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Inner workings of planet helped boost oxygen in atmosphere

sb — Fri, 25 May 2012 18:56:14 +0000

The influence of the ground beneath us on the air around us could be greater than scientists had previously thought, [...]

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Small towns benefit from self-employed

sb — Fri, 25 May 2012 18:54:54 +0000

People in rural counties who work for themselves may add a boost to local economies, improving income and job growth, [...]

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Cyber partners help you go the distance

sb — Fri, 25 May 2012 18:53:35 +0000

A new study testing the benefits of a virtual exercise partner shows the presence of a moderately more capable cycling [...]

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Babies Learn from Experiences That Are Not Too Simple, Not Too Complex, but ‘Just Right’

sb — Fri, 25 May 2012 18:51:19 +0000

Long before babies understand the story of Goldilocks, they have more than mastered the fairy tale heroine’s method of decision-making. [...]

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Tongue Analysis Software Uses Ancient Chinese Medicine to Warn of Disease

sb — Fri, 25 May 2012 18:47:37 +0000

For 5,000 years, the Chinese have used a system of medicine based on the flow and balance of positive and [...]

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Irritable bowel syndrome and bacteria in gut definitively linked

sb — Fri, 25 May 2012 14:09:30 +0000

An overgrowth of bacteria in the gut has been definitively linked to Irritable Bowel Syndrome in the results of a [...]

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Researchers discover drug destroys human cancer stem cells but not healthy ones

sb — Fri, 25 May 2012 12:39:54 +0000

A team of scientists at McMaster has discovered that the drug thioridazine successfully kills cancer stem cells in humans while [...]

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Discarded data may hold the key to a sharper view of molecules

sb — Fri, 25 May 2012 12:27:18 +0000

There’s nothing like a new pair of eyeglasses to bring fine details into sharp relief. For scientists who study the [...]

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Feeling strong emotions makes peoples’ brains ‘tick together’

sb — Fri, 25 May 2012 12:26:33 +0000

Research team at Aalto University and Turku PET Centre has revealed how experiencing strong emotions synchronizes brain activity across individuals. [...]

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Key gene found responsible for chronic inflammation, accelerated aging and cancer

sb — Fri, 25 May 2012 12:23:01 +0000

Researchers at NYU School of Medicine have, for the first time, identified a single gene that simultaneously controls inflammation, accelerated [...]

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Gene discovery points towards new type of male contraceptive

sb — Fri, 25 May 2012 12:22:21 +0000

A new type of male contraceptive could be created thanks to the discovery of a key gene essential for sperm [...]

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Device may inject a variety of drugs without using needles

sb — Fri, 25 May 2012 12:21:20 +0000

Getting a shot at the doctor’s office may become less painful in the not-too-distant future. MIT researchers have engineered a [...]

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Positive words: The glue to social interaction

sb — Fri, 25 May 2012 12:17:18 +0000

Scientists at ETH Zurich have studied the use of language, finding that words with a positive emotional content are more [...]

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Tiny Planet-Finding Mirrors Borrow from Webb Telescope Playbook

sb — Fri, 25 May 2012 12:16:30 +0000

NASA’s next flagship mission — the James Webb Space Telescope — will carry the largest primary mirror ever deployed. This [...]

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Asteroid Nudged by Sunlight: Most Precise Measurement of Yarkovsky Effect

sb — Fri, 25 May 2012 12:15:32 +0000

Scientists on NASA’s asteroid sample return mission, Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx), have measured the orbit [...]

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