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Ubiquitin is a small protein, which can be attached to other cellular proteins. A study now reports a novel finding about ubiquitination as a key event for the activation of an immune response. The acquired immune response is triggered after specific engagement of foreign peptides (antigens) by receptor molecules on white blood cell (lymphocytes). Inventors Of Plastic Shield To Stop Cash Machine Skimming Fear Arrest
Two design engineers at the University of Warwick have devised a simple plastic shield that could play a significant role in eliminating the card skimming cash machine fraud - but taking the design further could put them at risk of arrest! Rats Can Tell Two Languages Apart From Speech Cues, Sharing An Ability
Mammals other than humans can distinguish between different speech patterns. Neuroscientists in Barcelona report that rats, like humans (newborn and adult) and Tamarin monkeys, can extract regular patterns in language from speech (prosodic) cues. Eating Walnuts With High-fat Meals Helps To Protect Arteries Against S
New research shows that consuming a handful of raw walnuts along with meals high in saturated fat appears to limit the ability of the harmful fat to damage arteries. Adding olive oil, however, does not provide the same type of vascular protection. The research, conducted at the University of Barcelona's Hospital Clínico, appears in the Oct. 17, 2006, edition of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. EULA La Vista, Baby
What's in an end-user license agreement? In the case of Windows Vista, a lot of creepy clauses that will freeze your blood. Commentary by Lore Sjöberg. In Matters Of Sex And Death, Men Are An Essential Part Of The Equation
The standard practice of tracking only female life histories leads to mistaken conclusions about the forces that shape human evolution, according to a new article. The reason is that men's and women's age patterns of fertility differ in important ways. Scientists show that traditional mating patterns make men the key to explaining away the "wall of death,"an enduring puzzle in the study of human longevity. [Odd] A Romanian couple has named their son Yahoo as a sign of gratitu
Daily Libertatea said on Thursday Cornelia and Nonu Dragoman, both from Transylvania, met and decided they were meant for each other following a three-month relationship over the net.They married and had a baby this Christmas, whom they decided to name after one of the worldwide web's most popular portals."We named him Lucian Yahoo after my father and the net, the main beacon of my life,"Cornelia Dragoman was quoted as saying. Novel Mechanism For Long-term Learning Identified
Practice makes perfect -- or at least that's what we're told as we struggle through of multiplication tables and piano scales -- and it seems to be true. That's why neuroscientists have been perplexed by data showing that at the level of individual synapses increased, repetitive stimulation reverses gains in synaptic strength. Neuroscientists have now discovered the mechanism that resolves this paradox. The findings are published in Science. Fuel For Your Body -- And Car
With an increasing percentage of the nation's corn harvest going to ethanol production, some are questioning the wisdom of taking away corn as food for people. But Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientist Kurt Rosentrater has a way to at least partially allay that concern: create new foods from an edible byproduct of ethanol production, distiller's dried grains (DDGs). Car Buyers Say Silence Isn't Golden: Researchers Help Customers Litera
The technology improvements that are giving us ever quieter cars are not proving popular with many car drivers. Car manufacturers now want to restore to the inside of a car the sounds their customers want to hear while preserving the reduction in exterior noise. But what exactly do their customers want to hear? Researchers at the University of Warwick's Warwick Manufacturing Group are helping them answer that question.
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