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Flying to Mars and not going crazy…

The objective of psychological provision of the flight is distinct and clear – to provide safety and high professional level of the crew. Likewise, during any…

Life & Chemistry

Discovering New Radioprotectors: Promising Compounds Unveiled

Researchers have already discovered compounds, radioprotective characteristics of which, at lower toxicity, exceed all compounds known so far. However,…

Earth Sciences

Fossils Reveal How Fish Evolved to Walk on Land

Researchers from the University of the West of England have found the fish trails in rocks that were once a riverbed, but are now in the heart of the Brecon…

Health & Medicine

Diet Changes Don’t Ease Stress, Says New Research Study

Research published online in the Journal of Proteome Research, shows how improving the diet of rats placed in stressful environments did not normalise their…

Studies and Analyses

Children in Unemployed Families Face Higher Injury Risks

The paper, published by experts from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and Camden Primary Care Trust, reveals how children in families where no…

Physics & Astronomy

Gassendi crater – clue on the thermal history of Mare Humorum

AMIE obtained these images on 13 January 2006, one minute apart from each other, from a distance of about 1220 kilometres (top frame) and 1196 kilometres…

Health & Medicine

New Tech Boosts Female Fertility Preservation Efforts

Immature follicles (the female egg and surrounding somatic cells) can be preserved at any time but are difficult to mature when removed from their normal…

Life & Chemistry

How Menin Loss Triggers Pancreatic Islet Cell Growth

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have found that the acute loss of a protein called menin can cause the proliferation of…

Studies and Analyses

New Study Links Antibiotic to Heart Protection Insights

In the July issue of the Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, the official publication of the International Society for Heart Research, researchers…

Life & Chemistry

How Embryonic Stem Cells Discover Their Identities

Embryonic stem cells, prized for their astonishing ability to apparently transform into any kind of cell in the body, acquire their identities in part by…

Life & Chemistry

Human Impact Accelerates Bird Extinction Rates Globally

Without the influence of humans, the expected extinction rate for birds would be roughly one species per century, according to Stuart Pimm, professor of…

Health & Medicine

MMR and Mercury Vaccines Cleared As Autism Causes

“There is no relationship between the level of exposure to MMR vaccines and thimerosal–containing vaccines and rates of autism,” says Dr. Eric Fombonne,…

Earth Sciences

Silent Earthquakes: A Warning for Future Destructive Tremors

The scientists' call for action, published in the July 6 edition of the journal Nature, is based on their surprising discovery in Hawaii that slow-moving…

Physics & Astronomy

New Space Shield May Reveal Earth-Like Planets’ Secrets

A gigantic, daisy-shaped space shield could be used to block out pesky starlight and allow astronomers using an orbiting telescope to zero in on Earth-like…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Magnetism Uncovered as Key to High-Temperature Superconductivity

Writing in the July 6, 2006, issue of Nature, scientists working at the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Center for…

Life & Chemistry

Fat Hormone Adiponectin Boosts Muscle Energy Capacity

The researchers report evidence in people and mice, linking low adiponectin levels to insulin resistance and reductions in the number of “cellular power…

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