Lead in moms hikes girls’ hypertension risk
U. MICHIGAN (US) — Pregnant women who are exposed to lead may have teen daughters with a greater risk of developing high blood pressure, according to a new study. The same is not true for sons. Continue…
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Node biopsy safe for head, neck cancers
U. MICHIGAN (US) — A common procedure is not only safe for diagnosing melanomas in the head and neck, but can also help determine the most effective course of treatment. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jul 22, 2011 11:23 - 0 Comments
Football neck fracture in real time
U. MICHIGAN (US) — For the first time, technology has captured in real time the impact that caused a high school football player to break his neck in a head-down tackle. (more…)
Science & Technology - Dec 17, 2010 15:22 - 2 Comments
How to create something from nothing
U. MICHIGAN (US) — Under just the right conditions—which involve an ultra-high-intensity laser beam and a two-mile-long particle accelerator—it could be possible to generate matter and antimatter from a vacuum. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Dec 13, 2010 11:18 - 0 Comments
Pollution-heart disease tie revealed
U. MICHIGAN (US) — Digital photographs of the tiny, hair-like blood vessels in the back of the eye, reveal how small blood vessels, like those that bring blood to the heart, respond to air pollution. (more…)
Society & Culture - Sep 29, 2010 14:59 - 2 Comments
Cleaning up ‘dirty’ parts after lying
U. MICHIGAN (US) — Apparently mom had it right when she threatened to wash your mouth out with soap—lying really does create a desire to clean the “dirty” body parts. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Jul 27, 2010 9:34 - 0 Comments
Bees, shade coffee farms give and take
U. MICHIGAN (US)—Shade-grown coffee farms support native bees that in turn help maintain the health of some of the world’s most biodiverse tropical regions, according to a new study. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jun 22, 2010 14:25 - 0 Comments
Structure of Rift Valley fever protein revealed
U. MICHIGAN (US)—Researchers have solved the structure of the nucleocapsid protein from Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV), so named for the region of sub-Saharan Africa where it was first isolated with outbreaks reported throughout the African continent as well as the Middle East. (more…)
Science & Technology - Mar 5, 2010 11:14 - 2 Comments
Hey, Sun, this is your song
U. MICHIGAN (US)—Scientists know what solar winds look like. Now researchers have come up with a musical interpretation of what the winds might sound like, too. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Mar 2, 2010 19:40 - 0 Comments
On tropical farms, bigger is not better
U. MICHIGAN (US)—Small family-owned farms—not industrial-scale agriculture—offer the best way to produce large amounts of food and still preserve biodiversity in tropical regions undergoing massive deforestation. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jan 12, 2010 16:10 - 0 Comments
Antibiotics that outwit bacteria
U. MICHIGAN—Researchers have figured out a way to fool bacteria by using the microbes’ own defenses against them, a technique that could provide scientists with a new tool in the fight against antibiotic-resistant bacteria. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Oct 12, 2009 20:17 - 3 Comments
Cracking the body’s circadian code
U. MICHIGAN (US)—Mathematicians say they have identified the signal the brain sends to control biological rhythms, a finding that overturns a long-held theory about our internal clock and that could point to new ways to correct sleep problems like insomnia and jet lag. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Oct 8, 2009 17:44 - 0 Comments
Dinosaurs reacted fast to avoid slip-ups
U. MICHIGAN (US)—Early dinosaurs made on-the-fly adjustments to their movements to cope with slippery and sloping terrain, according to a new investigation of a fossilized tracksite in southern Africa. (more…)
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