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Harnessing Wave Energy

LifeScience.com :: Posted 5 hours 15 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 5 hours 16 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 7 hours 17 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 7 hours 53 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 7 hours 54 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 7 hours 54 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 7 hours 54 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 7 hours 55 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 7 hours 55 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 7 hours 55 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 7 hours 56 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 7 hours 56 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 7 hours 56 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 7 hours 56 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 7 hours 56 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 7 hours 56 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 7 hours 59 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 8 hours 49 min ago
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A wireless "backbone" in the wilderness brings the power of the internet to remote locations.

10 most dangerous toys of 2009

MSNBC.com :: Posted 1 day 23 hours ago
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A foam rocket launcher, children's book and Batman and Wolverine action figures are among the most dangerous toys...

'Fly paper' created to capture circulating...

ScienceDaily.com :: Posted 1 day 14 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...

Long-Term Care Plan to Be in Bill

WSJ :: Posted 1 day 10 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...

Low-carb, high-carb diet both help keep...

Reuters :: Posted 1 day 5 hours ago
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Low-carb and high-carb diets work equally well for maintaining weight loss, Australian...

Oil from biotech soybeans increases key...

ScienceDaily.com :: Posted 1 day 16 min ago
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A modified soybean oil increased the level of an omega-3 fatty acid in humans more than regular soybean oil. The...

'Hobbits' are a new human species, according...

ScienceDaily.com :: Posted 1 day 15 min ago
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Researchers have confirmed that Homo floresiensis is a genuine ancient human species and not a descendant of healthy...

New mechanism identified for beneficial...

ScienceDaily.com :: Posted 1 day 13 min ago
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New data in humans shows that all doses of aspirin used in clinical practice increase nitric oxide. Nitric oxide...

Zap! Light Used to Paralyze Tiny Creatures...

LifeScience.com :: Posted 11 hours 39 sec ago
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A new technology can temporarily disable life forms.

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

ScienceDaily.com :: Posted 7 hours 54 min ago
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Resurgence of thalidomide use in Africa and South America raises the urgent need to isolate the negative side...

1.5 million a day getting H1N1 vaccine in...

MSNBC.com :: Posted 1 day 23 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,...

Common pain relief medication may encourage...

ScienceDaily.com :: Posted 1 day 14 hours ago
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Although morphine has been the gold-standard treatment for postoperative and chronic cancer pain for two centuries...

Senate girds for historic debate on health...

MSNBC.com :: Posted 1 day 10 hours ago
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Congressional budget crunchers Thursday said the Democrats' latest health care plan would hold down federal red...

P&G recalls some Vicks spray after bacteria...

Reuters :: Posted 1 day 5 hours ago
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CHICAGO (Reuters) - Procter & Gamble Co is voluntarily recalling about 120,000 bottles of Vicks Sinex nasal spray...

Reflux esophagitis due to immune reaction...

ScienceDaily.com :: Posted 1 day 16 min ago
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Contrary to current thinking, a condition called gastroesophageal reflux disease might not develop as a direct...

'Fingerprinting' RFID tags: Researchers...

ScienceDaily.com :: Posted 1 day 15 min ago
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Engineering researchers have developed a unique and robust method to prevent cloning of passive radio frequency...

Predator beetle to battle hemlock pest

ScienceDaily.com :: Posted 1 day 13 min ago
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Hemlock woolly adelgids (HWA) -- aphidlike insects that have destroyed stands of hemlocks throughout the East...

Robotic Spy Planes Go Green

LifeScience.com :: Posted 10 hours 44 min ago
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Military vehicles powered by alternative energy provide more than environmental benefits.

Spotting evidence of directed percolation...

ScienceDaily.com :: Posted 7 hours 54 min ago
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Convincing experimental evidence has finally been found for directed percolation, a phenomenon that turns up in...

Meditation Eases Heart Disease

Mercola.com :: Posted 1 day 11 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 6 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 12 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 14 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 14 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 22 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 10 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 14 hours ago
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Biologists have discovered that honeybees can discriminate between food at different temperatures, an ability that may assist bees...

Long-Term Care Plan to Be in Bill

WSJ :: Posted 1 day 10 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 22 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 14 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 19 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 14 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...

Increased obesity hindering success at reducing...

ScienceDaily.com :: Posted 1 day 13 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 22 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 21 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 11 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...

Choosing the Right Medicare Plan

WSJ :: Posted 1 day 21 hours ago
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Older people may want to reconsider sticking with their existing Medicare plans this enrollment period.