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New Discoveries About Nitric Oxide Can Provide Drugs For Schizophrenia
Problems with memory and social function in patients with schizophrenia may result from an imbalance in the brain's nitric oxide system. A new dissertation shows that rats with characteristics of schizophrenia regain normal brain function if they receive drugs that reduce the production of nitric oxide in the brain. Oliver Sacks on Earworms, Stevie Wonder and the View From Mescaline Mo
Famed neurologist riffs about music and how the brain experiences it. It's all here in a longer version of the interview from the October issue of Wiredmagazine. Electronic Walls And Ceilings Make It Easy To Change Lighting And Room
The Alliance for Solid-State Illumination Systems and Technologies (ASSIST), an LED industry group organized by the Lighting Research Center (LRC) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, unveiled a novel concept for lighting homes and offices. The design integrates light-emitting diode (LED) technology with building materials and systems to create electronic walls and ceilings. The design includes interchangeable, modular panels with integrated LED lighting fixtures that "snap"in and out of an electrical grid. Beetle Bonds
Palm beetles cling to leaves using an adhesive that could theoretically hold one hundred times the insect's body weight, but can be "switched off" almost instantaneously to allow the beetle to move on. Researchers are now exploiting the underlying chemistry to make new switchable adhesives. Siberian Tigers Hang Tough: Results Of Latest Survey Show Tiger Number
Results of the latest full range survey indicate that tiger numbers in Russia appear to be stable, say the coordinators of a 2005 winter effort to count the animals, led by the New York-based Wildlife Conservation Society. What Makes One Wasp Queen? Old Developmental Pathways Spawn Revolution
When the larvae of the primitive social insect, a type of paper wasp, slips into the quiet pupal stage, she doesn't know if she'll arise a worker or gyne (future queen). Now, researchers are shedding new light on the development of colonial insects from solitary ancestors through study of a primitive social order of wasps. FDA Targets Companies Marketing Cough Supressants With Often-abused Hy
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has announced its intention to take enforcement action against companies marketing unapproved prescription drug products containing hydrocodone, a narcotic widely used to treat pain and suppress coughs. The action does not affect other hydrocodone formulations, which have FDA approval. Hydrocodone is one of the strongest medications available to treat pain or to suppress cough. The drug has also been an extremely popular drug of abuse and can lead to serious illness, injury, or death, if improperly used. Hydrocodone overdose can result in breathing problems or cardiac arrest, and its use may impair motor skills and judgment. Hacker Con Submits to Spychips
One thousand attendees of the Chaos Communication Congress voluntarily wire themselves up to RFID location-tracking devices. Just because they can. Quinn Norton reports from Berlin. Stanford Study Reveals Protein's Jekyll-and-Hyde Role In Cancer Growth
The protein menin appears to have a split personality. Though menin is well-known for its ability to suppress endocrine tumors, researchers at Stanford University School of Medicine have discovered that it is also a key player in the development of some forms of acute leukemia. New Purification Process Joins High Throughput With High Selectivity
Penn State chemical engineers have demonstrated proof of concept for a new protein purification process that combines ultrafiltration's high throughput with high specificity achievable through electrically-charged dyes that bind to the protein.
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