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A team of experts at the University of Michigan School of Dentistry has recently discovered that administering chemotherapy drugs to people in the earliest stages of bone marrow cancer can actually have a very negative effect on their health.
According to SD Department of Periodontics and Oral Medicine professor, L... |
21 May 2012
04:30 GMT |
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University of Michigan (U-M) investigators say that they are currently developing improved, portable gas sensors. The devices will be used to sniff out markers indicating the presence of explosives, diagnose diseases by analyzing breath, and detect accumulations of dangerous chemicals.
Such sensors have been around ... |
10 May 2012
05:46 GMT |
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The fatal infections caused by Bacillus anthracis, commonly known as anthrax, may soon become treatable, thanks to the work of experts at the University of Michigan (U-M), in the United States.
In a recent study, the team was able to identify a series of new potential targets on the bacteria, which may be used by th... |
10 May 2012
05:24 GMT |
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In a new series of experiments, scientists in the United States determined that electrical brain stimulation can contribute to reducing migraines in chronic migraine patients. The positive effects were made visible after just four weeks of treatment.
The area primarily targeted by this therapeutic approach is the m... |
20 April 2012
08:29 GMT |
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Heartbeat vibrations could one day power up a new generation of pacemakers, say scientists at the University of Michigan, in the US. If such a technique could be applied to devices controlling the heart beat, then the need to perform battery replacement surgery would disappear.
At this time, people who carry pacema... |
3 March 2012
05:24 GMT |
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Many experts believe that the Himalayas are the tallest mountains to have existed on Earth over the past 50 million years. They are growing even now, in fact, and researchers became curious as to how this growth process will come to an end. A new paper sheds some light on these aspects.
The main theory explaining t... |
1 March 2012
04:50 GMT |
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Investigators at the University of Michigan recently used the galaxy cluster RCS2 032727-132623 as a giant space lens for observing the extremely distant galaxy called RCSGA 032727-132609. The experts relied on a phenomenon called gravitational lensing to conduct this study.
In short, gravitational lensing is a proc... |
15 February 2012
05:48 GMT |
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Investigators at the University of Michigan say that that using liquid lasers could contribute extensively to discovering slight genetic mutations as they are just starting to cause effects in the body. This could be of tremendous use for the early detection of numerous diseases, including cancer.
In a paper publis... |
1 February 2012
04:46 GMT |
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University of Michigan (U-M) investigators determined in a new study that the spread of pandemic flu could be reduced by as much as 75 percent if people simply wash their hands and wear face masks.
These two simple actions can deal a devastating blow to the pathogen, preventing it from spreading like wildfire among... |
26 January 2012
04:52 GMT |
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According to the conclusions of a new investigation conducted by University of Michigan (U-M) psychologists, and published in the latest issue of the peer-reviewed journal PLoS ONE, it would appear that being narcissistic makes men more likely to become sick.
This personality trait is apparently somehow linked to b... |
24 January 2012
05:58 GMT |
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A thriving workforce is an absolute requisite when it comes to increasing productivity at the workplace, says the conclusion of a new scientific research on the issue. What the research is basically saying is that being happy with one's job is not a guarantee that that worker will display high performances.
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18 January 2012
04:02 GMT |
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Investigators at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor say that an analysis of positron-emission tomography (PET) scans taken over the past 10 years recently revealed the approach to be very safe and accurate in discovering dementia affecting the human brain.
As an added bonus, PET scans also proved to be tremen... |
7 January 2012
06:28 GMT |
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Experts may soon know more about a period of North American prehistory that has been left relatively obscured for a very long time. The new data could be derived from an 8,900-year-old piece of wood, which was found at the bottom of Lake Huron.
The pole-shaped piece is about 5.5 feet (1.67 meters) long, and appears... |
13 December 2011
03:59 GMT |
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Extremely bright quasars could degenerate into supermassive black holes over the course of billions of years, experts say after studying a pair of dark behemoths that exceed any other known black hole in terms of mass and size.
Quasars are the highly-active cores of distant active galactic nuclei, and they can be... |
10 December 2011
06:59 GMT |
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Using forests of very tiny wires called carbon nanotubes, researchers at the University of Michigan managed to make a nanoscale tank appear invisible in visible light. This particular material was used because it has a very low index of light refraction.
According to the team, the index is about the same as that of ... |
22 November 2011
08:45 GMT |
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University of Michigan (U-M) investigators say that superbugs can easily form in wastewater treatment plants, due to the fact that not many pharmaceutical and chemical companies take care in rendering the antibiotics residues they produce inactive.
