items tagged with Biology
Flies, like people, can toss and turn all night
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2008-02-25 08:16:13
A new U.S. study has shown fruit flies have a brain chemical just like humans that controls sleep. The discovery may help people solve their insomnia and other sleep problems.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2008-02-25 08:16:13
A new U.S. study has shown fruit flies have a brain chemical just like humans that controls sleep. The discovery may help people solve their insomnia and other sleep problems.
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Protein: eat less to live longer, but less protein means fewer children
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Science
Category: Health
2008-02-17 20:53:12
New research from the University of Sydney’s School of Biological Sciences has uncovered that “animals that eat less [protein] live longer”, but end up having fewer children. So, do you want a long life, or more children... and just how relevant are fruit fly studies to human beings, anyway?
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Science
Category: Health
2008-02-17 20:53:12
New research from the University of Sydney’s School of Biological Sciences has uncovered that “animals that eat less [protein] live longer”, but end up having fewer children. So, do you want a long life, or more children... and just how relevant are fruit fly studies to human beings, anyway?
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Expedition to track down extreme living creatures
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-02-08 09:02:24
Antarctica is filled with tiny organisms that love conditions too extreme for most other living thing. And a team of international scientists is looking for more of them at Lake Untersee in the cold confines of Antarctica.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-02-08 09:02:24
Antarctica is filled with tiny organisms that love conditions too extreme for most other living thing. And a team of international scientists is looking for more of them at Lake Untersee in the cold confines of Antarctica.
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The bacteria diet: It may help us lose weight
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2008-01-24 10:03:18
A British-Swiss study has found that feeding mice a certain type of bacterium helps them reduce the amount of fat digested. If successfully applied to humans, such a change could help us reduce the obesity problem.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2008-01-24 10:03:18
A British-Swiss study has found that feeding mice a certain type of bacterium helps them reduce the amount of fat digested. If successfully applied to humans, such a change could help us reduce the obesity problem.
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Columbus probably brought syphilis to Europe from New World
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2008-01-24 08:28:49
According to an Emory University (Atlanta) study, Christopher Columbus and his men may have left the New World with the bacteria that causes syphilis and returned to Europe with it—causing the spread of venereal syphilis.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2008-01-24 08:28:49
According to an Emory University (Atlanta) study, Christopher Columbus and his men may have left the New World with the bacteria that causes syphilis and returned to Europe with it—causing the spread of venereal syphilis.
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Science and the U.S. Presidential Campaign of 2008
Written By: William Atkins
Section: UNI-verse
Category: The Science Blog
2008-01-20 04:45:10
You can submit your science questions and vote for your favorite science questions to ask the presidential candidates, both Republican and Democratic, at Politico.com.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: UNI-verse
Category: The Science Blog
2008-01-20 04:45:10
You can submit your science questions and vote for your favorite science questions to ask the presidential candidates, both Republican and Democratic, at Politico.com.
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Stem cell research: Where does your U.S. state stand?
Written By: William Atkins
Section: UNI-verse
Category: The Science Blog
2008-01-15 10:06:24
Do you favor or reject embryonic stem cell research? And, just as important: does your state favor or reject the researching and funding of stem cells in the United States?
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: UNI-verse
Category: The Science Blog
2008-01-15 10:06:24
Do you favor or reject embryonic stem cell research? And, just as important: does your state favor or reject the researching and funding of stem cells in the United States?
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And the beat goes on: Dead rat hearts get second chance
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2008-01-14 10:16:24
Minnesota researchers have found a way to grow new functioning heart tissue from tissue taken off of dead rats. The procedure called whole organ decellularization could some day allow scientists to grow specialized organs so they can be transplanted into human bodies matched for just the right organs.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2008-01-14 10:16:24
Minnesota researchers have found a way to grow new functioning heart tissue from tissue taken off of dead rats. The procedure called whole organ decellularization could some day allow scientists to grow specialized organs so they can be transplanted into human bodies matched for just the right organs.
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Stem cells produced without destroying embryo
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2008-01-12 09:35:44
U.S. researchers at Advanced Cell Technology have developed a method to make embryonic stem cells that do not harm mice embryos. It is likely that the method can be applied to human embryos.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2008-01-12 09:35:44
U.S. researchers at Advanced Cell Technology have developed a method to make embryonic stem cells that do not harm mice embryos. It is likely that the method can be applied to human embryos.
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U.S. presidential candidates and positions on Space, Science
Written By: William Atkins
Section: UNI-verse
Category: The Science Blog
2008-01-01 10:30:47
The citizens of the United States are in the midst of its election of a new president in 2008. Their responses to the topics of space, science, and education say much about their campaigns and how they will direct the country.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: UNI-verse
Category: The Science Blog
2008-01-01 10:30:47
The citizens of the United States are in the midst of its election of a new president in 2008. Their responses to the topics of space, science, and education say much about their campaigns and how they will direct the country.
