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Harnessing Wave Energy

LifeScience.com :: Posted 6 hours 12 min ago
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Energy from ocean waves seems like the ultimate in renewable fuel, yet research lags behind studies of solar and wind power. Research...

Dogs Sniff Dung to Find Really Rare Rhinos...

LifeScience.com :: Posted 6 hours 13 min ago
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Two dogs are helping scientists figure out how many Javan rhinos are left in the wild.

How to Take a Gorilla's Blood Pressure:...

LifeScience.com :: Posted 8 hours 15 min ago
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For the first time, researchers have obtained blood pressure readings from a gorilla while it was awake.

After mastodons and mammoths, a transformed...

ScienceDaily.com :: Posted 8 hours 51 min ago
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Roughly 15,000 years ago, at the end of the last ice age, North America's vast assemblage of large animals -- including such iconic...

Sounds can penetrate deep sleep and enhance...

ScienceDaily.com :: Posted 8 hours 51 min ago
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They were in a deep sleep, yet sounds, such as a teakettle whistle, somehow penetrated their slumber. The 25 sounds were reminders...

Spotting evidence of directed percolation...

ScienceDaily.com :: Posted 8 hours 51 min ago
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Convincing experimental evidence has finally been found for directed percolation, a phenomenon that turns up in computer models of...

Solving the 50-year-old puzzle of thalidomide...

ScienceDaily.com :: Posted 8 hours 52 min ago
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Resurgence of thalidomide use in Africa and South America raises the urgent need to isolate the negative side effects by identifying...

Let them eat snail: Nutritional giant snails...

ScienceDaily.com :: Posted 8 hours 52 min ago
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A nutritionist in Nigeria says that malnutrition and iron deficiency in schoolchildren could be reduced in her country by baking up...

Braking news: Particles from car brakes...

ScienceDaily.com :: Posted 8 hours 52 min ago
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Real-life particles released by car brake pads can harm lung cells in vitro. Researchers found that heavy braking, as in an emergency...

Spinal cord injuries: Experimental drug...

ScienceDaily.com :: Posted 8 hours 53 min ago
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Researchers have shown how an experimental drug might restore the function of nerves damaged in spinal cord injuries by preventing...

Ancestry attracts, but love is blind

ScienceDaily.com :: Posted 8 hours 53 min ago
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People preferentially marry those with similar ancestry, but their decisions are not necessarily based on hair, eye or skin color....

Bacterially produced antifungal on skin...

ScienceDaily.com :: Posted 8 hours 53 min ago
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A new study suggests that naturally occurring bacteria on the skin of salamanders could help protect other amphibians, including some...

New cause of osteoporosis: Mutation in a...

ScienceDaily.com :: Posted 8 hours 53 min ago
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Many biological processes are controlled by small molecules known as microRNAs. Researchers have now identified a previously unknown...

Why Israeli rodents are more cautious than...

ScienceDaily.com :: Posted 8 hours 53 min ago
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Rodent, reptile and ant lion species behave differently on either side of the Israel-Jordan border. Researchers found that Israeli...

On your last nerve: Researchers advance...

ScienceDaily.com :: Posted 8 hours 53 min ago
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Researchers have identified a gene that tells embryonic stem cells in the brain when to stop producing nerve cells called neurons....

Frog legs trade may facilitate spread of...

ScienceDaily.com :: Posted 8 hours 53 min ago
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Most countries throughout the world participate in the $40-million-per-year culinary trade of frog legs in some way, with 75 percent...

Italy collector finds Galileo's lost tooth...

Reuters :: Posted 8 hours 56 min ago
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ROME (Reuters) - An art collector has found a tooth, thumb and finger of the renowned Italian scientist Galileo Galilei who died in...

Wiring the Wilderness

LifeScience.com :: Posted 9 hours 46 min ago
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A wireless "backbone" in the wilderness brings the power of the internet to remote locations.

Movie theater popcorn: You'll laugh! You...

USAToday :: Posted 1 day 23 hours ago
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Here's some news that may send moviegoers reeling: Theater popcorn is often loaded with calories and artery-clogging...

Bees can learn differences in food's temperature...

ScienceDaily.com :: Posted 1 day 15 hours ago
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Biologists have discovered that honeybees can discriminate between food at different temperatures, an ability...

Strange Ancient Crocodiles Swam the Sahara...

LifeScience.com :: Posted 1 day 10 hours ago
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Odd bunch of crocs lived alongside dinosaurs.

Nearly Blind Seal to Get Surgery

LifeScience.com :: Posted 1 day 5 hours ago
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A monk seal scheduled to get eye surgery.

Surgery not linked to memory problems in...

ScienceDaily.com :: Posted 1 day 1 hour ago
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For years, it has been widely assumed that older adults may experience memory loss and other cognitive problems...

Pig out more at Thanksgiving and you may...

ScienceDaily.com :: Posted 1 day 1 hour ago
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Eating a traditional Thanksgiving dinner with turkey and mashed potatoes makes consumers less likely to buy on...

Increased obesity hindering success at reducing...

ScienceDaily.com :: Posted 1 day 1 hour ago
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The percentage of overweight and obese adults in the United States has increased over the past two decades --...

Controversial Stem Cell Experiment Could...

LifeScience.com :: Posted 11 hours 16 min ago
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New and controversial transplant operation uses stem cells derived from spare human embryos.

Sounds can penetrate deep sleep and enhance...

