Biological Link Established Between Tumors And Depression
In a study that could help explain the connections between depression and cancer, researchers have used an animal model to find, for the first time, a biological link between tumors and negative mood changes. The team determined that substances...
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General Science | Tuesday May 19
Popular Cancer Drug Linked To Often Fatal Brain Virus
A new study links use of the popular cancer drug rituximab to a swiftly moving and often fatal viral brain infection called PML. Rituximab is the most important and widely used cancer drug for lymphoma. It is also approved for rheumatoid arthritis and...
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General Science | Tuesday May 19
Bad Breath? New Pocket-sized Breath Test Developed
A quick breath check in the palm of your hand can never give accurate results. Whether you're about to lean in for a smooch or start a job interview, you're better off asking a trusted friend if your breath is sweet. But what if a friend isn't around...
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General Science | Tuesday May 19
New Tool Helps Researchers Identify DNA Patterns Of Cancer, Genetic Disorders
A new tool will help researchers identify the minute changes in DNA patterns that lead to cancer, Huntington's disease and a host of other genetic disorders. The tool translates DNA sequences into graphic images, which allows researchers to distinguish...
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General Science | Tuesday May 19
Scientists Work To Plug Microorganisms Into The Energy Grid
The answer to the looming fuel crisis in the 21st century may be found by thinking small, microscopic in fact. Microscopic organisms from bacteria and cyanobacteria, to fungi and microalgae, are biological factories that are proving to be efficient...
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General Science | Tuesday May 19
Astronauts Complete Hubble Repairs In Final Spacewalk
Human hands have touched the Hubble Space Telescope for the last time. Astronauts spent seven hours and two minutes putting the finishing touches on the telescope in the final spacewalk from a space shuttle airlock.img...
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General Science | Tuesday May 19
How Alzheimer's Robs Sufferers Of Episodic Memory
Scientists have developed new insights into how one kind of memory works. The study shows that laboratory rats have "episodic-like memory" and could open novel ways to study life-robbing loss of memory in humans.img...
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General Science | Tuesday May 19
Third Dimensional Viewing For Mobile Phones
Three-dimensional viewing has not yet made it in a big way onto our television and cinema screens. According to European researchers, the story of 3-D TV is set to be quite different with mobile devices, as the right standards and technology fall into...
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General Science | Tuesday May 19
Temporary Transient Heart Dysfunction Found In Some Long-distance Runners
A new study using advanced cardiac imaging technology indicates that cardiac abnormalities experienced by some marathon runners following competition are temporary, and do not result in damage to the heart muscle. The study marked the first use of...
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General Science | Tuesday May 19
New Tool Isolates RNA Within Specific Cells
Biologists, using fruit flies, have created a way to isolate RNA from specific cells, opening a new window on how gene expression drives normal development and disease-causing breakdowns.img...
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General Science | Tuesday May 19
New Procedure Alleviates Symptoms In People With Severe Asthma, Study Shows
A new drug-free treatment for asthma has been shown to be effective in an international study of patients with severe, uncontrolled asthma. Conducted at 30 sites around the world, the trial tested a procedure designed to reduce the ability of the...
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General Science | Tuesday May 19
Insight Into Evolution Of First Flowers
Charles Darwin described the sudden origin of flowering plants about 130 million years ago as an abominable mystery, one that scientists have yet to solve. But a new study is helping shed light on the mystery with information about what the first...
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General Science | Tuesday May 19
Artificial Skin Manufactured In Fully Automated Process
There is an increasing demand for skin. Manufacturers of pharmaceuticals, chemicals, cosmetics and medical engineering products need it in order to test the compatibility of their products with human skin. Scientists can now manufacture artificial skin...
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General Science | Tuesday May 19
Solid Lipid Nanoparticles Could Be Used In Gene Therapy
Gene therapy offers hope in treating diseases such as cystic fibrosis and disorders of the retina, as well as with more common illnesses such as AIDS, cancer and neurodegenerative diseases (for example, Parkinson's or Alzheimer's). Now, a researcher in...
