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Economists use leading indicators — the drivers of economic performance – to take the temperature of the economy and predict the future.
Source: University of Wisconsin-Madison
Posted on: Monday, Jan 05, 2009, 7:08pm
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Johns Hopkins and other researchers report what is believed to be the first direct evidence in lab animals that the erectile dysfunction drug sildenafil amplifies the effects of a heart-protective protein.
Source: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
Posted on: Monday, Jan 05, 2009, 7:08pm
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Posted on: Monday, Jan 05, 2009, 7:08pm
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Climate researchers have shown that big volcanic eruptions over the past 450 years have temporarily cooled weather in the tropics—but suggest that such effects may have been masked in the 20th century by rising global temperatures. Their paper, which shows that higher latitudes can be even more sensitive to volcanism, appears in the current issue of Nature Geoscience.
Source: The Earth Institute at Columbia University
Posted on: Monday, Jan 05, 2009, 7:08pm
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Posted on: Monday, Jan 05, 2009, 7:08pm
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The study of ancient microbes may not seem consequential, but such pioneering research at the University of Oklahoma has implications for the state of modern human health. Cecil Lewis, assistant professor in the Department of Anthropology, says results of this research raise questions about the microbes living on and within people.
Source: University of Oklahoma
Posted on: Monday, Jan 05, 2009, 5:11pm
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Posted on: Monday, Jan 05, 2009, 5:11pm
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Just seeing someone smoke can trigger smokers to abandon their nascent efforts to kick the habit, according to new research conducted at Duke University Medical Center.
Source: Duke University Medical Center
Posted on: Monday, Jan 05, 2009, 5:11pm
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Posted on: Monday, Jan 05, 2009, 5:11pm
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Women with bulimia nervosa appear to respond more impulsively during psychological testing than those without eating disorders, and brain scans show differences in areas responsible for regulating behavior, according to a report in the January issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
Source: JAMA and Archives Journals
Posted on: Monday, Jan 05, 2009, 5:08pm
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Posted on: Monday, Jan 05, 2009, 5:08pm
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About half of teens reference sex, substance use or other risky behaviors on their publicly available online profiles
Source: JAMA and Archives Journals
Posted on: Monday, Jan 05, 2009, 5:08pm
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Posted on: Monday, Jan 05, 2009, 5:08pm
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Scientists at Burnham Institute for Medical Research (Burnham) have demonstrated important new roles for the protein kinase complex Cdc7/Dbf4 or Cdc7/Drf1 (Ddk) in monitoring damage control during DNA replication and reinitiating replication following DNA repair.
Source: Burnham Institute
Posted on: Monday, Jan 05, 2009, 5:08pm
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Scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine and at UC-San Francisco have succeeded in isolating stem cells from human testes. The cells bear a striking resemblance to embryonic stem cells — they can differentiate into each of the three main types of tissues of the body — but the researchers caution against viewing them as one and the same.
Source: Stanford University Medical Center
Posted on: Monday, Jan 05, 2009, 5:08pm
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Posted on: Monday, Jan 05, 2009, 5:08pm
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Physicists at Indiana University have developed a promising new way to identify a possible abnormality in a fundamental building block of Einstein's theory of relativity known as "Lorentz invariance."
Source: Indiana University
Posted on: Monday, Jan 05, 2009, 5:08pm
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Posted on: Monday, Jan 05, 2009, 5:08pm
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This composite color infrared image of the center of our Milky Way galaxy reveals a new population of massive stars and new details in complex structures in the hot ionized gas swirling around the central 300 light-years.
Brown dwarfs, objects that are less massive than stars but larger than planets, just got more elusive, based on a study of 233 nearby multiple-star systems by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope.
Digitalis-based drugs like digoxin have been used for centuries to treat patients with irregular heart rhythms and heart failure and are still in use today.
Source: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
Posted on: Monday, Jan 05, 2009, 2:29pm
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Posted on: Monday, Jan 05, 2009, 2:29pm
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A recent study shows that shade trees on the west and south sides of a house in California can reduce a homeowner's summertime electric bill by about $25.00 a year. The study, conducted last year on 460 single-family homes in Sacramento, is the first large-scale study to use utility billing data to show that trees can reduce energy consumption.
Source: USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station
Posted on: Monday, Jan 05, 2009, 2:16pm
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Posted on: Monday, Jan 05, 2009, 2:16pm
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The planet Jupiter gained weight in a hurry during its infancy. It had to, since the material from which it formed probably disappeared in just a few million years, according to a new study of planet formation around young stars.
Source: Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Posted on: Monday, Jan 05, 2009, 2:16pm
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Posted on: Monday, Jan 05, 2009, 2:16pm
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A team of researchers at Princeton University and The Cancer Institute of New Jersey has identified a long-sought gene that is fatefully switched on in 30 to 40 percent of all breast cancer patients, spreading the disease, resisting traditional chemotherapies and eventually leading to death.
Source: Princeton University
Posted on: Monday, Jan 05, 2009, 2:16pm
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Posted on: Monday, Jan 05, 2009, 2:16pm
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The center of the Milky Way presents astronomers with a paradox: it holds young stars, but no one is sure how those stars got there. The galactic center is wracked with powerful gravitational tides stirred by a 4 million solar-mass black hole.
Source: Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Posted on: Monday, Jan 05, 2009, 2:16pm
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Posted on: Monday, Jan 05, 2009, 2:16pm
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Scientists have discovered that a certain type of collagen, collagen VI, protects brain cells against amyloid-beta (Aβ) proteins, which are widely thought to cause Alzheimer's disease (AD).
