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Drizzly Mornings On Xanadu -- Saturn's Moon Titan (October 12, 2007) -- A nearly global cloud covers high elevations on Saturn's moon Titan and a widespread and persistent morning drizzle of methane on the flanks of Titan's major continent, Xanadu. Near-infrared images ... > full story
Gene Believed To Promote Long Life Linked To Cholesterol Flushing (October 12, 2007) -- Researchers have discovered a link between a gene believed to promote long lifespan and a pathway that flushes cholesterol from the body. The finding could help researchers create drugs that lower ... > full story
Chemotherapy For Breast Cancer More Successful If Certain Protein Is Expressed, Study Suggests (October 12, 2007) -- Researchers have found they can potentially target chemotherapy for breast cancer to only those women most likely to benefit, sparing the majority of patients from unnecessary side effects. Women ... > full story
Cognitive Impairment Due To Chronic Lyme Disease Can Be Treated (October 12, 2007) -- Findings from the first placebo-controlled study of chronic cognitive impairment after treated Lyme disease demonstrate that patients report moderate cognitive impairment, physical dysfunction ... > full story
Quantum Mechanics Predicts Unusual Lattice Dynamics Of Vanadium Metal Under Pressure (October 12, 2007) -- Theoretical calculations have illuminated a totally new type of high-pressure structural phase transition in Vanadium. These findings could lead us to the next breakthrough in superconducting ... > full story
The 'Arms' Race: Adult Steroid Users Seek Muscles, Not Medals (October 12, 2007) -- The majority of nonmedical anabolic-androgenic steroid users are not cheating athletes or risk-taking teenagers. According to a recent survey, containing the largest sample to date, the typical male ... > full story
Saturn's Moon Titan -- Land Of Lakes And Seas (October 12, 2007) -- Views of the hydrocarbon lakes and seas on Saturn's moon Titan taken by the Cassini spacecraft are now available. A new radar image comprised from seven Titan fly-bys over the last year and a half ... > full story
Obesity Boosts Gullet Cancer Risk Six Fold (October 12, 2007) -- Obese people are six times as likely to develop gullet (esophageal) cancer as people of "healthy" weight, shows new research. Rates of esophageal cancer have been rising rapidly, and in some ... > full story
New Mathematical Model Unravels The Mechanics Of Microbe Reproduction (October 12, 2007) -- In process that is shrouded in mystery, rod-shaped bacteria reproduce by splitting themselves in two. By applying advanced mathematics to laboratory data, scientists have solved a small but important ... > full story
Anticlotting Drug Found To Be Safe In Sickle Cell Patients, Study Suggests (October 12, 2007) -- An intravenous "blood thinner" widely used in patients with acute coronary syndromes and during coronary artery stent placement appears to be safe in patients with sickle cell disease and may have ... > full story
Software Allows Scientists Better Access To Expensive Microscopes And Telescopes Over Internet (October 12, 2007) -- Software under development is helping scientists operate big-budget research instruments -- such as high-powered microscopes and telescopes -- over the Internet, more safely and efficiently than was ... > full story
Patients Can't Recall Their Medications To Tell Doctors (October 12, 2007) -- Doctors depend on patients to accurately tell them what drugs they are taking in out-patient visits. But nearly 50 percent of patients taking antihypertensive drugs were unable to accurately name a ... > full story
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Solstice -- The summer solstice is an astronomical term regarding the position of the sun in relation to the celestial equator. The summer solstice is the day of the year with the longest daylight period and ... > full article
Communication -- Communication is the process of exchanging information, usually via a common protocol. "Communication studies" is the academic discipline focused on communication forms, processes and meanings, ... > full article
Computing -- Originally, the word computing was synonymous with counting and calculating, and a science that deals with the original sense of computing mathematical ... > full article
Health science -- Health science is the discipline of applied science which deals with human and animal health. There are two parts to health science: the study, research, and knowledge of health and the application ... > full article
Apple -- The apple is a tree and its pomaceous fruit, of species Malus domestica in the rose family Rosaceae, is one of the most widely cultivated tree fruits. It is a small deciduous tree reaching 5-12 m ... > full article
Brain -- In animals, the brain, or encephalon, is the control center of the central nervous system. In most animals, the brain is located in the head, protected by the skull and close to the primary sensory ... > full article
Star Trek -- Star Trek is an American science fiction franchise. In addition to six television programs including the original 1966 Star Trek, the same fictional universe created by Gene Roddenberry is the ... > full article
Edwin Hubble -- Edwin Powell Hubble (November 20, 1889 - September 28, 1953) was an American astronomer, noted for his discovery of galaxies beyond the Milky Way and the cosmological redshift. Edwin Hubble was one ... > full article
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder -- Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) (sometimes referred to as ADD for those without hyperactivity) is thought to be a neurological disorder, always present from childhood, which manifests ... > full article
Mid-Atlantic United States flood of 2006 -- The Eastern United States flooding of June 2006 is a significant flooding event in much of Mid-Atlantic region of the eastern United States. The flooding was very widespread, affecting numerous ... > full article
Chemistry -- Chemistry is the science that deals with the properties of organic and inorganic substances and their interactions with other organic and inorganic substances. In the study of matter, chemistry also ... > full article
Encephalopathy -- Encephalopathy is a nonspecific term describing a syndrome affecting the brain. Generally, it refers to involvement of large parts of the brain (or the whole organ), instead of identifiable changes ... > full article
Limbic system -- The limbic system is the collective name for structures in the human brain involved in emotion, motivation, and emotional association with memory. It affects motivation and is more active in ... > full article
Human brain -- The human brain is the center of the central nervous system in humans as well as the primary control center for the peripheral nervous system. The brain controls "lower" or involuntary activities ... > full article
Amygdala -- The amygdala (Latin, corpus amygdaloideum) is an almond-shape set of neurons located deep in the brain's medial temporal lobe. Shown to play a key role in the processsing of emotions, the amygdala ... > full article
Hypothalamus -- In mammals, the hypothalamus is a region of the brain located below the thalamus, forming the major portion of the ventral region of the diencephalon and functioning to regulate certain metabolic ... > full article
Central nervous system -- The central nervous system (CNS) represents the largest part of the nervous system, including the brain and the spinal cord. Together with the peripheral nervous system, it has a fundamental role in ... > full article
Spinal cord -- The spinal cord is a part of the vertebrate nervous system that is enclosed in and protected by the vertebral column (it passes through the spinal canal). It consists of nerve cells. The cord conveys ... > full article
Motor neuron -- In vertebrates, motor neurons (also called motoneurons) are efferent neurons that originate in the spinal cord and synapse with muscle fibers to facilitate muscle contraction and with muscle spindles ... > full article
Sensory neuron -- Sensory neurons are nerve cells within the nervous system responsible for converting external stimuli from the organism's environment into internal electrical impulses. For example, some sensory ... > full article