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Reprogramming cells may be as effective as stem cells
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2007-12-26 13:55:39
U.S. researchers have found that mature but defective skin cells in mice can be reprogrammed to eliminate sickle-cell anemia. The process may in the future be used to cure diseases in humans instead of using immature stem cells.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2007-12-26 13:55:39
U.S. researchers have found that mature but defective skin cells in mice can be reprogrammed to eliminate sickle-cell anemia. The process may in the future be used to cure diseases in humans instead of using immature stem cells.
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Have we located the human “soul”?
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2007-12-24 14:25:01
Chinese researchers measured activity within the pineal gland as subjects performed religious meditation. Heightened activity within the pineal gland was discovered.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2007-12-24 14:25:01
Chinese researchers measured activity within the pineal gland as subjects performed religious meditation. Heightened activity within the pineal gland was discovered.
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Tooth loss and gum disease linked to fatness
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2007-12-24 14:15:38
Boston researchers find that obese people have less immune cells to fight tooth loss and gum disease, which is also linked to increased incidences of cardiovascular disease and diabetes.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2007-12-24 14:15:38
Boston researchers find that obese people have less immune cells to fight tooth loss and gum disease, which is also linked to increased incidences of cardiovascular disease and diabetes.
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Only a few nerve cells needed to start brain working complex tasks
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2007-12-22 11:55:18
New research has found that instead of thousands of brain cells working together to initiate a task by the brain, only as few as fifty cells are needed.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2007-12-22 11:55:18
New research has found that instead of thousands of brain cells working together to initiate a task by the brain, only as few as fifty cells are needed.
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Pristine jungle in Foja Mts. possible home to new species
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2007-12-18 12:23:20
Possible new species, at least within human knowledge, have been discovered in an area called a “lost world” because of its very nature: a pristine jungle within a remote mountainous area in the northern part of Papua, Indonesia.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2007-12-18 12:23:20
Possible new species, at least within human knowledge, have been discovered in an area called a “lost world” because of its very nature: a pristine jungle within a remote mountainous area in the northern part of Papua, Indonesia.
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Look at nature: drive down the highway
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2007-12-15 09:11:25
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2007-12-15 09:11:25
According to a study performed by U.S. biologist Dale Sparks, highway medians are full of wildlife, contradicting the accepted view that areas along highways were devoid of most wildlife.
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Blueberry Punch: good juice for prostate care
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2007-12-10 08:20:10
The mixture is made with blueberry juice, tarragon, turmeric, raspberry, citrus peel oil, and olive leaf extract, and Australian scientists at the University of Sydney state it is an effective mixture to ward off prostate cancer.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2007-12-10 08:20:10
The mixture is made with blueberry juice, tarragon, turmeric, raspberry, citrus peel oil, and olive leaf extract, and Australian scientists at the University of Sydney state it is an effective mixture to ward off prostate cancer.
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Greenhouse gas methane may get the boot by kangaroos
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Climate
2007-12-07 09:03:24
Australian scientists have found that kangaroos have a special bacterium in their stomachs that doesn’t contain methane. They are trying to identify this bacterium and then develop a way to itransfer it to other animals, such as cattle, pigs, and sheep, which emit large quantities of the harmful greenhouse gas.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Climate
2007-12-07 09:03:24
Australian scientists have found that kangaroos have a special bacterium in their stomachs that doesn’t contain methane. They are trying to identify this bacterium and then develop a way to itransfer it to other animals, such as cattle, pigs, and sheep, which emit large quantities of the harmful greenhouse gas.
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Badlands deliver good find in "Dakota" dinosaur tissue
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2007-12-03 11:42:25
A high school student, turned paleontologist-graduate-student at Yale University, has discovered a rare mummified dinosaur in the North Dakota Badlands. It is being hailed as providing new scientific information on dinosaurs.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2007-12-03 11:42:25
A high school student, turned paleontologist-graduate-student at Yale University, has discovered a rare mummified dinosaur in the North Dakota Badlands. It is being hailed as providing new scientific information on dinosaurs.
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Migraine-headache sufferers have thick brain fibers
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2007-12-01 10:11:21
Harvard researchers scanned the brains of migraine headache patients and volunteers without such headaches. They found that fibers in the brain, which relay pain signals, were thicker in migraine patients.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2007-12-01 10:11:21
Harvard researchers scanned the brains of migraine headache patients and volunteers without such headaches. They found that fibers in the brain, which relay pain signals, were thicker in migraine patients.
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