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General Science | Tuesday May 19
Women More Susceptible To Harmful Effects Of Smoking, Study Finds
Women may be more susceptible to the lung damaging effects of smoking than men, according to a study of COPD patients in Norway.img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/sciencedaily/~4/f29O1JVSZHk" height="1" width="1"/
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General Science | Tuesday May 19
Mockingbirds -- No Bird Brains -- Can Recognize A Face In A Crowd
Biologists are reporting that mockingbirds recognize and remember people whom the birds perceive as threatening their nests. If the white-and-grey songbirds common in cities and towns throughout the Southeast spot their unwelcome guests, they screech,...
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General Science | Tuesday May 19
Move Any Mountain: New Research Tracks Track Snowmelt Accurately
Water is constantly being moved about our planet. The water, or hydrologic, cycle describes how water changes from liquid to solid to vapor and how it is stored in a variety of places: under the ground, in the atmosphere and ocean and in the form of...
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General Science | Monday May 18
Veterinarians At High Risk For Viral, Bacterial Infections From Animals
The recent H1N1 influenza epidemic raises questions about how animal viruses move to human populations. While there is no evidence veterinarians had a direct role in the current H1N1 epidemic, a new report finds veterinarians at markedly increased risk...
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General Science | Monday May 18
Early Alzheimer's Diagnosis Offers Large Social, Fiscal Benefits
Early diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer's disease could save millions or even billions of dollars while simultaneously improving care, according to new work.img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/sciencedaily/~4/mZ4wETmMlJs" height="1" width="1"/
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General Science | Monday May 18
New Tool Can Help Predict Risk Of Alzheimer's In Elderly
A new tool can help predict whether people age 65 and older have a high risk of developing Alzheimer's disease.img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/sciencedaily/~4/a2_UL6NUugs" height="1" width="1"/
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General Science | Monday May 18
Monitoring Water Through A Snake's Eyes
Although most Americans take the safety of their drinking water for granted, ordinary tap water can become contaminated within minutes, according to one researcher.img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/sciencedaily/~4/bBaJiwQTffE" height="1" width="1"/
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General Science | Monday May 18
New Therapies Mean HIV Patients Gain Longer Lives, Face New Challenges
New HIV therapies have prolonged lives and improved health for patients with HIV, but the treatments have also brought the longer-term effects of the disease into sharper focus.img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/sciencedaily/~4/lZwguvW3g60"...
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General Science | Monday May 18
Fossil Of 'Giant' Shrew Nearly One Million Years Old Found In Spain
Analyses of the fossilized remains of the jaws and teeth of a shrew discovered in Spain have shown this to be a new species. The extinct animal had red teeth, was large in size compared with mammals of the same family, and was more closely related to...
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General Science | Monday May 18
New Tool For Next-generation Cancer Treatments Using Nanodiamonds
A research team at Northwestern University has demonstrated use of a Nanofountain Probe that can precisely deliver tiny doses of drug-carrying nanomaterials to individual cells.img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/sciencedaily/~4/KKDXzk3Z0No"...
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General Science | Monday May 18
Backyard Archaeology
This weekend we, and a dozen other properties in our village, hosted a team of archaeologists from the University of Cambridge. The team, led by Dr Carenza Lewis (well known to Time Team viewers), were intent on unearthing the secrets of the...
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General Science | Monday May 18
Obituary Photos Suggest Growing Bias Against Aging Faces
A new study that looked at obituary photographs published in one metropolitan newspaper suggests that Americans may have become more biased toward youthful appearance, particularly for women. The study found that the number of obituary photographs...
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General Science | Monday May 18
Fish Poisoning May Be Why Polynesians Left Paradise
Fish poisoning, or ciguatera could be the reason that New Zealand, Easter Island and, possibly, Hawaii in the 11th to 15th centuries became colonized by masses of migrating Polynesians.img...
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General Science | Monday May 18
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