Historical Anecdote Of Jordan's Red Soils May Offer New Antibiotic
Historical anecdotes of the red soils from the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan tell of people using the soils to treat skin infections and diaper rash. Researchers suggest the healing power may be due to antibiotic-producing bacteria they have found living...
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General Science | Thursday May 21
Early Exposure To Tobacco Smoke May Lead To Early Emphysema Later
Chronic exposure to tobacco smoke in childhood may contribute to early emphysema later in life, according to new research. Environmental tobacco smoke is known to be associated with a variety of serious health problems, but it had not previously been...
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General Science | Thursday May 21
From A Queen Song To A Better Music Search Engine
Electrical engineers presented a solution to their problem with the song "Bohemian Rhapsody" -- and it's not that they don't like this hit from the band Queen. The engineers' issue with "Bohemian Rhapsody" is that it is too heterogeneous.img...
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General Science | Thursday May 21
Aerosolized Nanoparticles Show Promise For Delivering Antibiotic Treatment
Aerosol delivery of antibiotics via nanoparticles may provide a means to improve drug delivery and increase patient compliance, thus reducing the severity of individual illnesses, the spread of epidemics, and possibly even retarding antibiotic...
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General Science | Thursday May 21
Area Of Brain That Makes A 'People Person' Discovered
Researchers have discovered that whether someone is a "people person" may depend on the structure of their brain: the greater the concentration of brain tissue in certain parts of the brain, the more likely they are to be a warm, sentimental person....
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General Science | Thursday May 21
Snail Venoms Reflect Reduced Competition
A study of venomous snails on remote Pacific islands reveals genetic underpinnings of an ecological phenomenon that has fascinated scientists since Darwin.img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/sciencedaily/~4/ep4wJGSVDhs" height="1" width="1"/
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General Science | Thursday May 21
Immunotherapy Effective Against Neuroblastoma In Children
A phase III study has shown that adding an antibody-based therapy that harnesses the body's immune system resulted in a 20 percent increase in the number of children living disease-free for at least two years with neuroblastoma. Neuroblastoma, a...
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General Science | Thursday May 21
Robotic Therapy Holds Promise For Cerebral Palsy
Over the past few years, MIT engineers have successfully tested robotic devices to help stroke patients learn to control their arms and legs. Devices can help children learn to grasp and manipulate objects. Now, they're building on that work to help...
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General Science | Thursday May 21
New 'Broadband' Cloaking Technology Simple To Manufacture
Researchers have created a new type of invisibility cloak that is simpler than previous designs and works for all colors of the visible spectrum, making it possible to cloak larger objects than before and possibly leading to practical applications in...
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General Science | Thursday May 21
Couples To Rely On Male Contraceptive For New Trial
Couples are being asked to replace their usual form of birth control with a new male contraceptive in a study to test its effectiveness.img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/sciencedaily/~4/zWTJGDmPemo" height="1" width="1"/
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General Science | Thursday May 21
Cancer Stem Cells May Be Related To Prognosis In Primary Breast Cancer
Breast cancer patients who received chemotherapy prior to surgery had heightened levels of cancer-initiating stem cells in their bone marrow, and the level of such cells correlated to a tumor's lymph node involvement, according to new research.img...
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General Science | Thursday May 21
Agricultural Aromatherapy: Lavender Oil As Natural Herbicide
Could essential oils extracted from lavender be used as a natural herbicide to prevent weed growth among crops? Research carried out in Italy suggests the answer may be yes.img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/sciencedaily/~4/8terIGUdY30"...
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General Science | Thursday May 21
Protein From Algae Shows Promise For Stopping SARS
A protein from algae may have what it takes to stop severe acute respiratory syndrome infections, according to new research. A recent study has found that mice treated with the protein, Griffithsin, had a 100 percent survival rate after exposure to the...
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General Science | Thursday May 21
'Junk' DNA Has Important Role, Researchers Find
Researchers who have been studying the genome of a pond organism have found that junk DNA may not be so junky after all. They have discovered that DNA sequences from regions of what had been viewed as the "dispensable genome" are actually performing...
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General Science | Thursday May 21
Teens Who Think They??™re Overweight More Likely To Try Suicide
Being overweight -- or simply believing they are overweight -- might predispose some U.S. teens to suicide attempts, according to a new study.img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/sciencedaily/~4/MmTifeKSP2k" height="1" width="1"/
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General Science | Thursday May 21
Midge Bones In Lake Sediments Reveal Fish History
The mouth parts of the phantom midge are microscopic. But in the hands of scientists these midge bones become a time machine that can document 200 years of acidification and fish elimination in Swedish lakes.img...
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General Science | Thursday May 21
Vitamin D May Halt Lung Function Decline In Asthma And COPD
Vitamin D may slow the progressive decline in the ability to breathe that can occur in people with asthma as a result of human airway smooth muscle proliferation, according to researchers.img...
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General Science | Thursday May 21
Use Science To Convince Teens A Sober Prom Is Better
Middle and high school proms and graduation are big events, and there will be multiple parties to attend and a wide array of opportunities for alcohol to be served. Instead of just asking your teen not to drink, try explaining how alcohol can affect...
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General Science | Thursday May 21
Non-wovens As Scaffolds For Artificial Tissue
In future, cartilage, tendon and blood vessel tissue will be produced in the laboratory, with cells being grown on a porous frame, such as non-wovens. A new software program helps to characterize and optimize the non-wovens.img...
