 'Road-runner' Dinosaur Lived In The Fast Lane, Dug Termites And Ants
 03.29.2010 16:00  0 views  0 comments
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 Researchers have discovered a new dinosaur that was one of the smallest known and also one of the best adapted for running. The fossil skeleton of the tiny animal, named Xixianykus zhangi, is incomplete but would probably have measured around half a meter in length. The specimen comes from Xixia County in Henan province, China. Read more »
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'Hormone therapy' for food poisoning bacteria
03.29.2010 16:00 0 views 0 comments
 Pathogenic bacteria in the gut recognize their surroundings by detecting hormone signals from the host, which can prompt them to express lethal toxins. Intercepting these hormonal messages could be a better way to treat serious food-borne infections where antibiotics do more harm than good. Read more »
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Breakthrough design opens door to 'full screen' Braille displays for the blind
03.29.2010 16:00 0 views 0 comments
 Imagine if your computer only allowed you to see one line at a time, no matter what you were doing -- reading e-mail, looking at a Web site, doing research. That's the challenge facing blind computer users today. But new research is moving us closer to the development of a display system that would allow the blind to take full advantage of the Web and other computer applications. Read more »
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Pregnancy for breast cancer survivors: Meta-analysis reveals it is safe and could improve survival
03.29.2010 16:00 0 views 0 comments
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 Women who have been treated for breast cancer can choose to become pregnant and have babies, without fears that pregnancy could put them at higher risk of dying from their cancer, according to a major new study. Read more »
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Wine vine: Microscopic photography reveals bacteria destroying grape plant cell wall
03.29.2010 16:00 0 views 0 comments
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 Like a band of detectives surveying the movement of a criminal, researchers using photographic technology have caught at least one culprit in the act. In this case, electron microscopy was used to watch a deadly bacteria breakdown cell walls in wine grape plants -- an image that previously had not been witnessed. Read more »
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Practice doesn't make perfect, but it comes fairly close
03.29.2010 16:00 0 views 0 comments
 We are not all blessed with the brains, beauty, luck, and capital that we associate with highly successful business people or entrepreneurs. Although most new business ventures fail, a few prosper and grow rapidly. A new article demystifies this game of success, and shows that exceptional performance is not necessarily the direct result of special talent, experience, or sheer luck. Read more »
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Physicists detect rare geo-neutrino particles, peek into Earth's core
03.29.2010 13:00 0 views 0 comments
 Using a delicate instrument located under a mountain in central Italy, physicists are measuring some of the faintest and rarest particles ever detected, geo-neutrinos, with the greatest precision yet achieved. The data reveal, for the first time, a well defined signal, above background noise, of the extremely rare geo-neutrino particle from deep within Earth. Read more »
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A new strategy normalizes blood sugars in diabetes
03.29.2010 13:00 0 views 0 comments
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 Researchers have identified a new strategy for treating type 2 diabetes, identifying a cellular pathway that fails when people become obese. Read more »
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Few drive well while yakking on cell phones; Yet 1 in 40 are 'supertaskers' who can do both
03.29.2010 13:00 0 views 0 comments
 A new study by psychologists found a small group of people with an extraordinary ability to multitask: unlike 97.5 percent of those studied, they can safely drive while chatting on a cell phone. Read more »
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Surgical masks provided effective protection of health-care workers against H1N1, study suggests
03.29.2010 13:00 0 views 0 comments
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 The effectiveness of ordinary surgical masks as opposed to respirators in protecting health-care workers against the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus has been the subject of debate. An observational study suggests that surgical masks are just as effective as respirators in this regard. Read more »
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How marine mussels grip rocks: Iron atoms convey mussel fibers with a robust but stretchy covering
03.29.2010 13:00 0 views 0 comments
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 Researchers believe they have uncovered the basis how marine mussels use the byssus, a bundle of tough and extensible fibers, to fasten securely to wave-swept rocky coastlines. According to their findings, local accumulation of iron-mediated cross-links creates hard knobs within an extensible matrix containing much fewer of these molecular bridges. Such a design could be an interesting concept for developing novel abrasion-resistant, highly extensible coatings. Read more »
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'That was my idea': Group brainstorming settings and fixation
03.29.2010 13:00 0 views 0 comments
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 When people, groups, or organizations are looking for a fresh perspective on a project, they often turn to a brainstorming exercise to get those juices flowing. An upcoming study from Applied Cognitive Psychology suggests that this may not be the best route to take to generate unique and varied ideas. Read more »
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Nanosatellite To Clear Dangerous Debris From Space
03.29.2010 10:00 1 views 0 comments
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 New technology is set to play a major part in clearing dangerous clouds of debris hurtling around the Earth's lower orbit. Scientists have devised a miniature satellite or nanosatellite fitted with a solar sail. "CubeSail" is a device which can be fitted to satellites or launch vehicle upper stages that are sent into orbit and then can be deployed to successfully de-orbit equipment that has reached the end of its mission. Read more »
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Contact lenses loaded with vitamin E may treat glaucoma
03.29.2010 10:00 0 views 0 comments
 The popular dietary supplement vitamin E, loaded into special medicated contact lenses, can keep glaucoma medicine near the eye -- where it can treat that common disease -- almost 100 times longer than possible with current commercial lenses, scientists report. Read more »
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Making car fuel from thin air
03.29.2010 10:00 0 views 0 comments
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 Researchers in the UK are working on a project that could take carbon dioxide from the air and turn it into car fuel. The project aims to develop porous materials that can absorb the gas that causes global warming and convert it into chemicals that can be used to make car fuel or plastics in a process powered by renewable solar energy. Read more »
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High systolic BP in patients with chest pain linked with favorable prognosis
03.29.2010 10:00 0 views 0 comments
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 New research finds that there is an inverse association between the level of supine (lying face up) systolic blood pressure measured on admission to an intensive care unit for acute chest pain and risk of death at one year, with those patients having high systolic blood pressure having a better prognosis after a year. Read more »
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Naval research laboratory takes a close look at unique diamonds
03.29.2010 10:00 0 views 0 comments
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 Naval Research Laboratory, which has been involved in pioneering work involving chemical vapor deposition of diamond and the use of diamond materials in advanced technologies relevant to the Department of Defense since 1987, has recently undertaken some new projects in diamond research. In collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution Museum of Natural History, NRL researchers have begun studying unique and historic natural colored diamonds to understand and characterize the defects/impurities, which cause the color. Read more »
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Transition into adult health care is a rocky road for 20 somethings
03.29.2010 10:00 0 views 0 comments
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 Young adults, a generally healthy population, are increasingly flocking to emergency departments instead of outpatient clinics for medical treatment. Read more »
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Compulsive eating shares addictive biochemical mechanism with cocaine, heroin abuse, study shows
03.29.2010 7:00 0 views 0 comments
 In a newly published study, scientists have shown for the first time that the same molecular mechanisms that drive people into drug addiction are behind the compulsion to overeat, pushing people into obesity. Read more »
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Coronary artery development mystery solved, may lead to better bypasses
03.29.2010 7:00 0 views 0 comments
 Scientists studying cardiac development in mouse embryos have identified the source of cells that become the coronary arteries -- the vessels that deliver blood to nourish the continuously pumping heart muscle. Read more »
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