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Alleviation for hydrocephalic children – CMT presents new brain pressure implant at the IVAM booth during Compamed 2006

“The brain pressure implant is an alternative to pressure measuring catheters in clinical treatment”, states Matthias Wenzel from CMT. “An external unit sends…

Studies and Analyses

Examining Movie Trends in Cigarette Use and Its Impact

“Because movie smoking is linked to adolescent smoking, it was important to us to clearly and quantitatively understand how and when cigarette use is depicted…

Physics & Astronomy

First Direct Observations of Spinons and Holons at Berkeley Lab

Spectral data from an ARPES study at Beamline 7.0.1 of Berkeley Lab’s Advanced Light Source revealed the two discrete peaks (blue for the holon and red for the…

Physics & Astronomy

Nanostrings Enhance Room Temperature Detection of Molecules

The work is another step toward “laboratory on a chip” applications in which vibrating strings can be used to detect and identify biological molecules. The…

Life & Chemistry

Gene Mutations in Rett Syndrome: New Findings in Males

In an international collaboration, researchers from the United States and Australia identified and evaluated four non-familial, sporadic occurrences of MECP2…

Life & Chemistry

Wild Meerkats Teach Pups Food Skills in Unique Way

University of Cambridge scientists have discovered that older meerkats teach pups how to obtain food by incrementally introducing dead, injured and then live…

Life & Chemistry

Bacterial Secrets Revealed: Insights on Pseudomonas Syringae

Under study is the bacterial pathogen Pseudomonas syringae, better known as the disease agent of bacterial speck. The pathogen reared its speckled head in…

Health & Medicine

Moderate Exercise Boosts Survival for Colon Cancer Survivors

In a pair of studies published on the Journal of Clinical Oncology website http://www.jco.org/early_release/, and slated to appear in the journal's Aug. 1…

Life & Chemistry

HIV Infection: Key Role of B Cells and Unique Protein Explained

HIV infection of T cells requires activation of a molecule on the surface of B cells, a finding that reveals yet another pathway the virus uses in its…

Life & Chemistry

New Insights on Gene Silencing in Plants Uncovered

Craig Pikaard, Ph.D., Washington University professor of biology in Arts & Sciences and his collaborators have described the roles that eight proteins in…

Health & Medicine

New Treatment Offers Hope for Medically Unexplained Symptoms

The diagnosis of medically unexplained symptoms is a problem that affects millions of people and can tax an already over-burdened health care system, according…

Studies and Analyses

Sweet Tooth Linked to Higher Fruit Consumption, Study Reveals

“If we know a person likes one type of food, this kind of study helps us better predict what other types of foods he or she might prefer,” said Brian Wansink,…

Health & Medicine

Fundación BBVA and the Hospital Clínic de Barcelona reassess the intermittent treatment as an efficient strategy against malaria

This research, promoted by the Fundación BBVA and the Hospital Clínic in Manhiça (Mozambique), demonstrates that the intermittent treatment with…

Life & Chemistry

Zero Grip Technology: New Breakthrough in Bacteria Resistance

In 2001, six research partners (the Martin Luther University of Halle, the German research institute iba, the University of Genova, SINTEF, the Dutch catheter…

Life & Chemistry

Fish Blood: A Sustainable New Source for Pet Food

The potential production of fish blood is about 12,000 metric tons in 2006, of which 3,000 tons are presently available for use. Salmon blood, for example,…

Information Technology

Using Computers to Combat Malaria in Africa

Malaria is responsible for about a million deaths every year in sub-Saharan Africa, and is the single biggest killer in children under five. The…

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