Source: Gladstone Institutes
Posted on: Monday, Jan 05, 2009, 2:16pm
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Posted on: Monday, Jan 05, 2009, 2:16pm
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Fasten your seat belts -- we're faster, heavier, and more likely to collide than we thought. Astronomers making high-precision measurements of the Milky Way say our home Galaxy is rotating about 100,000 miles per hour faster than previously understood.
Source: National Radio Astronomy Observatory
Posted on: Monday, Jan 05, 2009, 2:16pm
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Posted on: Monday, Jan 05, 2009, 2:16pm
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One of the current handicaps of cancer treatments is the difficulty of aiming these treatments at destroying malignant cells without killing healthy cells in the process. But a new study by McMaster University researchers has provided insight into how scientists might develop therapies and drugs that more carefully target cancer, while sparing normal healthy cells
Source: McMaster University
Posted on: Monday, Jan 05, 2009, 12:16pm
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Posted on: Monday, Jan 05, 2009, 12:16pm
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Articles From the Web
Can aircraft trails affect climate?
Grounding planes after the 11 September attacks may not have caused unusual temperature effects.
Grounding planes after the 11 September attacks may not have caused unusual temperature effects.
English to Hit 1 Million Words in '09
Language, derived from many others, is expected to reach milestone in April.
Language, derived from many others, is expected to reach milestone in April.
Now Boarding: A Better Way to Load a Plane
Astrophysicist's computer simulations suggest airlines are doing it all wrong.
Astrophysicist's computer simulations suggest airlines are doing it all wrong.
Countries in tug-of-war over Arctic resources
One of the planet's most fragile and pristine ecosystems sits atop a bounty of untapped fossil fuels. And the fight between northern nations over who owns those resources may turn out to be the most important territorial dispute of this century.
One of the planet's most fragile and pristine ecosystems sits atop a bounty of untapped fossil fuels. And the fight between northern nations over who owns those resources may turn out to be the most important territorial dispute of this century.
Shhh! Gadget racket threatens pulsar research
Of all the threats to scientific research Wesley Sizemore has stymied over the years, satellites and cellphone towers don't stick in his memory quite like the possessive old hound and its treasured heating pad.
Of all the threats to scientific research Wesley Sizemore has stymied over the years, satellites and cellphone towers don't stick in his memory quite like the possessive old hound and its treasured heating pad.
Fishermen Make Mad Dash For Dungeness Crab
As many West Coast fisheries collapse, more fishermen are turning to the delectable Dungeness crab. It's one of the last thriving fisheries in California, but the winter race for the crabs means fewer fresh crabs on tables and smaller profits.
As many West Coast fisheries collapse, more fishermen are turning to the delectable Dungeness crab. It's one of the last thriving fisheries in California, but the winter race for the crabs means fewer fresh crabs on tables and smaller profits.
WHO confirms 3 Ebola deaths in Congo
The World Health Organization confirmed the Ebola virus had killed three people in the south of the Democratic Republic of Congo and said more deaths were being investigated.
The World Health Organization confirmed the Ebola virus had killed three people in the south of the Democratic Republic of Congo and said more deaths were being investigated.
Beloved Pets Everlasting?
Living with the clones of a dead dog has its surprises. The DNA may be the same but the behavior is another story.
Living with the clones of a dead dog has its surprises. The DNA may be the same but the behavior is another story.
Sharks have wimpy bites, study finds
Sharks have wimpy bites for their size and can crunch through their prey only because they have very sharp teeth -- and because they can grow to be so big
Sharks have wimpy bites for their size and can crunch through their prey only because they have very sharp teeth -- and because they can grow to be so big
History digs in against retailer
A Wal-Mart near a Civil War battlefield? This means war. Like Civil War generals, the generals of modern commercial development are attracted to large open spaces along well-traveled roads, typically on the outskirts of a town or major population center. The former picked those sites for battlefields a century and a half ago; the latter like them today for big-box stores.
A Wal-Mart near a Civil War battlefield? This means war. Like Civil War generals, the generals of modern commercial development are attracted to large open spaces along well-traveled roads, typically on the outskirts of a town or major population center. The former picked those sites for battlefields a century and a half ago; the latter like them today for big-box stores.
Have Americans Gone Nuts Over Nut Allergies?
Is evacuating a school bus full of children because of a lone peanut on the floor a smart precaution, or overkill?
Is evacuating a school bus full of children because of a lone peanut on the floor a smart precaution, or overkill?
Source: Time Magazine
Posted on: Monday, Jan 05, 2009, 9:27am
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Posted on: Monday, Jan 05, 2009, 9:27am
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Listen: A Bumpy Anniversary For Braille
Happy birthday to Louis Braille, the founder of the tactile communication system for the blind, born 200 years ago Sunday.
Happy birthday to Louis Braille, the founder of the tactile communication system for the blind, born 200 years ago Sunday.
Couple Has 'Black and White' Twins Twice
A U.K. couple has yet another set of twins who appear to be of different races.
A U.K. couple has yet another set of twins who appear to be of different races.
Scientists: True love can last a lifetime
Love's first blush fading? Lost that loving feeling? Love is not all around? Sick of cliches? Take heart, scientists have discovered that people can have a love that lasts a lifetime.
Love's first blush fading? Lost that loving feeling? Love is not all around? Sick of cliches? Take heart, scientists have discovered that people can have a love that lasts a lifetime.
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