World / Science & Education
Wood density holds key to Stradivarius sweet sound
01.07.2008 22:01
reuters.com
LONDON (Reuters) - Researchers using a medical scanner have worked out why a Stradivarius violin sounds so good -- it is because of the remarkably even density of the wood.
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Science & Education
New method may help predict IVF success: study
01.07.2008 21:01
reuters.com
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Just four factors can predict with 70 percent accuracy whether a woman will become pregnant through "test-tube" baby technology known as in vitro fertilization, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.
World
Science & Education
Scar Symmetry - Holographic Universe
01.07.2008 14:19
roomthirteen.com
The band do follow a formula but its one they’re comfortable with and one they’re trying to expand.
World
Books & CD
Integrins As Receptors Give Insight Into Rotavirus And Diarrhea
01.07.2008 11:15
medicalnewstoday.com
Eleven years ago, Dr. Mary Estes of Baylor College of Medicine and her colleagues discovered the first viral enterotoxin, rotavirus NSP4, a toxic protein that affects the intestines, causing diarrhea. The next step was to find the cellular receptor on intestinal cells through which the enterotoxin interacts to cause diarrhea. "We knew that identifying the receptor might not be straightforward," said the professor of molecular virology and microbiology at BCM.
World
Genetics
Groundbreaking Recommendations For How To Anticipate And Manage Incidental Findings In Genetic, Genomic, And Imaging Research
01.07.2008 11:15
medicalnewstoday.com
Susan Wolf, J.D., professor and chair of the University of Minnesota's Consortium on Law and Values in Health, Environment, & the Life Sciences, led a multidisciplinary team of national experts to develop the first major guidelines on managing incidental findings (IF) in human subjects research which have just been published.
World
Genetics
Medical Diagnostics Could Be Revolutionized By New Electrostatic-Based DNA Microarray Technique
01.07.2008 10:16
medicalnewstoday.com
The dream of personalized medicine - in which diagnostics, risk predictions and treatment decisions are based on a patient's genetic profile - may be on the verge of being expanded beyond the wealthiest of nations with state-of-the-art clinics. A team of researchers with the U.S.
World
Biology
Supercomputer Used To Track Pathways In Myoglobin
01.07.2008 09:13
medicalnewstoday.com
Some 50 years ago, after decades of effort, John Kendrew determined the structure of the small globular protein, myoglobin, which is responsible for oxygen storage in cells. For this discovery, he shared the Nobel Prize in chemistry with Max Perutz, who did similar work on hemoglobin.
World
Biology
Tugging At Molecules With Optical Tweezers
01.07.2008 08:13
medicalnewstoday.com
MIT researchers have developed a novel technique to measure the strength of the bonds between two protein molecules important in cell machinery: Gently tugging them apart with light beams.
World
Biology
Reducing The Carbon "Hoofprint" Of Cows
01.07.2008 08:13
medicalnewstoday.com
Milk goes green: Cows that receive recombinant Bovine Somatotropin (rbST) make more milk, all the while easing natural resource pressure and substantially reducing environmental impact, according to a Cornell University study to be published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (June 30, 2008.
World
Biology
Researchers Are First To Simulate The Binding Of Molecules To A Protein
01.07.2008 08:13
medicalnewstoday.com
You may not know what it is, but you burn more than your body weight of it every day. Adenosine triphosphate (ATP), a tiny molecule that packs a powerful punch, is the primary energy source for most of your cellular functions. Now researchers at the University of Illinois have identified a key step in the cellular recycling of ATP that allows your body to produce enough of it to survive.
World
Biology
Hand gestures are 'universal language'
01.07.2008 08:11
telegraph.co.uk
When people can only communicate with hand gestures, they speak a kind of "universal language" says a new study Roger Highfield reports.
Great Britain
Science & Education
Texas Education Agency Chooses Academy of READING to Improve Reading Ability for Students in Grades 4-8
01.07.2008 07:22
prweb.com
AutoSkill to provide intensive, targeted reading intervention for state's struggling young readers. (PRWeb Jul 1, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/07/prweb1050564.htm
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Science & Education
New Book on Leadership Engages Readers with Storytelling Format
01.07.2008 07:22
prweb.com
'Edge! A Leadership Story' by executive coach and author, Bea Fields challenges readers to set higher standards for themselves, their businesses and their lives. (PRWeb Jul 1, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/Edge/A_Leadership_Story/prweb1037744.htm
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Schools & Gymnasia
Breakthrough Coaching is Celebrating the Launch of Breakthrough Coaching TV
01.07.2008 07:22
prweb.com
On July 1, 2008, CEO Mark Sanna, DC and Breakthrough Coaching will celebrate the launch of Breakthrough Coaching TV™. As a web-based service, Breakthrough Coaching TV™ is a new way to enjoy information-packed, exciting seminars. Breakthrough Coaching TV™ is complete with renowned speakers, world-class coaches and hands-on training for doctors and staff members, all from the comfort of your office or home, check it out at www.breakthroughcoaching.tv . (PRWeb Jul 1, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/BreakthroughCoaching/BreakthroughCoachingTV/prweb1052484.htm
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Schools & Gymnasia
Cellular Self-Eating Promotes Pancreatitis
01.07.2008 07:12
medicalnewstoday.com
To survive tough times, cells sometimes resort to a form of self-cannibalism called autophagy. But as Hashimoto et al. reveal, autophagy can have a down side, destroying the pancreas by prematurely activating a digestive enzyme. In autophagy, a vesicle swallows a portion of cytoplasm and ferries it to the lysosome for digestion. The process is often beneficial, allowing hungry cells to recycle molecules, for example.
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Biology
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