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Early Family Depression Has Lasting Effects On Teens, Young Adults

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:00:00 +0000

A new study on 485 Iowa adolescents over a 10-year period (1991-2001) found that early socioeconomic adversity experienced by children contributes to poor mental health by the time they become teens — disrupting their successful transition into adulthood.

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Genetic Modification Turns E. Coli Bacteria Into High Density Biofuel

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:00:00 +0000

Scientists have successfully pushed nature beyond its limits by genetically modifying Escherichia coli, a bacterium often associated with food poisoning, to produce unusually long-chain alcohols essential in the creation of biofuels.

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Alternative Way To Save Brain Cells After Stroke Or Head Trauma, New Finding Suggests

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:00:00 +0000

Shredded extracellular matrix is toxic to neurons. Researchers reveal a new mechanism for how ECM demolition causes brain damage. The study suggests that drugs that block KA1, one subunit of the kainate receptor, might provide an alternative way to save brain cells after stroke or head trauma.

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Acute Gastric Injury Due To High-dose Analgesics?

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:00:00 +0000

A new study has documented the gastrointestinal complications of high dose acetaminophen, a commonly used drug. The study investigated the acute high dose ingestion of analgesics, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and acetaminophen, with suicidal intent. The study results surprisingly indicated that acetaminophen induces gastric lesions.

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Organic Plant Waste Proves Effective Weed Control For Citrus Trees

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:00:00 +0000

Interest in organic crop production is increasing around the world. Organics are healthy for consumers while adding environmental benefits and decreasing the amount of synthetic herbicides in foods, soil, and water. While organics gain popularity with consumers, organic farmers are faced with new production challenges, especially managing and reducing invasive weeds.

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Swarm Of Small Earthquakes Rattles Yellowstone National Park, U.S.

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:00:00 +0000

A notable swarm of earthquakes has been underway since December 26, 2008 beneath Yellowstone Lake in Yellowstone National Park, three to six miles south-southeast of Fishing Bridge, Wyoming.

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Quantum Electronics: Tunneling Effect In Strong Laser Field Interaction Under Attack

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 19:00:00 +0000

Physicists have worked on the quantum physics description of the tunneling effect for 60 years. The group has now for the first time succeeded in measuring time intervals that enable the direct measurement of the tunneling time of electrons in laser-induced ionization. No corresponding delay was measured in the experiment: something that astonished many physicists. An established but perhaps over-simplified explanatory model begins to look shaky.

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Newly Identified Gene Powerful Predictor Of Colon Cancer Metastasis

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 19:00:00 +0000

Scientists have identified a gene which enables them to predict for the first time with high probability if colon cancer is going to metastasize. They were able to demonstrate that the gene MACC1 not only promotes tumor growth but also the development of metastasis. When MACC1 gene activity is low, the life expectancy of patients with colon cancer is longer in comparison to patients with high MACC1 levels.

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Patient-derived Induced Stem Cells Retain Disease Traits

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 19:00:00 +0000

When neurons started dying in Clive Svendsen's lab dishes, he couldn't have been more pleased. The dying cells — the same type lost in patients with the devastating neurological disease spinal muscular atrophy — confirmed that the stem cell biologist had recreated the hallmarks of a genetic disorder in the lab, using stem cells derived from a patient.

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Astronomers To Gaze Back In Time And Map History Of Universe

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 19:00:00 +0000

Astronomers are set to expand our knowledge of the history of our universe with a new project to map the inception and formation of galaxies.

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