In the large bacterial fermentation tanks that each treatment plant... |
27 October 2011
05:03 GMT |
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Astronomers have been proposing for many years that all galaxies have a black hole at their cores. This was proven to be true time and time again, even in our own Milky Way. But a recent study has revealed that the famous galaxy M85 does not have such a companion, and scientists are now wondering why.What is so inter... |
17 October 2011
10:12 GMT |
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Though a bit disgusting to investigate, researchers have finally discovered the contents of the material that keeps certain species of snails afloat in the world's oceans. It would appear that the material they use to remain on the surface is made up of strings of eggs interlaced with goo.
In a new study, ex... |
11 October 2011
05:32 GMT |
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University of Michigan (U-M) Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science professor Jay Guo and his team announce the development of a new type of screen pixel. The device also contains a solar cell, and could easily be used to boost the energy efficiency of electrical devices.
At first, the scientist... |
7 October 2011
15:01 GMT |
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Investigators have established in a new research that eliminating physical residues – such as when someone washes their hands – also contribute to eliminating mental residues, purifying the mind through some abstract connection.
University of Michigan (U-M) investigators saw that people who washed the... |
6 October 2011
18:11 GMT |
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About 18,000 years ago, the world was at the peak of the last glaciation, or Ice Age. Over the next thousands of years, massive amounts of carbon dioxide appeared in Earth's atmosphere, and researchers have been arguing that the deep ocean was the source. However, a new study shows this to be false.
The issue... |
4 October 2011
15:01 GMT |
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The innermost planet in our solar system is being subjected to a constant beating at all times. Intense solar winds, which are undiluted due to the close proximity between the two bodies, literally sandblast Mercury's poles, triggering phenomena similar to the ones that generate auroras on Earth.
The new con... |
30 September 2011
20:11 GMT |
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In a new investigation on the spread and infection patterns displayed by antibiotic resistant bacteria – commonly known as superbugs – researchers discovered that their prevalence was higher in villages located along roads than in settlements that were out of reach, or difficult to get to.
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30 September 2011
06:53 GMT |
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Officials with the University of Michigan announce the opening of the Center for Photonic and Multiscale Nanomaterials, an advanced research facility whose main goal is to improve our understanding of how light can be manipulated.
In order to do that, investigators working at C-PHOM will create new metamaterials,... |
10 September 2011
05:39 GMT |
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The motives are often more important than the action itself, a new research from scientists at the University of Michigan seems to confirm. The team here found that people who help others for truly unselfish reasons live more than those who aid with the goal of helping themselves.
This interesting difference in l... |
8 September 2011
09:40 GMT |
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Physicists at the University of Michigan, in the United States, recently managed to develop a new method for producing uniform superclusters of nanoparticles. Their approach resembles a balancing act performed at the nanoscale, as it involves using a careful balance of atomic forces.Despite the difficulties, the over... |
23 August 2011
19:01 GMT |
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According to the conclusions of a new study, it would appear that the reason why early whales have abnormally-shaped head is because this enabled them to use acoustics to discover the locations of things underwater. These shapes were not merely an adaptation that occurred later on.For many years, researchers have bel... |
23 August 2011
02:52 GMT |
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Researchers in the United States announce the creation of the world's fastest bipedal robot. Capable of reaching a peak speed of no less than 6.8 miles per hour (10.94 kilometers per hour), the machine is the fastest in the world that also has knees. What the University of Michigan team wanted to achieve with th... |
16 August 2011
05:59 GMT |
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Researchers at the University of Michigan, in the United States, demonstrate in a new study that the impact aerosols have on Earth's climate patterns has been severely underestimated in past researches. Aerosols are liquid or solid particles that float in the air. Most commonly, they are made out of carbon or su... |
2 August 2011
04:27 GMT |
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A new study conducted by researchers in the United States is revealing that people who have a positive outlook on life, and are generally more optimistic than their peers, are at a lower risk of suffering strokes during their life.University of Michigan investigators say that the study was conducted on a nationally r... |
22 July 2011
10:00 GMT |
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Neurons accomplish the daunting task of picking up and responding to relevant electrical signals that pass through them with more finesse and efficiency than scientists previously anticipated. The work provides a fundamental new insight into how nerve cells in the brain carry out their functions.
These neurons ar... |
9 July 2011
05:42 GMT |
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A collaboration of researchers in the United States says that kids displaying fewer positive displays than their peers are at higher risk of developing depression. The investigator determined that the early symptoms experts should look for include more than displaying negative emotions.The latter include crying or fr... |
8 July 2011
09:31 GMT |
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University of Michigan (U-M) experts have developed a method of producing extremely small antennas in mass. The thing about these minute devices is that they were miniaturized to a point where they are approaching the fundamental minimum size limit for their bandwidth. What this means is that it will soon become impo... |
6 July 2011
03:40 GMT |
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A team of researchers at the University of Michigan has recently finished conducting a new scientific study, which provides a better view into the role that zinc and a protein called amylin play in the development of type II diabetes.
