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Researcher: 'Optical biopsy' for breast cancer increasingly accurate

November 5, 2009

GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Most biopsies following mammograms reveal benign abnormalities, not cancer.

Plentiful poinsettias without PGRs

November 4, 2009

BUENOS AIRES -- Poinsettias can be a lucrative crop for ornamental plant growers, particularly during the Christmas season.

UCLA researchers reconstitute enzyme that synthesizes cholesterol drug lovastatin

November 3, 2009

Researchers from the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science have for the first time successfully reconstituted in the laboratory the enzyme responsible for producing the block

Sustainably grown garlic

November 3, 2009

FORT COLLINS, CO -- Consumer interest in new and diverse types of garlic is on the rise.

Not just bleach: Hydrogen peroxide may tell time for living cells

November 3, 2009

If a circadian rhythm is like an orchestra -- the united expression of the rhythms of millions of cells -- a common chemical may serve as the conductor, or at least as the baton.

Spider mite predators serve as biological control

November 2, 2009

The control of spider mites, which damage tree leaves, reduce fruit quality and cost growers millions of dollars in the use of pesticide and oil spraying, is being biologically controlled in Pennsy

'Ultra-primitive' particles found in comet dust

November 2, 2009

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Breakthrough in industrial-scale nanotube processing

November 2, 2009

HOUSTON -- (Nov.

Science begins at the world's most powerful X-ray laser

November 2, 2009

The first experiments are now underway using the world's most powerful X-ray laser, the Linac Coherent Light Source, located at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory.

An exquisite container

November 1, 2009

In campy old movies, Lucretia Borgia swans around emptying powder from her ring into wine glasses carelessly left unattended.

This is your brain on fatty acids

October 30, 2009

Saturated fats have a deservedly bad reputation, but Johns Hopkins scientists have discovered that a sticky lipid occurring naturally at high levels in the brain may help us memorize grandma's reci

Interactions with aerosols boost warming potential of some gases

October 30, 2009

For decades, climate scientists have worked to identify and measure key substances -- notably greenhouse gases and aerosol particles -- that affect Earth's climate.

Widely used cholesterol-lowering drug may prevent progression

October 29, 2009

(CHICAGO) ?Simvastatin, a commonly used, cholesterol-lowering drug, may prevent Parkinson's disease from progressing further.



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