Buckyball Computer Simulations Help Team Find Molecular Key To Combating HIV
Researchers have identified specific molecules that could block the means by which HIV -- the deadly virus that causes AIDS -- spreads by taking away its ability to bind with other proteins. Computer simulations were used to test more than 100 carbon...
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General Science | Monday May 25
'Intoxication' May Not Always Be Visible
One well-known and often deadly consequence of alcohol intoxication is impaired driving. Yet still today, it is difficult for even trained observers to fully identify "intoxication," given that so many factors contribute to it. This review examines the...
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General Science | Sunday May 24
TB Vaccine Gets Its Groove Back
Investigators have cracked one of clinical medicine's enduring mysteries -- what happened to the tuberculosis vaccine. The once-effective vaccine no longer prevents the bacterial lung infection that kills more than 1.7 million people worldwide each...
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General Science | Sunday May 24
Synthetic Catalyst Mimics Nature's 'Hydrogen Economy'
By creating a model of the active site found in a naturally occurring enzyme, chemists have described a catalyst that acts like nature's most pervasive hydrogen processor.img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/sciencedaily/~4/qzs10GfRjv0" height="1"...
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General Science | Sunday May 24
Mutant Genes In High-risk Childhood Leukemias Identified
Scientists have pinpointed a new class of gene mutations, which identify cases of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia that have a high risk of relapse and death. The finding suggests specific drugs that could treat this high-risk leukemia subtype in...
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General Science | Sunday May 24
Optimal Trip And Load Planning
How can companies maximize truck capacity utilization and at the same time plan trips so that the burden on the environment and transport costs are reduced? A new software system couples cargo space utilization and trip planning.img...
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General Science | Sunday May 24
Molecular Pathway Behind Invasive Prostate Cancers
Cancer and cell biologists have identified a new molecular pathway key to the development of invasive prostate cancers.img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/sciencedaily/~4/hzR8p7Vuqlw" height="1" width="1"/
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General Science | Sunday May 24
How Solid Is Concrete's Carbon Footprint?
Many scientists currently think at least 5 percent of humanity's carbon footprint comes from the concrete industry, both from energy use and the carbon dioxide byproduct from the production of cement, one of concrete's principal components.img...
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General Science | Sunday May 24
Gene Signature Helps Predict Breast Cancer Prognosis
Researchers have uncovered a gene signature that may help predict clinical outcomes in certain types of breast cancer. They report that this gene signature -- which is associated with the transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-??) signaling pathway --...
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General Science | Sunday May 24
Giant Galaxy Messier 87 Finally Sized Up
Using ESO's Very Large Telescope, astronomers have succeeded in measuring the size of giant galaxy Messier 87 and were surprised to find that its outer parts have been stripped away by still unknown effects. The galaxy also appears to be on a collision...
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General Science | Sunday May 24
Psychological Impact Of Child Abuse
A history of child abuse significantly impacts the wide range of challenges facing depressed inpatients, according to new research.img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/sciencedaily/~4/PIxjt6hsyaI" height="1" width="1"/
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General Science | Sunday May 24
3-D Kidney Atlas Created For Researchers And Physicians
Renal diseases shall be diagnosed earlier and treated more successfully in the future. Towards this aim, researchers have been working for years to create a three-dimensional virtual "Kidney Atlas."img...
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General Science | Sunday May 24
Finishing Touches: New Alloys Offer Alternative To Chrome
Chrome has been used to add a protective coating and shiny luster to a wide range of metal products. But those features come at a heavy cost. The industrial process to create chrome is dangerous for workers and pollutes the environment. Now researchers...
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General Science | Sunday May 24
People By Nature Are Universally Optimistic, Study Shows
Despite calamities from economic recessions, wars and famine to a flu epidemic afflicting the Earth, a new study indicates that humans are by nature optimistic.img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/sciencedaily/~4/_VEN28Lz6w0" height="1" width="1"/
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General Science | Sunday May 24
Money Worries Make Women Spend More
At times of crisis women are more inclined to spend themselves out of misery than at stable times, a new survey suggests. Psychologists say that the recession could force more women to overspend or increase their risk of mental illness.img...
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General Science | Saturday May 23
Is Organic Overrated?
Just a few short years ago, if you wanted to buy organic food, you had to make a special trip to an out-of-the-way grocery store. Today, organic products are, well, cropping up all over the place. Are they really worth the higher price or is it just...
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General Science | Saturday May 23
Triglycerides Implicated In Diabetes Nerve Loss
A common blood test for triglycerides may for the first time allow doctors to predict which patients with diabetes are more likely to develop the serious, common complication of neuropathy. A new study suggests that diabetes patients with neuropathy...
