Sight Recovery After Blindness Offers New Insights on Brain Reorganization 9 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Studies of the brains of blind persons whose sight was partially restored later in life have produced a compelling example of the brain's ability to adapt to new circumstances and rewire and reconfigure itself. | |
Scientists identified earthquake faults in Sichuan, China 9 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Only last summer research published by earth scientists in the international journal Tectonics concluded that geological faults in the Sichuan Basin, China "are sufficiently long to sustain a strong ground-shaking ... | |
 France's Orange signs new iPhone deal with Apple 11 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- French wireless operator Orange said Friday it has signed a deal with Apple Inc. to sell its iPhone in the Middle East, Africa and several European countries. | |
 How small molecule can take apart Alzheimer's disease protein fibers 12 hours ago | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 27 vote(s)
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Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have shown, in unprecedented detail, how a small molecule is able to selectively take apart abnormally folded protein fibers connected to ... | |
Researchers identify proteins that help develop mammalian hearts 12 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
The absence of two proteins in mammalian embryos prevents the development of a healthy heart, a new study by researchers at the Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, has found. | |
Study revives Olympic prospects for amputee sprinter 12 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A world-renowned team of experts in biomechanics and physiology from six universities, led by Professor Hugh Herr of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Media Lab, refute scientific claims that the prostheses worn ... | |
General practitioners filling the gap left by inadequate dental services, says doctor 12 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A shortage of NHS dentists means that general practitioners (GPs) have been left to do dentists’ work without adequate remuneration, argues a doctor in a letter in this week’s BMJ. | |
HIV infection stems from few viruses 12 hours ago | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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A new study reveals the genetic identity of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the version responsible for sexual transmission, in unprecedented detail. | |
Sulfur in marine archaeological shipwrecks -- the 'hull story' gives a sour aftertaste 12 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Advanced chemical analyses reveal that, with the help of smart scavenging bacteria, sulfur and iron compounds accumulated in the timbers of the Swedish warship Vasa during her 333 years on the seabed of the Stockholm harbour. ... | |
Scientists unveil new tool to understand evolution of multi-domain genes 12 hours ago | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Carnegie Mellon scientists have discovered critical flaws in the standard method used to analyze gene evolution. Standard methods fail when applied to genes that encode multi-domain proteins, an important class of proteins ... | |
Novel enzyme inhibitor paves way for new cancer drug 13 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Combining natural organic atoms with metal complexes, scientists at The Wistar Institute have developed a new type of enzyme inhibitor capable of blocking a biochemical pathway that plays a key role in cancer development. | |
Weather, waves and wireless: Super strength signalling 13 hours ago | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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A new study from the University of Leicester has discovered a particular window of time when mobile signals and radio waves are ‘super strength’ – allowing them to be clearer and travel greater distances, potentially interfering ... | |
 Giant pythons invade southeastern Florida: study 14 hours ago | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 17 vote(s)
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Giant pythons capable of swallowing a dog and even an alligator are rapidly making south Florida their home, potentially threatening other southeastern states, a study said. | |
New SKorean law tightens rules on cloning 14 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
South Korea's parliament on Friday passed a law to regulate research into cloning, following a scandal in which a now-disgraced expert claimed to have made the first human clone stem cells. | |
 '$100 laptop' nonprofit now teamed with Microsoft 15 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
(AP) -- The One Laptop Per Child project is about to find out whether Microsoft Corp., a rival the nonprofit group once derided, is the solution to its problems in spreading inexpensive portable computers ... | |
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