Of Traffic Jams, Beach Sands And The Zero-temperature Jamming Transition
Researchers have created an experimental and computer model to study how jamming, the physical process in which collections of particles are crammed together to behave as solids, might affect the behavior of systems in which thermal motion is...
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General Science | Monday May 18
Gene Transfer Technology May Lead To HIV Vaccine
Scientists may have broken the stubborn impasse that has frustrated the invention of an effective HIV vaccine, by using an approach that bypasses the usual path followed by vaccine developers. By using gene transfer technology that produces molecules...
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General Science | Monday May 18
Biomass As A Source Of Raw Materials
Scientists have developed a new catalytic process to convert components of bio-oil directly into alkanes and methanol.img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/sciencedaily/~4/0XZCy3fgL6s" height="1" width="1"/
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General Science | Monday May 18
Enriched Environment Improves Wound Healing In Rats
Improving the environment in which rats are reared can significantly strengthen the physiological process of wound healing, according to a new article. Researchers found that giving rats living in isolation the opportunity to build nests led to better...
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General Science | Monday May 18
Cigarette Smoke Can Prevent Allergies, Study Suggests
Everyone knows that smoking can kill you, but new research suggests that it may help with your allergies. A study of mouse mast cells shows that cigarette smoke can prevent allergies by decreasing the reaction of immune cells to allergens.img...
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General Science | Monday May 18
Biological Particles Trigger Ice Formation In High-altitude Clouds
Chemistry researchers have moved closer to what is considered the "holy grail" of climate change science, making the first-ever direct detection of biological particles within ice clouds. The team sampled water droplet and ice crystal residues at high...
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General Science | Monday May 18
Golden Rice An Effective Source Of Vitamin A
The beta-carotene in so-called "golden rice" converts to vitamin A in humans, according to a new article.img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/sciencedaily/~4/-pfsKIUM9jI" height="1" width="1"/
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General Science | Monday May 18
New Red Alga Discovered In Mediterranean Sea
Scientists have described a new species of red algae (Leptofauchea coralligena) in the western Mediterranean. This is the only species of the Leptofauchea genus currently known to be in the Mediterranean.img...
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General Science | Monday May 18
Genetic Marker May Predict Early Onset Of Prostate Cancer
Researchers have identified a genetic marker that is associated with an earlier onset of prostate cancer in Caucasian men who have a family history of prostate cancer.img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/sciencedaily/~4/rT8RT4wwImU" height="1"...
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General Science | Monday May 18
Immune Exhaustion Driven By Antigen In Chronic Viral Infection
During a chronic viral infection, exhaustion depletes the ability of immune cells to respond to the infecting virus. Exhaustion occurs when large amounts of virus, or pieces of the virus (known as antigens), are seen by cells of the immune system over...
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General Science | Monday May 18
Biological Diversity: Islands Beat Mainland Nine To One
Rare and unique ecological communities will be lost if oceanic islands aren't adequately considered in a global conservation plan, a new study has found. Although islands tend to harbor fewer species than continental lands of similar size, plants and...
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General Science | Monday May 18
Key Proteins Needed For Ovulation Identified
Researchers have identified in mice two proteins essential for ovulation to take place. The finding has implications for treating infertility resulting from a failure of ovulation to occur as well as for developing new means to prevent pregnancy by...
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General Science | Monday May 18
DNA Gripped In Nanopores: Researchers Analyze Forces On DNA In Gel
Molecular biologists, including the forensic investigators on the popular TV show CSI, use gel electrophoresis to separate DNA fragments from each other in order to analyze the DNA. A team of researchers has now shown for the first time how the gel...
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General Science | Monday May 18
New Guideline For Low-back Pain Interventions, Surgery
The American Pain Society has issued a new clinical practice guideline for low-back pain that emphasizes noninvasive treatments over interventional procedures, and shared decision making between provider and patient. The guideline, based on a review of...
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General Science | Monday May 18
New Testing Facility Is Helping Improve Land Mine Detection Equipment
Researchers have built a test facility to evaluate and enhance sensors designed to detect buried land mines. The unique automated system measures the response of individual electromagnetic induction sensors or arrays of sensors against land mines...
