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Rensselaer Researchers Create Tiny Magnetic Diamonds On The Nanoscale
Diamonds have always been alluring, but now a team of scientists has made them truly magnetic -- on the nanoscale. In a paper published in the Aug. 26 issue of Physical Review Letters, the researchers report a technique to make magnetic diamond particles only 4-5 nanometers across. The tiny diamond magnets could find use in fields ranging from medicine to information technology. Gas improves blood flow and organ status during minimally invasive sur
As good as laparoscopy is in preventing some of the stresses of open surgery on the body, it does have drawbacks, including reduced blood flow and organ dysfunction. By adding another gas to the carbon dioxide used to inflate the surgical area during laparoscopy, researchers have found they can preserve more normal blood flow during noninvasive surgery. Laparoscopy is a type of surgery in the abdomen done through small incisions. Balzac's Paris: A Guided Tour
This site provides a virtual "promenade through the monumental heart of Paris in the time of Balzac, as described through some of his works, and as documented in maps and engravings of The Vernon Duke Collection Special Collections Department"at the University of California, Riverside. Also includes a brief biography of French novelist Honoréde Balzac (1799-1850) and a bibliography. New Theory Explains Schizophrenia As Abnormal Courtship; Disorder Surv
Scientifically, schizophrenia should not exist. It crushes sexual relationships and reproductive success. Because the illness is genetic, evolution should have eliminated it long ago. Instead, it continues to afflict one in 100 people, too many to be due to just a few kinds of bad genes. A new theory proposes that schizophrenia is an inevitable consequence of courtship behaviors that have evolved expressly to reveal bad genes. When Does Being Obese Not Lead To Diabetes? When Mice Lack Osteopontin
Obesity is one of the biggest risk factors for type 2 diabetes. One reason for this is thought to be the chronic inflammation characterized by macrophage infiltration into adipose tissue that accompanies obesity, because it has been linked to the development of insulin resistance (which in turn often leads to type 2 diabetes). A Portrait of "Generation Next": How Young People View Their Lives, Fu
Summary of findings from a January 2007 report "aimed at studying the lives of young people"ages 18-25 (born between 1981 and 1988). It looks at lifestyle and views in areas such as technology, family, religion, social issues, and politics. Includes a link to the full report and to questionnaire results. From the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press. Only some like it hot: How birds from different populations react to i
With the help of new radiotelemetry technology, researchers have now succeeded, for the first time, in studying fever in a vertebrate species living in the wild, the North American song sparrow. Divvying Up the Download Payload
The British music industry is fighting itself over online music sales. As the music biz goes digital, artists and labels are squabbling over how to divide the spoils. Jonny Evans reports from London. Pioneering PET/CT Research Widens Applications Of Imaging For Diabetic
Pioneering research with combined positron emission tomography (PET) and computed tomography (CT) scans provides accurate detection and localization of foot infection in diabetic patients, according to an article in the March issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine. Romantic, Candle-lit Dinners: An Unrecognized Source Of Indoor Air Pol
Burning candles made from paraffin wax -- the most common kind used to infuse rooms with romantic ambiance, warmth, light and fragrance -- is an unrecognized source of exposure to indoor air pollution, including the known human carcinogens, scientists are reporting.
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