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Saturday, September 22, 2012
Naked mole-rats evolved to thrive in an acidic environment that other mammals, including humans, would find intolerable. Researchers report new findings as to how these rodents adapted, which may offer clues to relieving pain in other animals and humans. ... > full story
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Manipulating or "adjusting" the spine is a popular way to treat occasional or acute lower back pain and is covered by many health insurance plans, but a recent review finds no evidence to suggest it is more effective than other therapy ... > full story
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The potential biomedical applications of the researchers' technique include new strategies and devices for the early detection and isolation of cancer cells, facilitating new methods of treating cancer ... > full story
The summer of 2012 will unfortunately be known as the "Summer of Devastating Western Wildfires" and practically not one state out west was spared. Washington State has been hardest hit of late. This satellite image shows a rash of wildfires ... > full story
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September 21, 2012 — New research suggests a key immune cell may play a role in lung cancer susceptibility. Working in mice, they found evidence that the genetic diversity in natural killer cells contributes to whether or not the animals develop lung cancer. The ... > full story
September 21, 2012 — Researchers have solved an important piece of one of neuroscience's outstanding puzzles: How progenitor cells in the developing mammalian brain reproduce themselves while also giving birth to neurons that will populate the emerging cerebral cortex, ... > full story
September 21, 2012 — New research provides intriguing insights into some of the factors that influence how we make moral ... > full story
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September 21, 2012 — Surveying a small group of women participating in a larger study investigating the use of DNA microarrays to identify the possibility of prenatal chromosomal abnormalities, researchers documented the women's reactions upon learning that their ... > full story
September 21, 2012 — Much of our daily lives are spent completing tasks that involve a degree of waiting, such as remaining on hold while scheduling a doctor's appointment or standing in line at an ATM. Faced with a wait, some people postpone, avoid, or abandon their ... > full story
Health & Biomedical Sciences
A simple three-question paper-and-pencil survey, given to women in the doctor’s office in less than two minutes, can effectively identify those who are experiencing symptoms that may indicate ovarian cancer, according to a new study. The study ... > full story
For people who already have high blood pressure, insomnia can have serious consequences, according to a new ... > full story
Human factors/ergonomics researchers have studied how the gender and tone selected for an interactive voice response system, or IVR, affects its ... > full story
Biological & Earth Sciences
A pregnant mom's diet affects her child's health. Now, new research in mice suggests that what mom ate before pregnancy is also important. The diets of female mice before pregnancy chemically altered their DNA, with these changes passed to their ... > full story
An enzyme in the bacterium that causes potato scab could help create new, environmentally-benign biocatalysts with the potential to cut use of the highly corrosive chemical nitric ... > full story
The largest genomic study ever conducted among Khoe and San groups reveals that these groups from southern Africa are descendants of the earliest diversification event in the history of all humans -- some 100,000 years ago, well before the ... > full story
Physical & Applied Sciences
Sept. 21, 2012, marks 100 days since NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, launched into space from the L-1011 "Stargazer" aircraft. Since completing its 30-day checkout, the telescope has been busy making its first observations ... > full story
A team of researchers has developed a novel approach to potentially sequence DNA in nanopores electronically at single molecule level with single-base ... > full story
A new research project will analyze social media, including tweets and online discussion forums, to identify adverse drug reactions -- a process that promises to be much faster and perhaps also more accurate than the existing methods of identifying ... > full story
High risk pregnancy specialists designed a fetal monitoring device that tracks a baby's position and movement in the womb, as well as baby and mother. ... > full story
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