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Discovery Of Pathway In Learning Impairment Caused By Liver Disease Ma
Liver disease sometimes causes hepatic encephalopathy, which involves brain damage, personality changes, and intellectual impairment due to hyperammonemia (high levels of ammonia in the blood). However, the mechanisms involved in both learning and how liver disease leads to learning impairment are unclear. Colorectal Cancer Screening Remains Essential For Elderly Americans
Two new studies support continued colorectal cancer screening among elderly Americans. While colorectal adenomas were detected more frequently in adults 80 and older, screening colonoscopy improved survival in the elderly by detecting colon cancer at earlier stages. Foot In Mouth: Breaking The Rules Of Social Behavior
While most people can usually avoid telling painful truths by inhibiting themselves, the results of experiments conducted by University of New South Wales psychological researcher Bill von Hippel suggest that we should be extra wary of making social blunders when we are under strain or fatigued. Researching the Federal Securities Laws Through the SEC Website
"This guide provides an overview of how to research the securities law through the SEC [Securities and Exchange Commission] website and is provided as a service to investors and members of the public."Research suggestions cover statutes (securities laws), SEC rules and regulations, concept releases, interpretive releases, and staff interpretations. Include research tips and links to relevant publications and websites. From the SEC. No Need For Needles: Botox Sponge Treats Intrinsic Rhinitis
Injecting botulinum toxin (botox) to treat intrinsic or allergic rhinitis may be a thing of the past as researchers have now shown that sponges soaked in botox are equally effective in treating the condition. The research offers a potential needle-free treatment to the millions of people who suffer from rhinitis. Solar Powers Up, Sans Silicon
For years, energy entrepreneurs have talked up technologies for printing cheap solar cells. Today, soaring energy demand and tight silicon supplies are moving alternative materials to the front burner. By Joanna Glasner. NARA Interagency Working Group
In 1999 "in accordance with the Nazi War Crimes Disclosure Act ... President Clinton established the Nazi War Criminal Records Interagency Working Group (IWG). The group is ... directed to locate, inventory, recommend for declassification, and make available all classified Nazi war criminal records ... to the public."This site provides extensive finding aids to documents from various government agencies, bibliographies, glossaries, Holocaust timelines, and related documents. From the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). Nobel In Physics: Creators Of Optical Fiber Communication And CCD Imag
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Physics for 2009 with one half to Charles K. Kao, Standard Telecommunication Laboratories, Harlow, UK, and Chinese University of Hong Kong "for groundbreaking achievements concerning the transmission of light in fibers for optical communication", and the other half jointly to Willard S. Boyle and George E. Smith, Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ, USA "for the invention of an imaging semiconductor circuit -- the CCD sensor". Researchers Can Read Thoughts To Decipher What A Person Is Actually Se
Following ground-breaking research showing that neurons in the human brain respond in an abstract manner to particular individuals or objects, researchers have now discovered that, from the firing of this type of neuron, they can tell what a person is actually seeing. The original research showed that one neuron fired to, for instance, Jennifer Aniston, another one to Halle Berry, another one to the Sydney Opera House, etc. Scientists Find Possible Origin Of Mysterious Red And Blue Lights In T
For years, scientists have observed unstructured silicate particles in space, but could not pinpoint the origin of recent observation of wide presence of crystalline silicates or their role in the Milky Way Galaxy. Now NASA researchers and colleagues have successfully created nanoclusters of silicates.
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