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When Less Is More
If technology lives up to its promise, the days of being shackled to your desk on a nice sunny day may be comingto an end. Or will they? Commentary by Tony Long. Potential New Therapy For The Treatment Of Alzheimer's Disease And Oth
Researchers have provided new information about how communication among neurons may be prevented from deteriorating in conditions such as Alzheimer's disease (AD). The new results may lead to new therapies for the treatment of not only AD but also motor neuron diseases and prion diseases. Most current research efforts to find a treatment for AD and similar conditions focuses on what happens to the main part -- or body -- of a neuron, but recent studies have examined how neuronal communication is impaired in human diseases such as AD. NASA Satellite Data Provides Rapid Analysis Of Amazon Deforestation
NASA satellite images can allow scientists to more quickly and accurately assess deforestation in the Amazon. Making Music With a Long Tube
What happens when a woman sings into a metal shaft that is covered with electronic switches and resistors, and hooked up to an Apple laptop? Some very strange, surprising things. Alexander Gelfand reports from New York. Aquatic Food Sources May Be Threatened By Rising Carbon Dioxide
Carbon dioxide increasing in the atmosphere may affect the microbial life in the sea, which could have an impact on fish, a major food source. The researcher is sequencing the DNA of different ocean bacteria to find out how they will respond to an increase in carbon dioxide. Plan B contraceptive
On Friday, August 18, Barr Laboratories asked the US Food and Drugs Administration to reconsider its application to make its Plan B contraceptive available over the counter. According to FierceBiotech’s John Carroll, “Given the FDA’s sudden willingness to work out a marketing plan for the contraceptive, Barr has a good shot at finally obtaining an [...] How Running Made Us Human: Endurance Running Let Us Evolve To Look The
Humans evolved from ape-like ancestors because they needed to run long distances -- perhaps to hunt animals or scavenge carcasses on Africa's vast savannah -- and the ability to run shaped our anatomy, making us look like we do today. That is the conclusion of a study published in the Nov. 18 issue of the journal Nature by University of Utah biologist Dennis Bramble and Harvard University anthropologist Daniel Lieberman. Sacrificial Burial Deepens Mystery At Teotihuacan, But Confirms The Ci
A spectacular new discovery from an ongoing excavation at the Teotihuacan's Pyramid of the Moon is revealing a grisly sacrificial burial from a period when the ancient metropolis was at its peak, with artwork unlike any seen before in Mesoamerica. NOAA Hurricane Hunter Pilot Captures Katrina At Her Meanest
NOAA hurricane hunter P-3 and Gulfstream IV aircraft conducted ten long flights into and around the eye of Hurricane Katrina. Lt. Mike Silah, a P-3 pilot, got to see Hurricane Katrina up close and personal, especially when she was an extremely dangerous Category Five storm in the Gulf of Mexico. How Canine Distemper Virus Jumps Across Species
Researchers have made a breakthrough in understanding a virus which poses one of the greatest global disease threats to wild carnivores including lions, African wild dogs and several types of seal. The discovery of how canine distemper Virus jumps across and infects different species of carnivores could lead to a more effective monitoring and control of the virus.
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