Smartphone app illuminates power consumption
A new application for the Android smartphone shows users and software developers how much power their applications are consuming. PowerTutor was developed by doctoral students and professors at the University of Michigan.
Ultrasound enhances noninvasive Down syndrome tests
The addition of a "genetic sonogram" maximizes the accuracy of non-invasive testing for Down syndrome, said a Baylor College of Medicine researcher who was lead author of a landmark study...
Saving the single cysteine: New antioxidant system found
We've all read studies about the health benefits of having a life partner. The same thing is true at the molecular level, where amino acids known as cysteines are much...
Possible link studied between childhood abuse and early cellular aging
Children who suffer physical or emotional abuse may be faced with accelerated cellular aging as adults, according to new research from Butler Hospital and Brown University.
Barn personnel experience higher-than-average rates of respiratory symptoms
The estimated 4.6 million Americans involved in the equine industry may be at risk of developing respiratory symptoms due to poor air quality in horse barns, according to a questionnaire...
UAB researchers discover antibody receptor identity, propose renaming immune-system gene
Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) have
uncovered the genetic identity of a cellular receptor for the
immune system's first-response antibody, a discovery that sheds new light...
It's a gas: New discovery may lead to heartier, high-yielding plants
In a research report published in the November 2009 issue of the journal GENETICS (http://www.genetics.org), scientists show how a family of genes (1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate synthase, or ACS genes) are responsible...
Biologists discover bacterial defense mechanism against aggressive oxygen
Bacteria possess an ingenious mechanism for preventing oxygen from harming the building blocks of the cell. This is the new finding of a team of biologists that includes Joris Messens...
Flax and yellow flowers can produce bioethanol
Surplus biomass from the production of flax shives, and generated
from Brassica carinata, a yellow-flowered plant related to
those which engulf fields in spring, can be used to produce bioethanol....
Mother's depression a risk factor in childhood asthma symptoms, study suggests
Maternal depression can worsen asthma symptoms in their children, according to research from Johns Hopkins Children's Center published online in the Journal of Pediatric Psychology.
New maize map to aid plant breeding efforts
In a massive survey of genetic diversity in maize, also known as corn, researchers across the United States, have developed a gene map that should pave the way to significant...
High blood pressure easy to miss in children with kidney disease
Spot blood pressure readings in children with chronic kidney disease often fail to detect hypertension – even during doctor's office visits — increasing a child's risk for serious heart problems, according to research from Johns Hopkins Children's Center and other...
New method to measure snow, vegetation moisture with GPS may benefit farmers, meteorologists
A research team led by the University of Colorado at Boulder has found a clever way to use traditional GPS satellite signals to measure snow depth as well as soil...
Researchers identify role of gene in tumor development, growth and progression
Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center and VCU Institute of Molecular Medicine researchers have identified a gene that may play a pivotal role in two processes that are essential for...
International expedition investigates climate change, alternative fuels in Arctic
Scientists from the Marine Biogeochemistry and Geology and
Geophysics sections of the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL)
organized and led a team of university and government scientists on
an Arctic expedition...
Delft breakthrough in bioethanol production from agricultural waste
With the introduction of a single bacterial gene into yeast, researchers from Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands achieved three improvements in bioethanol production from agricultural waste material: 'More...
Just like old times: Generating RNA molecules in water
A key question in the origin of biological molecules like RNA and DNA is how they first came together billions of years ago from simple precursors. Now, in a study...
Promoting healthy skepticism in the news: Helping journalists get it right
An editorial published online November 20 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute discusses the exaggerated fears and hopes that often appear in news coverage of cancer research. The...
Amaizing: Corn genome decoded
In recent years, scientists have decoded the DNA of humans and a
menagerie of creatures but none with genes as complex as a stalk of
corn, the latest genome to...
Older problem drinkers use more alcohol than do their younger counterparts
Older adults who have alcohol dependence problems drink significantly more than do younger adults who have similar problems, a new study has found.
Genetic analysis helps dissect molecular basis of cardiovascular disease
Using highly precise measurements of plasma lipoprotein concentrations determined by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR), researchers led by Daniel Chasman at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School in...
Rare pancreatic cancer patients may live longer when treated with radiation therapy
Radiation therapy is effective in achieving local control and palliation in patients with pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (PNTs), despite such tumors being commonly considered resistant to radiation therapy, according to a...
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