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Harnessing Wave Energy

LifeScience.com :: Posted 4 hours 10 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 4 hours 12 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 6 hours 13 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 6 hours 49 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 6 hours 49 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 6 hours 50 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 6 hours 50 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 6 hours 50 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 6 hours 51 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 6 hours 51 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 6 hours 51 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 6 hours 52 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 6 hours 52 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 6 hours 52 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 6 hours 52 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 6 hours 52 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 6 hours 54 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 7 hours 44 min ago
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A wireless "backbone" in the wilderness brings the power of the internet to remote locations.

Sebelius: Women need mammograms at age 40...

MSNBC.com :: Posted 1 day 23 hours ago
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Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius says federal policy on who should get breast cancer screening...

FDA to review Actelion's Zavesca for additional...

Reuters :: Posted 1 day 16 hours ago
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ZURICH (Reuters) - Actelion Ltd, Europe's largest biotech company, said on Thursday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration...

How Washington Lobbyists Control Legislation...

Mercola.com :: Posted 1 day 10 hours ago
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During the U.S. House debate on overhauling health care, the speeches of many lawmakers echoed with similarities...

Extinction of Giant Mammals Changed Landscape...

LifeScience.com :: Posted 1 day 5 hours ago
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New evidence from dung rules out comet and habitat loss as culprits for mass extinction.

Scientists crack corn code: Reference genome...

ScienceDaily.com :: Posted 23 hours 12 min ago
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A four-year, multi-institutional effort co-led by three Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory scientists culminated today...

Finding more in 'most'

ScienceDaily.com :: Posted 23 hours 11 min ago
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A researcher has scientifically quantified the common interpretation of the word "most," finding it to be a measurement...

Avoiding panic in pandemics

ScienceDaily.com :: Posted 23 hours 9 min ago
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Public health officials walking a tightrope between massive demand for vaccines and intense public scrutiny of...

Strength Training Can Help People With Lung...

Mercola.com :: Posted 10 hours 27 min ago
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People with chronic lung disease can strengthen their arms and legs with resistance training, and this strength...

Braking news: Particles from car brakes...

ScienceDaily.com :: Posted 6 hours 51 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...

Study showing alcohol may cut heart risk...

Reuters :: Posted 1 day 22 hours ago
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LONDON (Reuters) - Spanish research appearing to show that very heavy drinking can reduce men's risk of heart...

1.5M per day getting swine flu vaccine in...

USAToday :: Posted 1 day 15 hours ago
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China's health minister said Wednesday his country is vaccinating 1.5 million people a day against swine flu,...

Experts: Radical measures won't stop swine...

MSNBC.com :: Posted 1 day 9 hours ago
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Health experts say extraordinary measures against swine flu — most notably quarantines imposed by China, where...

Mammogram advice accurate but not ‘right...

MSNBC.com :: Posted 1 day 4 hours ago
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Doing the right thing and taking the time to protect yourself against breast cancer has moral weight that policy...

Common plastics chemicals -- phthalates --...

ScienceDaily.com :: Posted 23 hours 12 min ago
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Phthalates are important components of many consumer products, including toys, cleaning materials, plastics, and...

Baby's sleep position is the major factor...

ScienceDaily.com :: Posted 23 hours 11 min ago
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A baby's sleep position is the best predictor of a misshapen skull condition known as deformational plagiocephaly...

Harnessing waste heat from laptop computers...

ScienceDaily.com :: Posted 23 hours 9 min ago
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New research points the way to a technology that might make it possible to harvest much of the wasted heat produced...

Amazing Sand Sculptures

Mercola.com :: Posted 10 hours 27 min ago
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As an impoverished child in Orrisa, India, Sudarsan Pattnaik would go to his local beach and build sand castles...

Let them eat snail: Nutritional giant snails...

ScienceDaily.com :: Posted 6 hours 50 min ago
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A nutritionist in Nigeria says that malnutrition and iron deficiency in schoolchildren could be reduced in her...

Meditation Eases Heart Disease

Mercola.com :: Posted 1 day 10 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 5 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 11 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 13 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...

Common pain relief medication may encourage...

ScienceDaily.com :: Posted 1 day 13 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...

CT heart scan finds blockage faster than...

USAToday :: Posted 1 day 21 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 ...

Senate girds for historic debate on health...

MSNBC.com :: Posted 1 day 9 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...

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

ScienceDaily.com :: Posted 1 day 13 hours ago
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Biologists have discovered that honeybees can discriminate between food at different temperatures, an ability that may assist bees...

Avoiding panic in pandemics

ScienceDaily.com :: Posted 23 hours 9 min 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 9 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...

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

USAToday :: Posted 1 day 21 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 13 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...

Doctors' Neckties Seen as Flu Risk

WSJ :: Posted 1 day 18 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...

FDA to review Actelion's Zavesca for additional...

Reuters :: Posted 1 day 16 hours ago
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ZURICH (Reuters) - Actelion Ltd, Europe's largest biotech company, said on Thursday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) would...

Experts: Radical measures won't stop swine...

MSNBC.com :: Posted 1 day 9 hours ago
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Health experts say extraordinary measures against swine flu — most notably quarantines imposed by China, where entire planeloads...

Increased obesity hindering success at reducing...

ScienceDaily.com :: Posted 23 hours 9 min 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 21 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 20 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 ...