One of the things that experts knew about amylin when the research effort began ... |
1 July 2011
02:49 GMT |
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One of the ways the human brain uses to improve its memory capabilities is to stage competitions between individual nerve cells called neurons. These stand-offs improve the neural circuitry that memories relies on, allowing people to remember things more vividly.Scientists at the University of Michigan, who conducted... |
24 June 2011
11:04 GMT |
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Researchers at the University of Michigan have demonstrated in a new study that kids who take active steps towards training their brains to increase memory capacity are also more likely than their peers to solve problems more efficiently, and also to display improved reasoning abilities.Together, these abilities are ... |
15 June 2011
05:44 GMT |
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The restrictions that the US federal government placed on embryonic stem cell research are having widespread negative consequences, not only for the country's role in the international scientific community, but also for research carried out using other types of stem cells. These conclusions belong to an Universi... |
10 June 2011
03:59 GMT |
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Scientists were finally able to establish with certainty that experiencing violent traumas to the head makes survivors more likely to exhibit aggressive, violent behaviors. The conclusions were derived from an 8-year-long study conducted on the issue. This correlation is especially true for teens, say investigators f... |
3 June 2011
10:50 GMT |
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Though the direction of the correlation could not be established, a new study demonstrated recently that aggressive and bullying behavior in kids is related to the amount and quality of sleep they get nightly.At this point, the researchers behind the work cannot say whether the loss of sleep is causing a more prone t... |
3 June 2011
03:03 GMT |
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Investigators from the University of Michigan say that the Canadian Arctic Archipelago (CAA) is currently in danger of melting down altogether, after losing massive volumes of ice in recent years.Since accepting the truth of global warming – and the climate change it is inducing – experts have mainly focu... |
1 June 2011
09:50 GMT |
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In just a few minutes every day, you too could exercise your brain in an efficient manner, that does not entail listening to complex classical music, or solving puzzles and wordplays. The technique is called n-back training, experts say.The improvements this exercise produces in the brain are visible in a standard te... |
30 May 2011
04:40 GMT |
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In a development that could easily lead to the development of new treatments against common wounds, researchers managed to create a special type of polymer that can delivery cells within damaged tissues.The new material can be fashioned in the shape of a star, but researchers say that its main trait is that it's... |
18 April 2011
04:28 GMT |
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When asked about why we should protect biodiversity, scientists have a wide array of answers, and most of them are concentrated around the benefits of doing so on the environment, economy, agriculture and so on. In a recent study, experts identify yet another positive aspect of biodiversity.The investigation details ... |
7 April 2011
05:49 GMT |
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Scientists recently demonstrated that physical pain and social rejection tend to produce a very similar, hurtful effect on the average person. In other words, it's equally painful to hurt someone physically, or to exclude them from a social group. In the new experiments, experts showed that both types of events ... |
29 March 2011
05:43 GMT |
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Investigators from the University of Michigan say they managed to discover the reason why people who suffer from breast or prostate cancers are very likely to experience a relapse in their condition. Most often, that relapse affects the bones. This connection has puzzled scientists for quite some time, and a lot of f... |
24 March 2011
09:00 GMT |
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A group of scientists in the United States announces the development of a new type of organic light-emitting diode (OLED), that shine fluorescent blue light with exception energy efficiency.The new light source was produced at the University of Michigan in Ann Harbor, and its primary application will most likely be i... |
24 March 2011
08:47 GMT |
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A collaboration of experts from the University of Michigan and Eckerd College recently established that young adult individuals suffering from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are considerably more creative than their peers who do not suffer from the condition. For the new investigation, experts used s... |
11 February 2011
04:47 GMT |
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A team of experts has recently determined that massive stars, tens to hundred of times the mass of our own Sun, can form nearly everywhere, including in what astronomers would call isolation.
These conclusions belong to a new study carried out by astronomers at the University of Michigan in Ann Harbor, who looked ... |
21 December 2010
02:20 GMT |
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A team of investigators form the University of Michigan managed to gain new insight into how the substance niacin works in the human body, reducing the risk people have of developing heart diseases.This type of investigation is extremely important, given the high number of people suffering from this array of conditio... |
8 October 2010
05:07 GMT |
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A team of investigators from several institutions in the United States, led by scientists from the University of Michigan, has just been awarded a $5 million grant to study water quality in the North American Great Lakes.The funds, which are provided by the US National Science Foundation (NSF) are mainly aimed at dis... |
18 September 2010
05:12 GMT |
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