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Daycare may double TV time for young children, study finds

November 23, 2009

In a new study, the amount of television viewed by many young children in child care settings doubles the previous estimates of early childhood screen time, with those in home-based settings watching significantly more on average than those in center-based daycares. This study is the first to examine screen time in child care settings in more than 20 years.

Presented by the Vice President of the Federal Council Doris Leuthard: The Balzan Prizes for Culture and the Sciences

November 23, 2009

TERENCE CAVE FOR LITERATURE, MICHAEL GRÄTZEL FOR NEW MATERIALS, BRENDA MILNER FOR NEUROSCIENCES AND PAOLO ROSSI FOR THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE

Bioengineers succeed in producing plastic without the use of fossil fuels

November 22, 2009

A team of pioneering South Korean scientists have succeeded in producing the polymers used for everyday plastics through bioengineering, rather than through the use of fossil fuel based chemicals.

Infrared photographs of Uranus taken by HST in 1994-2003 and by Voyager2 1986

November 22, 2009

Tadeusz Tumalski's picture

Infrared photographs of Uranus taken in 1994-2003 (Fig. a, b, c). During these nine years the Uranus has moved for about 38,5° on its orbit (the planet’s year equals 84.014 Earth’s year). We can see the same change of about 38,5° in direction of orientation (in relation to HST) of warmer zone of Uranus’ atmosphere axis and the orbit’s plane of its satellites and rings.

Surface bacteria maintain skin's healthy balance

November 22, 2009

On the skin's surface, bacteria are abundant, diverse and constant, but inflammation is undesirable. Research at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine now shows that the normal bacteria living on the skin surface trigger a pathway that prevents excessive inflammation after injury.

New hydrogen-storage method discovered

November 22, 2009

Washington, D.C. -- Scientists at the Carnegie Institution have found for the first time that high pressure can be used to make a unique hydrogen-storage material. The discovery paves the way for an entirely new way to approach the hydrogen-storage problem.

Cancer metabolism discovery uncovers new role of IDH1 gene mutation in brain cancer

November 22, 2009

Cambridge, MA -- November 23, 2009 -- Agios Pharmaceuticals today announced that its scientists have established, for the first time, that the mutated IDH1 gene has a novel enzyme activity consistent with a cancer-causing gene, or oncogene.

New cancer target for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma

November 22, 2009

NEW YORK (Nov. 22 2009) -- Physician-scientists from Weill Cornell Medical College have discovered a molecular mechanism that may prove to be a powerful target for the treatment of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, a type of cancer that affects lymphocytes, or white blood cells.

New understanding about mechanism for cell death after stroke leads to possible therapy

November 22, 2009

Scientists at the Brain Research Centre, a partnership of the University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine and Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, have uncovered new information about the mechanism by which brain cells die following a stroke, as well as a possible way to mitigate that damage. The results of the study were recently published online in Nature Medicine.

Melanoma News Database MMMP

November 21, 2009

Finally we have a scientifically reliable, systematically comprehensive, and continuously updated database of news on melanoma, the deadliest skin cancer. It's part of the Melanoma Molecular Map Project (MMMP) website (www.mmmp.org), an internationally based project made by and for the scientific community.



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