A Viral Cloaking Device: Biologists show how Human Cytomegalovirus hides from the immune system July 18, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Viruses achieve their definition of success when they can thrive without killing their host. Now, biologists Pamela Bjorkman and Zhiru Yang of the California Institute of Technology have uncovered how one ... | |
Giving learning a personal touch July 18, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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A learning system that adapts to the abilities and needs of students opens the way to a more personalised approach in delivering education electronically. | |
 Scientists to discuss climate risk posed by wetlands destruction July 20, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Moves around the world to drain marshes and other wetlands to make space for farming could be hastening climate change, scientists gathering in Brazil from Monday will be hearing. | |
Blood-related genetic mechanisms found important in Parkinson's disease July 21, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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What does the genetics of blood cells have to do with brain cells related to Parkinson's disease? From an unusual collaboration of neurologists and a pharmacologist comes the surprising answer: Genetic mechanisms at play ... | |
 Nanoparticle Research Points to Energy Savings July 23, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Adding just the right dash of nanoparticles to standard mixes of lubricants and refrigerants could yield the equivalent of an energy-saving chill pill for factories, hospitals, ships, and ... | |
 First STM spectroscopy of graphene flakes yields new surprises July 21, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 32 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the University of California at Berkeley have performed the first scanning tunneling spectroscopy of ... | |
Study identifies cells for spinal-cord repair July 18, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 19 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A researcher at MIT’s Picower Institute for Learning and Memory has pinpointed stem cells within the spinal cord that, if persuaded to differentiate into more healing cells and fewer scarring cells following ... | |
 Meet Robo habilis July 23, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 18 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A European research project has brought the dream of human-like robots closer to reality by creating a human-like arm and hand controlled by an electronic ‘brain’ modelled on the human cerebellum. | |
 Electron microscopy enters the picometer scale 6 hours ago | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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Jülich scientists have succeeded in precisely measuring atomic spacings down to a few picometres using new methods in ultrahigh-resolution electron microscopy. This makes it possible to find out decisive parameters ... | |
Video released of rapid Alzheimer's improvement after new immune-based treatment July 21, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 24 vote(s)
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New research into the treatment of Alzheimer's disease reports improvement in language abilities using a novel immune-based approach. A video accompanying the research, published today in the open access journal BMC Neurology, ... | |
Milkweed's evolutionary approach to caterpillars: Counter appetite with fast repair July 22, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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The adage that your enemies know your weaknesses best is especially true in the case of plants and predators that have co-evolved: As the predators evolve new strategies for attack, plants counter with their own unique defenses. | |
 'Snow flea antifreeze protein' could help improve organ preservation July 21, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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Scientists in Illinois and Pennsylvania are reporting development of a way to make the antifreeze protein that enables billions of Canadian snow fleas to survive frigid winter temperatures. | |
Plants make vaccine for treating type of cancer July 21, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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Plants could act as safe, speedy factories for growing antibodies for personalized treatments against a common form of cancer, according to new findings from the Stanford University School of Medicine. The findings came in ... | |
 Hundreds of baby penguins found dead in Brazil July 19, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Hundreds of baby penguins swept from the icy shores of Antarctica and Patagonia are washing up dead on Rio de Janeiro's tropical beaches, rescuers and penguin experts said Friday. | |
Prevailing theory of aging challenged in Stanford worm study 7 hours ago | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Age may not be rust after all. Specific genetic instructions drive aging in worms, report researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine. Their discovery contradicts the prevailing theory that aging is a buildup ... | |
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