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General Science | Monday May 18
World's Largest Leatherback Turtle Population Found
Scientists have identified a nesting population of leatherback sea turtles in Gabon, West Africa as the world's largest. The research involved country-wide land and aerial surveys that estimated a population of between 15,730 and 41,373 female turtles...
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General Science | Monday May 18
Painkiller Patch Can Lead To Addiction
Morphine patches are supposed to reduce use of painkillers, and provide more control over their use in chronic pain conditions. But researchers have found otherwise.img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/sciencedaily/~4/SLC9XPKJo2Q" height="1"...
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General Science | Sunday May 17
Strange Bird Gets Private Beach In Indonesia
A private beach is a luxury for most, but for the maleo--an endangered bird found only on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi--an exclusive stretch of sand is now a protected nesting area for the species.img...
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General Science | Sunday May 17
Heart Disorder Linked To Alzheimer's Disease
Researchers believe that they have made a breakthrough connection between atrial fibrillation, a common heart rhythm disorder, and Alzheimer's disease, the leading form of dementia among Americans. Researchers unveiled findings from the study of more...
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General Science | Sunday May 17
Andes Mountains Are Older Than Previously Believed
Much is known about the rise of the central Andes mountains, but a new study of the eastern Andes in Colombia indicates that mountain building began much earlier there.img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/sciencedaily/~4/UTgM87KmYWM" height="1"...
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General Science | Sunday May 17
Viroids: Molecular Vestiges Of The RNA World
Viroids are unique systems for the study of RNA structure, function and evolution. They are the minimal RNA replicons characterized so far their genome is ten-fold smaller than that the smallest known vius RNA and they can therefore be considered in a...
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General Science | Sunday May 17
Europium Found To Be A Superconductor
Of the 92 naturally occurring elements, add another to the list of those that are superconductors. Scientist have discovered that europium becomes superconducting at 1.8 K (-456 ?°F) and 80 GPa (790,000 atmospheres) of pressure, making it the 53rd...
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General Science | Sunday May 17
Derivative Of Red Sea Coral May Fight Skin Cancer
Scientists are exploring the mechanisms by which a substance derived ultimately from Red Sea coral could help treat skin cancer.img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/sciencedaily/~4/fwaQIpLYnvY" height="1" width="1"/
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General Science | Sunday May 17
Brain's Organization Switches As Children Become Adults
Any child confronting an outraged parent demanding to know "What were you thinking?" now has a new response: "Scientists have discovered that my brain is organized differently from yours."img...
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General Science | Sunday May 17
Study Demonstrates Link Between Appetite And Elderly Mortality
A new study reveals a linkage between elderly people's appetite and mortality rates, with those who report impaired appetite more likely to die sooner. The study demonstrates a link between the Daily Activity Energy Expenditure (DAEE -- an accurate...
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General Science | Sunday May 17
Phosphate Balance In Higher Organisms Elucidated
Polyphosphate chains play an important physiological role in many organisms, for example to ensure cell growth even under deficiency conditions. Chemists and biochemists have now gained insight into the basic data on the formation mechanism of...
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General Science | Sunday May 17
Control Of Antibiotic-resistant Bacteria In Out-patient Clinics And Offices
While infections with antibiotic-resistant bacteria, such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Clostridium difficile and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus, are usually associated with in-patient settings, the potential for infection in...
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General Science | Sunday May 17
Transplant Patients Have Worse Cancer Outcomes, Analysis Shows
After comparing two patient cancer registries -- one featuring transplant patients and the other the general population -- researchers have found that transplant patients experience worse outcomes from cancer.img...
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General Science | Sunday May 17
Genes That Influence Start Of Menstruation Identified For First Time
Researchers from the Peninsula Medical School, along with collaborators from research institutions across Europe and the United States, have for the first time identified two genes that are involved in determining when girls begin menstruation.img...
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General Science | Sunday May 17
Enabling Graphene-based Technology Via Chemical Functionalization
Graphene has attracted significant attention due to its potential use in high-performance electronics, sensors and alternative energy devices such as solar cells. While the physics of graphene has been thoroughly explored, chemical functionalization of...
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General Science | Sunday May 17
Genetic Links To Age Of First Menstrual Period And Menopause Found
Newly identified gene variants associated with the age at which females experience their first menstrual period and the onset of menopause may help shed light on the prevention of breast and endometrial cancer, osteoporosis, and cardiovascular...
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General Science | Sunday May 17
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