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- By Alexandra Lupu
- July 5th, 2006
Improve Your Memory with Natural Resources
If memory and cognitive function may degenerate in time, there are always the natural remedies that may improve it
- By Sci/Tech News Staff
- July 5th, 2006
Women Given Specialized Treatment Half as Likely to Attempt Suicide
Treatement for serious mental disorder called borderline personality disorder
- By Sci/Tech News Staff
- July 5th, 2006
A Surprise about Our Body Clock
The first gene known to control the internal clock of humans and other mammals works much differently than previously believed
- By Sci/Tech News Staff
- July 5th, 2006
Fossils Depict Aquatic Origins of Birds 115 Million Years Ago
How birds separated from the rest of the dinosaurs
- By Vlad Tarko
- July 5th, 2006
Mindless Reading Seems More Important than Previously Thought
Researchers have demonstrated for the first time the ill effects of mindless reading
- By Alexandra Lupu
- July 5th, 2006
Five Steps Towards a Healthy Life
A 16 years study showed that middle aged and old people don't need to take any kind of medication against heart disease, all they have to do is to lead a healthy and moderate life
- By Sci/Tech News Staff
- July 5th, 2006
New Study Shows People Sleep Even Less Than They Think
Americans sleep much less than they should, and even less than they think
- By Sci/Tech News Staff
- July 5th, 2006
How Ancient Whales Lost Their Legs, Got Sleek and Conquered the Oceans
Taking into account both fossils and genetics, scientists put together the story of the whales
- By Sci/Tech News Staff
- July 5th, 2006
Nanotechnology 'Fertile' for Energy Breakthrough
What nanotechnology can do for large-scale energy applications
- By Sci/Tech News Staff
- July 5th, 2006
How Stem Cells Stay Childlike
Scientists find a feed-back mechanism that allows differentiated cells to produce stem cells as descendants
- By Alexandra Lupu
- July 5th, 2006
Breast Feeding Prevents Bed Wetting
An US research proved that breastfeeding is more beneficial than formula for the infants
- By Sci/Tech News Staff
- July 5th, 2006
Astronomers Discover a Rare and Mysterious Giant 'Blob'
Could it be matter falling on a clump of dark matter?
- By Sci/Tech News Staff
- July 5th, 2006
Planning for Stewardship Important Part of Ecological Restoration
Restoring degraded ecosystems around Seattle - and giving them a fighting chance to stay healthy - can be as much about PR as the right plants
- By Sci/Tech News Staff
- July 5th, 2006
How Sensory Deprivation in Children May Lead to Abnormal Brain Function as Adults
The National Institutes of Health, through its Blueprint for the Neurosciences program, has awarded a $10.3 million, five-year grant for neuroscience research at the University of Wyoming
- By Alexandra Lupu
- July 5th, 2006
Higher Rate of Sexual Diseases Registered
The Health Protection Agency ascertained an increase in syphilis with 23% and chlamydia with 5% for 2005
- By Sci/Tech News Staff
- July 5th, 2006
How Does a Batch of Immature Cells Give Rise to an Organ as Extraordinarily Complex as the Human Brain?
Medium is the message for stem cells in search of identities
- By Sci/Tech News Staff
- July 5th, 2006
What Can a Magnet Tell You About Rain Patterns?
More than you would guess: both tropical rainfall and magnetism are described by the mathematics of "self-organized criticality"