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A study at Örebro University in Sweden indicates that mobile phones and other cordless telephones have a biological effect on the brain. It is still too early to say if any health risks are involved, but medical researcher Fredrik Söderqvist recommends caution in the use of these phones, above all among children and adolescents. Few [...]
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Female water striders often reject their most persistent and aggressive suitors and prefer the males who aren`t so grabby, according to new research. Water striders are insects commonly seen skittering across the surface of streams.
Groups of low-key male water striders mated with more females than did groups of highly sexually aggressive males, according to a [...]
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If you keep twisting a straight elastic string, at some moment it starts kinking in a wild way. Something similar occurs when one increases the electrical current flowing in a magnetized plasma doughnut: it takes on a wild helical shape, which spoils its performance. This phenomenon concerns scientists exploring fusion power, who use powerful magnetic [...]
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People who did not earn a high school diploma could be more likely to get H1N1 and the vaccine might be less effective in them compared to those who earned a diploma, new research shows.
The University of Michigan study looked at a latent virus called CMV in young people, and the body`s ability to control [...]
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When a fetus is smaller than expected for the number of weeks of pregnancy, due to associated problems like a poorly developed heart, health concerns as severe as brain damage can result.
The condition, known as Intra-uterine growth restriction (IUGR), prompts doctors to use ultrasound to track a baby`s health and determine the best time for [...]
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The world record for fastest text message typing is held by a 21-year old college student from Utah, but his dexterous digits could mean serious injury later on. Most adults aged 18-21 prefer texting over e-mail or phone calls, and ergonomics researchers are starting to wonder whether it`s putting the younger generation at risk for [...]
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Inflammatory response of brain cells — as indicated by a molecular imaging technique — could tell researchers more about why certain neurologic disorders, such as migraine headaches and psychosis in schizophrenic patients, occur and provide insight into how to best treat them, according to two studies published in the November issue of The Journal of [...]
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New anti-flu drugs could become a reality as a result of a study carried out by academics at the University of Hertfordshire.
Dr Andreas Kukol at the University of Hertfordshire`s School of Life Sciences led a team which studied the evolution of proteins from more than 2,000 viruses, which included swine, avian and human flu.
Antivirals such [...]
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Climate models that predict heavy rainfall don`t give the whole picture, according to the results of a study by NWO scientist Martin Ziegler. He examined climate changes that have taken place over the past 800,000 years, and discovered that the melting icebergs in the North Atlantic and changes in the El Niño Southern Oscillation have [...]
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The search for the holy grail of regenerative medicine — the ability to "grow back" a perfect body part when one is lost to injury or disease — has been under way for years, yet the steps involved in this seemingly magic process are still poorly understood.
Now researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies [...]
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