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Scientists visualize how bacteria talk to one another

November 8, 2009

Using imaging mass spectrometry, researchers at the University of California, San Diego have developed tools that will enable scientists to visualize how different cell populations of cells communi

Does green tea prevent cancer? Evidence continues to brew, but questions remain

November 5, 2009

PHILADELPHIA -- Although scientists are reluctant to officially endorse green tea as a cancer prevention method, evidence continues to grow about its protective effects, including results of a new

Green tea shows promise as chemoprevention agent for oral cancer, M. D. Anderson study finds

November 5, 2009

HOUSTON - Green tea extract has shown promise as cancer prevention agent for oral cancer in patients with a pre-malignant condition known as oral leukoplakia, according to researchers at The Univer

The humble beginnings of a king

November 4, 2009

Tyrannosaurus rex and related large carnivorous dinosaurs together form the family Tyrannosauridae.

New study further disputes notion that amputee runners gain advantage from protheses

November 4, 2009

A study by six researchers, including a University of Colorado at Boulder associate professor and his former doctoral student, shows that amputees who use running-specific prosthetic legs have no p

Hybrid bluegrasses analyzed for use in transition zone

November 4, 2009

KNOXVILLE, TN -- The transition zone can be one of the most challenging places to maintain high-quality turfgrass; changeable growing conditions in these regions often prove too hot for some grasse

Materials scientists find better model for glass creation

November 4, 2009

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Harvard materials scientists have come up with what they believe is a new way to model the formation of glasses, a type of amorphous solid that includes common window glass.

First impressions count when making personality judgments, new research shows

November 3, 2009

AUSTIN, Texas -- First impressions do matter when it comes to communicating personality through appearance, according to new research by psychologists Laura Naumann of Sonoma State University and S

Sun or shade: Pecan leaves' photosynthetic light response evaluated

November 3, 2009

COLLEGE STATION, TX -- Pecan, the most valuable nut tree native to North America, is native from northern Illinois and southeastern Iowa to the Gulf Coast of the United States, where it grows abund

Study of concurrent radiotherapy, chemotherapy shows promise in small cell lung cancer

November 3, 2009

CHICAGO - Treating limited stage small cell lung cancer(LSCL) with a combination of accelerated high-dose radiotherapy and chemotherapy has shown encouraging results, opening the door to larger sca

Breakthrough in industrial-scale nanotube processing

November 2, 2009

HOUSTON -- (Nov.

Electron self-injection into an evolving plasma bubble

November 2, 2009

Particle accelerators are among the largest and most expensive scientific instruments.

Rice research gets a leg up on understanding plant reactions to environment

November 2, 2009

One might say plants don't have a leg to stand on, but that may actually give them a leg up on the animal kingdom when it comes to environmental adaptability.

Intervals between lung cancer diagnosis and treatment displays a health care disparity

October 31, 2009

Research published in the November 2009 issue of the Journal of Thoracic Oncology has found that intervals between lung cancer suspicion, diagnosis and treatment may be attributed to health



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