Articles Tagged “study”
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Iodine deficiency during pregnancy can cause mental retardation to babies
Deficiency of iodine in the body during pregnancy can cause mental retardation in the case of infants, according to to a study conducted in UK and published in the journal The Lancet. Even a minor…
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What do cats when people not see them
A new study reveals what do cats, either, those from the house, or those stray when people do not notice them. Jeff Horn, a graduate of the department of natural resources and environmental sciences at…
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E. Coli Engineered to Produce Record-Setting Amounts of Alternative Fuel
Researchers at UCLA’s Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science have developed a way to produce normal butanol — often proposed as a “greener” fuel alternative to diesel and gasoline — from bacteria at…
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Analysis of Bread Mold Genomes Demonstrates ‘Reverse-Ecology’ Tool
In a demonstration of “reverse-ecology,” biologists at the University of California, Berkeley, have shown that one can determine an organism’s adaptive traits by looking first at its genome and checking for variations across a population.…
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Newborn Heart Muscle Can Grow Back by Itself, Study Shows
In a promising science-fiction-meets-real-world juxtaposition, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have discovered that the mammalian newborn heart can heal itself completely. Researchers, working with mice, found that a portion of the heart removed during…
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Earth Is Twice as Dusty as in 19th Century, Research Shows
If the house seems dustier than it used to be, it may not be a reflection on your housekeeping skills. The amount of dust in the Earth’s atmosphere has doubled over the last century, according…
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Migraine sufferers have higher risk of dying from heart disease and stroke
Individuals who suffer from migraines with aura (temporary visual or sensory disturbances before or during a migraine headache) are at a higher risk of dying from heart disease or stroke, according to research published today…
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Antibiotic regimen effective for reactive arthritis
Controversial treatment approach can lead to a cure. Results of this study are published in the May issue of Arthritis & Rheumatism, a journal of the American College of Rheumatology. Respiratory infections with Chlamydia pneumoniae…
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Toads’ Earthquake Exodus
Common toads (Bufo bufo) can detect impending seismic activity and alter their behaviour from breeding to evacuation mode, suggests a new study in the Zoological Society of London’s (ZSL) Journal of Zoology. Researchers from The…
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Effects of flaxseed lignan on people diagnosed with high cholesterol
A new study from Iowa State University’s Nutrition and Wellness Research Center (NWRC) may give men a way to combat high cholesterol without drugs — if they don’t mind sprinkling some flaxseed into their daily…