed Light on Human Decision-Making?

  10:00:00 PM    Science Lover

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Scientists studying how bacteria under stress collectively weigh and initiate different survival strategies say they have gained new insights into how humans make strategic decisions that affect their health, wealth and the fate of others in society. Colonies of billions...

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Nerve-Cell Transplants Help Brain-Damaged Rats Fully Recover Lost Ability to Learn

Nerve-Cell Transplants Help Brain-Damaged Rats Fully Recover Lost Ability to Learn

  10:34:00 AM    Science Lover

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Nerve cells transplanted into brain-damaged rats helped them to fully recover their ability to learn and remember, probably by promoting nurturing, protective growth factors, according to a new study. Location of hippocampus in the human brain. Researchers transplanted...

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Earth's Atmosphere Came from Outer Space, Scientists Find

Earth's Atmosphere Came from Outer Space, Scientists Find

  10:22:00 AM    Science Lover

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The gases which formed the Earth's atmosphere -- and probably its oceans -- did not come from inside the Earth but from outer space, according to a study by University of Manchester and University of Houston scientists. New research suggests that the gases which formed...

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Bacteria Engineered to Turn Carbon Dioxide Into Liquid Fuel

Bacteria Engineered to Turn Carbon Dioxide Into Liquid Fuel

  10:18:00 AM    Science Lover

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Global climate change has prompted efforts to drastically reduce emissions of carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas produced by burning fossil fuels. Genetically engineered strains of the cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus in a Petri dish. (Credit: Image courtesy of University...

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Paper, Nanotube Ink, Wires: Instant Battery

Paper, Nanotube Ink, Wires: Instant Battery

  10:15:00 AM    Science Lover

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Stanford scientists are harnessing nanotechnology to quickly produce ultra-lightweight, bendable batteries and supercapacitors in the form of everyday paper. Bing Hu, a post-doctoral fellow, prepares a small square of ordinary paper to with an ink that will deposit nanotubes...

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Earth More Sensitive to Carbon Dioxide Than Previously Thought

Earth More Sensitive to Carbon Dioxide Than Previously Thought

  4:46:00 PM    Science Lover

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In the long term, the Earth's temperature may be 30-50% more sensitive to atmospheric carbon dioxide than has previously been estimated, reports a new study published in Nature Geoscience. The temperature response of the Earth (in degrees C) to an increase in atmospheric...

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New Nano-Material May Revolutionize Solar Panels and Batteries

New Nano-Material May Revolutionize Solar Panels and Batteries

  11:03:00 PM    Science Lover

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A coating on windows or solar panels that repels grime and dirt? Expanded battery storage capacities for the next electric car? New Tel Aviv University research, just published in Nature Nanotechnology, details a breakthrough in assembling peptides at the nano-scale level...

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Synthetic Magnetic Fields Trick Neutral Atoms Into Acting as If Electrically Charged

Synthetic Magnetic Fields Trick Neutral Atoms Into Acting as If Electrically Charged

  12:27:00 AM    Science Lover

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Achieving an important new capability in ultracold atomic gases, researchers at the Joint Quantum Institute, a collaboration of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Maryland, have created "synthetic" magnetic fields for ultracold...

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First Transgenic Prairie Voles May Help Unlock Secrets of Pair Bonding

First Transgenic Prairie Voles May Help Unlock Secrets of Pair Bonding

  1:00:00 AM    Science Lover

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Researchers at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, have successfully generated the first transgenic prairie voles, an important step toward unlocking the genetic secrets of pair bonding. The future application of this technology will enable scientists...

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