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General Science | Saturday May 23
Turmeric Extract Suppresses Fat Tissue Growth In Rodent Models
Curcumin, the major polyphenol found in turmeric, appears to reduce weight gain in mice and suppress the growth of fat tissue in mice and cell models. Researchers studied mice fed high fat diets supplemented with curcumin and cell cultures incubated...
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General Science | Saturday May 23
Quick Test For Prostate Cancer
A new three-minute test could help in diagnosing prostate cancer, the most common cancer in men in the UK, according to scientists.img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/sciencedaily/~4/NDQ2UrHhr9I" height="1" width="1"/
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General Science | Saturday May 23
Is Poisonous Pollen Enough To Put Bees Off Their Dinner?
Chemical weapons against uninvited dinner guests: Scientists test whether the pollen of certain flowers contains toxins that give bees an upset stomach and protects the plant from the diligent pollen gatherers.img...
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General Science | Saturday May 23
Alzheimer's Discovery Could Bring Early Diagnosis, Treatment Closer
A discovery offers new hope for the early diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer's disease. Scientists report that the addition of a single phosphate to an amino acid in a key brain protein is a principal cause of Alzheimer's.img...
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General Science | Saturday May 23
Genetic Factors May Predict Depression In Heart Disease Patients
There's a greater prevalence of depression among patients with heart disease, although researchers don't know why. In this first large-scale genetic study of depression in heart disease patients, researchers discovered that genetic predictors of...
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General Science | Saturday May 23
Efficacy Of CT Scans For Chest Pain Diagnosis Validated
The first long-term study following a large number of chest pain patients who are screened with coronary computerized tomographic angiography confirms that the test is a safe, effective way to rule out serious cardiovascular disease in patients who...
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General Science | Saturday May 23
Helpful Fish: Cooperative Cichlids Boost Their Own Reproductive Success
Subordinate individuals living within a group of vertebrates sometimes assist a more dominant pair by helping to raise the dominant pair's offspring -- this has been shown to occur among subordinate female cichlids. Scientists suggest that rather than...
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General Science | Saturday May 23
Molecular Link Between Sleep And Weight Gain
There appears to be a link between sleep and weight control, with some studies indicating that sleep disruption can increase weight gain and other studies that diet affects sleep. New research now provides molecular evidence to support this...
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General Science | Saturday May 23
Dying At Home: A Trend That Could Make Hospitals More Efficient
It's a common tale: a grandparent's health begins to fail and, realistically, their death is imminent. Often those older patients are rushed to hospital, taken out of their homes for treatment that will likely only extend their life by a few days....
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General Science | Friday May 22
Fundamental Flaw In Transistor Noise Theory Discovered
Chip manufacturers beware: There's a newfound flaw in our understanding of transistor noise, a phenomenon affecting the electronic on-off switch that makes computer circuits possible. According to the engineers who discovered the problem, it will soon...
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General Science | Friday May 22
Determining Success Or Failure In Cholesterol-controlling Drugs
Researchers have discovered that a complex network of interactions between drugs and the proteins with which they bind can explain adverse drug effects. Their findings suggest that adverse drug effects might be minimized by using single or multiple...
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General Science | Friday May 22
Cosmology's Best Standard Candles Get Even Better
Astronomers discovered an efficient method for standardizing the intrinsic brightness and thus the distance to the cosmic milestones known as Type Ia supernovae. The discovery underlines the crucial importance of excellent supernovae spectra in the...
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General Science | Friday May 22
Genetic Defects Linked With Rare Bearded Lady Discovered
New research provides exciting genetic insight into a rare syndrome that first appeared in the medical literature in the mid 1800s with the case of Julia Pastrana, the world's most notorious bearded lady. The study reveals intriguing molecular clues...
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General Science | Friday May 22
New Understandings In Circadian Rhythms
Geneticists have made new inroads into understanding the regulatory circuitry of the biological clock that synchronizes the ebb and flow of daily activities.img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/sciencedaily/~4/t3cXp_t4WTg" height="1" width="1"/
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General Science | Friday May 22
New Species of Yeast Discovered in Amazon Jungle
A new species of yeast has been discovered deep in the Amazon jungle. Biologist have identified novel characteristics of Candida carvajalis sp. nov.img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/sciencedaily/~4/Lc6yC909bU0" height="1" width="1"/
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General Science | Friday May 22
Gene Therapy Could Expand Stem Cells' Promise
Once placed into a patient's body, stem cells intended to treat or cure a disease could end up wreaking havoc simply because they are no longer under the control of the clinician. But gene therapy has the potential to solve this problem, according to a...
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General Science | Friday May 22
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