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Cleveland Clinic, CWRU dental researcher finds switch that turns on the spread of cancer

Reporting in Nature Cell Biology, researchers describe the discovery of a specific protein called disabled-2 (Dab2) that switches on the process that releases…

Feb 14, 2010

Health

Penn material scientists turn light into electrical current using a golden nanoscale system

PHILADELPHIA ?- Material scientists at the Nano/Bio Interface Center of the University of Pennsylvania have demonstrated the transduction of optical radiation to electrical current in a molecular circuit.

Feb 12, 2010

Health

When it is better to get a B than an A: Behavior patterns and coronary heart disease

This process starts off in childhood silently. There are no symptoms, no warnings and no pains.

Feb 12, 2010

Earth & Environment

Antarctic ice shelf collapse possibly triggered by ocean waves, Scripps-led study finds

Depicting a cause-and-effect scenario that spans thousands of miles, a scientist at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California - San…

Feb 11, 2010

Health

ASU scientists develop universal DNA reader to advance faster, cheaper sequencing efforts

Arizona State University scientists have come up with a new twist in their efforts to develop a faster and cheaper way to read the DNA genetic code.

Feb 11, 2010

Health

Researchers develop dietary formula that maintains youthful function into old age

HAMILTON, ON. February 11, 2010 -- Researchers at McMaster University have developed a cocktail of ingredients that forestalls major aspects of the aging process.

Feb 11, 2010

Technology

Single-step technique produces both p-type and n-type doping for future graphene devices

A simple one-step process that produces both n-type and p-type doping of large-area graphene surfaces could facilitate use of the promising material for future electronic devices.

Feb 11, 2010

Health

Protecting patients: Study shows that Johns Hopkins flu vaccination rates twice national average

A campaign that makes seasonal flu vaccinations for hospital staff free, convenient, ubiquitous and hard to ignore succeeds fairly well in moving care…

Feb 11, 2010

Uncategorized

School districts should encourage citizen involvement in education policy making

COLUMBIA, Mo. ?President Obama's "Race to the Top" grant program, which encourages school districts to compete for $4.35 billion, has made a strong push for education reform.

Feb 11, 2010

Health

Silver nanoparticles may one day be key to devices that keep hearts beating strong and steady

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Diamonds and gold may make some hearts flutter on Valentine's Day, but in a University at Buffalo laboratory, silver nanoparticles are being designed to do just the opposite.

Feb 10, 2010

Health

Most pandemic plans in Ontario hospitals have not been tested: Queen's University study

One quarter of Ontario hospitals surveyed in a Queen's University-led study do not have an influenza pandemic plan and few plans that do exist have been tested.

Feb 10, 2010

Health

Exploring the limits: Understanding the challenges facing Winter Olympic champions

As the world turns its sporting gaze towards Vancouver for the 2010 Winter Olympics, The Physiological Society journal Experimental Physiology marks the…

Feb 10, 2010

Health

Scott & White Memorial Hospital uses device to revolutionize treatment of traumatic aortic injury

Scott & White Memorial Hospital vascular surgeons Clifford Buckley, M.D., and Ruth Bush, M.D., performed one of the nation's first implants of a Next…

Feb 10, 2010

Health

First blinded study of venous insufficiency prevalence in MS shows promising results

BUFFALO, N.Y.

Feb 10, 2010