ScienceDaily.com :: Posted 8 hours 51 min ago
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They were in a deep sleep, yet sounds, such as a teakettle whistle, somehow penetrated their slumber. The 25 sounds...

CT heart scan finds blockage faster than...

USAToday :: Posted 1 day 23 hours ago
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A rapid CT scan of the heart may provide doctors with a more efficient way to diagnose blocked arteries in people...

Nutrigenomics researchers replicate gene...

ScienceDaily.com :: Posted 1 day 15 hours ago
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Rsearchers have identified a gene-diet interaction that appears to influence body weight and have replicated their...

Light Shed on Mysteries of Deadly Jellyfish...

LifeScience.com :: Posted 1 day 10 hours ago
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Clues to the a jellyfish's deadly sting may lead to an antidote.

The Digital Divide: Why Grandma Should Get...

LifeScience.com :: Posted 1 day 5 hours ago
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Going online may help seniors overcome depression.

Building the smart home wirelessly

ScienceDaily.com :: Posted 1 day 1 hour ago
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Like the paperless office, the smart home has been a long time coming, but a new article suggests that radio tags...

Cognitive dysfunction reversed in mouse...

ScienceDaily.com :: Posted 1 day 1 hour ago
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At birth, children with Down syndrome aren't developmentally delayed. But as they age, these kids fall behind....

Last year's flu shot may help ward off swine...

USAToday :: Posted 1 day 49 min ago
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People who received last year's seasonal flu vaccine may have gained some protection against the swine flu virus...

Astronaut in space while wife giving birth...

Reuters :: Posted 10 hours 56 min ago
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Shuttle Atlantis astronaut Randy Bresnik can be forgiven if he's having a...

After mastodons and mammoths, a transformed...

ScienceDaily.com :: Posted 8 hours 51 min ago
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Roughly 15,000 years ago, at the end of the last ice age, North America's vast assemblage of large animals --...

Meditation Eases Heart Disease

Mercola.com :: Posted 1 day 12 hours ago
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Heart disease patients who practice Transcendental Meditation have reduced death rates.Researchers randomly assigned more than 200...

Doctors' Neckties Seen as Flu Risk

WSJ :: Posted 1 day 7 hours ago
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The list of things to avoid during flu season includes crowded buses, hospitals and handshakes. Consider adding this: your doctor's...

Deaths not linked to H1N1 vaccine: WHO

Reuters :: Posted 1 day 13 hours ago
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GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization said on Thursday the H1N1 vaccine had been cleared of blame for 41 deaths which health...

'Fly paper' created to capture circulating...

ScienceDaily.com :: Posted 1 day 15 hours ago
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Just as fly paper captures insects, an innovative new device with nano-sized features is able to grab cancer cells in the blood that...

CT heart scan finds blockage faster than...

USAToday :: Posted 1 day 23 hours ago
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A rapid CT scan of the heart may provide doctors with a more efficient way to diagnose blocked arteries in people complaining ...

Common pain relief medication may encourage...

ScienceDaily.com :: Posted 1 day 15 hours ago
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Although morphine has been the gold-standard treatment for postoperative and chronic cancer pain for two centuries, a growing body...

Bees can learn differences in food's temperature...

ScienceDaily.com :: Posted 1 day 15 hours ago
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Biologists have discovered that honeybees can discriminate between food at different temperatures, an ability that may assist bees...

Senate girds for historic debate on health...

MSNBC.com :: Posted 1 day 11 hours ago
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Congressional budget crunchers Thursday said the Democrats' latest health care plan would hold down federal red ink for at least a...

Movie theater popcorn: You'll laugh! You...

USAToday :: Posted 1 day 23 hours ago
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Here's some news that may send moviegoers reeling: Theater popcorn is often loaded with calories and artery-clogging saturated ...

Nutrigenomics researchers replicate gene...

ScienceDaily.com :: Posted 1 day 15 hours ago
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Rsearchers have identified a gene-diet interaction that appears to influence body weight and have replicated their findings in three...

New guidelines: Women can get Pap smears...

USAToday :: Posted 16 hours 8 min ago
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Doctors' Neckties Seen as Flu Risk

WSJ :: Posted 1 day 20 hours ago
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The list of things to avoid during flu season includes crowded buses, hospitals and handshakes. Consider adding this: your doctor's...

Avoiding panic in pandemics

ScienceDaily.com :: Posted 1 day 1 hour ago
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Public health officials walking a tightrope between massive demand for vaccines and intense public scrutiny of side effects now have...

Long-Term Care Plan to Be in Bill

WSJ :: Posted 1 day 11 hours ago
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The Senate's sweeping health bill is expected to call for a new long-term-care insurance program as Democrats move closer to unveiling...

Increased obesity hindering success at reducing...

ScienceDaily.com :: Posted 1 day 1 hour ago
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The percentage of overweight and obese adults in the United States has increased over the past two decades -- undermining efforts to...

Mouse study points to treatment for Down...

Reuters :: Posted 1 day 23 hours ago
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CHICAGO (Reuters) - Increasing the levels of a message-carrying chemical in the brain may help prevent some of the memory deficits...

Americans seem angry a lot, but it's all...

USAToday :: Posted 1 day 22 hours ago
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Psychologists say it's normal to get angry. It's a basic human emotion, they say. But more and more, we see people losing their ...

Body Odd: Phantom smells may be a sign of...

MSNBC.com :: Posted 1 day 12 hours ago
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Get a whiff of this. Smelling a pungent odor that's not really there is more common than you might think. But if those mysterious odors...