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General Science | Thursday May 21
Low Oxygen Levels In Prostate Tumors Can Predict Recurrence
Researchers have discovered that low-oxygen regions in prostate tumors can be used to predict a rise in prostate-specific antigen levels, a marker of tumor recurrence in prostate cancer.img...
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General Science | Thursday May 21
Fathers Respond To Teens' Risky Sexual Behavior With Increased Supervision
Findings from a study following more than 3,200 teenagers over a period of four years show that fathers react differently than mothers to their children's sexual behavior. When teens engaged in risky sexual behavior, instead of parents becoming less...
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General Science | Thursday May 21
Low-cost Materials For Capturing Solar Energy
Cost is one of the main disadvantages of the use of renewable energies. Researchers are aiming to make the development of efficient solar panels easier and cheaper. They propose the use of more economic synthesis methods using sulphur-based compounds...
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General Science | Thursday May 21
Arsenic In Irrigation Water Is Transferred To Crops
Researchers have shown that potatoes irrigated with arsenic-rich water contain this element at levels up to 35 times higher than crops on which this water was not used. The scientists have also confirmed the impact of water with high arsenic content on...
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General Science | Thursday May 21
Prevention Program Helps Teens Override A Gene Linked To Risky Behavior
A family-based prevention program designed to help adolescents avoid substance use and other risky behavior proved especially effective for a group of young teens with a genetic risk factor contributing toward such behavior, according to a new...
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General Science | Wednesday May 20
Technology To 'Watch Over' Vulnerable Road Users
Researchers have developed a bespoke system that will prevent accidents by using highly advanced sensing systems which track road users. The WATCH-OVER project uses a cooperative system, where both cars and vulnerable road users ???are seen??? and able...
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General Science | Wednesday May 20
Sprained Ankle Rehab Complicated By Delayed Muscle Response, Study Finds
Experiments on ankle stability find that people with a history of injury have a delayed and diminished response in a leg muscle that normally provides a protective response.img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/sciencedaily/~4/SSHF22BGUJw"...
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General Science | Wednesday May 20
Old Diabetes Drug Teaches Experts New Tricks
New research reveals that the drug most commonly used in type 2 diabetics who don't need insulin works on a much more basic level than once thought, treating persistently elevated blood sugar -- the hallmark of type 2 diabetes -- by regulating the...
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General Science | Wednesday May 20
Monkeys Found To Wonder What Might Have Been
Monkeys playing a game similar to "Let's Make A Deal" have revealed that their brains register missed opportunities and learn from their mistakes.img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/sciencedaily/~4/OBnrf54Qnns" height="1" width="1"/
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General Science | Wednesday May 20
Genes: An Extra Hurdle To Quitting Smoking During Pregnancy?
Researchers using data from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children and the Exeter Family Study of Childhood Health, have identified a common genetic variant that explains why some women may find it more difficult to quit smoking during...
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General Science | Wednesday May 20
Epigenetics: 100 Reasons To Change The Way We Think About Genetics
Increasingly, biologists are finding that non-genetic variation acquired during the life of an organism can sometimes be passed on to offspring -- a phenomenon known as epigenetic inheritance. A new article lists over 100 well-documented cases of...
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General Science | Wednesday May 20
Key Mechanism In Pathogenesis Of Osteoporosis Unraveled
Osteoporosis, or bone loss, is a disease that is most common in the elderly population, affecting women more often than men. Until now, it was not clear exactly how the disease develops. Researchers have now elucidated a molecular mechanism which...
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General Science | Wednesday May 20
Tone Language Is Key To Perfect Pitch
"Perfect" or "absolute" pitch is quite rare in the U.S. and Europe. But musicians who speak an East Asian tone language fluently are much more likely to have the ability.img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/sciencedaily/~4/9keA2NGGfGY" height="1"...
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General Science | Wednesday May 20
Stem Cell Transplant In Mouse Embryo Yields Heart Protection In Adulthood
Stem cells play a role in heart muscle rejuvenation by attracting cells from the body that develop into heart muscle cells. They have been successfully used to halt or reverse cardiac injury following heart attack, but not to prevent injury before it...
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General Science | Wednesday May 20
Neurons That 'Mirror' The Attention Of Others Discovered
Whether a monkey is looking to the left or merely watching another monkey looking that way, the same neurons in his brain are firing, according to researchers. The authors speculate that the neurons' activity may lie beneath critical social behavior,...
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General Science | Wednesday May 20
For Adolescent Crime Victims, Genetic Factors Play Lead Role
Genes trump environment as the primary reason that some adolescents are more likely than others to be victimized by crime, according to a criminologist.img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/sciencedaily/~4/2mRTA4WlDJo" height="1" width="1"/
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General Science | Wednesday May 20
Computer Simulation Captures Immune Response To Flu
Researchers have successfully tested first the first time a computer simulation of major portions of the body's immune reaction to influenza type A, with implications for treatment design and preparation ahead of future pandemics.img...
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General Science | Wednesday May 20
Variation Of Natural Compound Cures Malaria In Mice
Approximately 350 million to 500 million cases of malaria are diagnosed each year mostly in sub-Saharan Africa. While medications to prevent and treat malaria do exist, the demand for new treatments is on the rise, in part, because malaria parasites...
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General Science | Wednesday May 20
NASA Flight Facility Successfully Launches Nanosatellite
NASA's PharmaSat nanosatellite successfully launched Tuesday (May 19) from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility and the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport. PharmaSat will investigate the effects of antifungal agents on the growth of yeast in microgravity. This...
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General Science | Wednesday May 20
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